Surrender at Appomattox - Perryville, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 45.379 W 089° 52.590
16S E 246590 N 4182675
At the entrance to the visitors center on the left as you enter.
Waymark Code: WM16J5Z
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2022
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County of mural: Perry County
Location of center: Veterans Memorial Parkway (Hwy AC), Perryville
Phone: (573) 547-2035
Hours: 8am to 5pm weekdays; 10am to 2pm sat; and 11am to 3pm Sun
Erected by: Timothy & Jeanne Drone
Erected: 2020
Mural Text:
"WE SHALL HAVE PEACE AND RECONCILLATION"
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE SURRENDERS HIS CONFEDERATE ARMY OF 28,000 TROOPS
TO UNION GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT, EFFECTIVELY ENDING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.
APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE, VIRGINIA, APRIL 9, 1865.
"April 9th, 1865, was the end of the Civil War for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. For Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and tens of thousands of Federal and Confederate troops fighting further south, the war stretched out for several more months. After Appomattox, however, only the most zealous and desperate could pretend the Union was not already victorious and the Confederacy was destined to end." ~ National Park Service