Fragment from the Appomatox Courthouse Table on which the Surrender was Signed, April 9, 1865
Unknown American, American
collected 1865
Wood
Overall: 3/4 × 1 × 1 1/4 in. (1.9 × 2.5 × 3.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
29.62.17408
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
American History
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by C. H. Shelley, 1865; found in the Butterfield Museum, Dartmouth College in 1929; catalogued into the present collection, 1982.
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