letter
date: label: date made
content: 1865
label: associated date
content: 1865 04 10
name: label: associated person
content: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson)
notes: label: Description
content: General Philip Sheridan wrote this letter to Elizabeth Bacon Custer, widow of General George Armstrong Custer to accompany his gift of the table used during the negogiations of the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to the United States Army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
label: Description
content: The letter reads:
label: Description
content: Appomatox Court House, April 10, 1865
label: Description
content: My dear Madam
label: Description
content: I respectfully present to you the small writing table on which the conditions for the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was written by Lt. Gen. Grant, & permit me to say, Madam, that there is scarcely an individual in our service who has contributed to bring about this desirable result than your very gallant husband.
label: Description
content: Very respectfully
label: Description
content: Phil. H. Sheridan, Maj. Gen.
label: Description
content: Mrs. Genl Custer
label: Description
content: Washington, D.C.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Elizabeth B. Custer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.039768
label: catalog number
content: 039768
label: accession number
content: 124419
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Letter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 9 in x 1/4 in; 27.94 cm x 22.86 cm x .635 cm