Walk in the footsteps of history with this parchment reproduction letter by General Ulysses S. Grant. It is an accurate replica of Grant's handwriting outlining the terms of Lee's surrender to the Union in the Civil War, and features Grant's signature. As requested by President Lincoln, the terms were quite generous.

The National Archives' cartographic section contains approximately 8,000 Civil War maps, including both manuscript and printed maps and plans. The manuscript maps include pencil sketches and original pen-and-ink drawings as well as processed maps with annotations in ink or pencil. Many of the Civil War manuscript maps and drawings are unique to the National Archives, while a variety of the printed maps are more common and can be found in other large repositories such as the Library of Congress.