Central Pacific Railroad

Western Union Telegram
April 9, 1865

Appomattox, Virginia

Flash News!

The Civil War has ended.

Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia today. 

The war has ended and the country is whole again.

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