AMERICANS--true to the blue or true to the gray--bow in reverence to the memory of these two great fellow countrymen--the greatest leaders that mankind has ever followed. Under the same beloved flag they fought in their early days, only to stand arrayed against each other as foes in their latter days, and to finally die as loyal Americans. Never before has the public looked upon these photographs, which were taken by the war cameras at Appomattox at the end of the war. When Lee offered his sword to Grant it was courteously returned to him. The two gallant generals lifted their hats and parted forever. Grant mounted his horse, and started with his staff for Washington. Lee set out for Richmond, a broken-hearted man. The armies returning from the field were brought to Washington for a grand review and mustered out of service. The news of Lee's surrender passed from army to army through the South and West, and six weeks later the last gun had been fired and musket laid down in the Civil War of the United States. In closing these pages, acknowledgment is made to the many eminent historians whose scholarly works have been consulted and quoted in narrating the incidents surrounding these photographs. Mr. Edward B. Eaton, who has prepared this remarkable presentation from his valuable collection; Mr. Francis T. Miller, the editor and writer of this book; and Mr. George E. Tracy, associated with Mr. Eaton in placing this volume before the public, wish to express their appreciation for the cordial interest taken in the work by the department commanders of the Grand Army of the Republic, many of whom testify to having seen the Brady cameras on the battlefield when these negatives were being taken. To these men--and to all who witnessed the scenes herein perpetuated--this book is dedicated with the benediction of the victorious Grant: [Illustration: HERO OF THE AMERICANS WHO WORE THE GRAY Robert Edward Lee--Born at Stratford, Virginia, January 19, 1807--Died at Lexington, Virginia, October 12, 1870--Graduated at West Point in 1829 and fought gallantly under the Stars and Stripes in the War against Mexico--Commander-in-chief of the vanquished Confederate Army in the Civil War in the United States--This photograph was taken when he was fifty-seven years of age, during the Civil War, and was never before published--It is protected by copyright] "LET US HAVE PEACE" THE ASSOCIATED PUBLISHERS OF AMERICAN RECORDS PRESS OF THE DORMAN LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT HALFTONE ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT WELLER, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT THE EDWARD B. EATON COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CIVIL WAR