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  • General Lee's sword returns to Virgina

    Hope this is in the right place; I'm still learning the ropes around here:



    "In an historical twist, though, Lee's French-made ceremonial sword is
    returning to Appomattox 146 years later, leaving the Richmond museum where it has been displayed for nearly a century.
    The Museum of the Confederacy in downtown Richmond is delivering one of its most-treasured pieces to Appomattox for a new museum that it's building less than a mile from where Lee met with Grant to sign the document of surrender on April 9, 1865. The Army of Northern Virginia's formal surrender followed three days later, effectively drawing to a close the Civil War that left about 630,000 dead."


    Steve
    Steve Sheldon

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    Re: General Lee's sword returns to Virgina

    I wonder what other swords Lee owned or carried during the war. Surely this was only a presentation model and only worn for special occasions like Appomattox. I would think he would have had another more common style that he carried during most of the war.
    Christopher E. McBroom, Capt.
    16th Ark. Infantry - 1st Arkansas Battalion, C.S.A.

    Little Rock Castle No. 1
    Order of Knights of the Golden Circle

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      Re: General Lee's sword returns to Virgina

      Um, Richmond and Appomattox are in the same state.
      Bill Backus

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        Re: General Lee's sword returns to Virgina

        Um, Richmond and Appomattox are in the same state.
        LOL, well, that's Statesboro for you.
        Steve Sheldon

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