Fragment from the Appomatox Courthouse Table on which the Surrender was Signed, April 9, 1865

Unknown American, American

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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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