LIBI_00019_00239; This item a silver gelatin print postcard of Appomattox Court House in Virginia.  The postcard is 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" and was produced circa 1914 commissioned by A.L. Cheney of Morrisville, Vermont.  This item is part of a postcard series.  On the front, a handwritten notation in blue ink reads, "No. 8," and appears on the bottom center of the image.  On the verso, a handwritten notation in ink reads: "Appomattox C.H./Looking toward Main street of Appomattox C.H. from the near Plum Run.  Tall tree at left is where the McLean house stood.  The Court House was in the small clump of trees just over the wagon.  The old hotel is seen just over the forward right wheel of wagon.  Lt. Col. Root, 15th N.Y. Cav. fell on eve of Apr. 8/65 in front of large house on right.  Through the kindness of the woman owning it he was buried in her front yard.  Later his people secured the body and took it home.  This same southern woman, says Gen. Morris Schaff in his delightfully entertaining book "The Sunset of the
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A. L. Cheney (<i>Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument</i>)
circa 1914 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1914-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
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