Finding Aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender
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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
DAWN OF PEACE – APPOMATTOX SURRENDER
Dawn of Peace is the typescript copy of a news article appearing in The Evening Star,
Washington, DC, on 5 April 1890, relating an eye-witness account of the surrender proceedings
at Appomattox Court House by George T. Peers, a merchant, clerk of the court, and resident of
Appomattox.
GEORGE T. PEERS (1830-1908)
George T. Peers, the son of Thomas R. Peers and Mary Petty, was born 19 June 1830.
He married 10 October 1855, in Lynchburg, Va., Caroline Virginia Sackett, the daughter of
Benjamin Franklin Sackett and Evalina Elisabeth Aiken. Peers was a merchant and served as
clerk of the court in Appomattox County, Va., from 1860 until his death. He died 14 November
1908, in Appomattox County and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, in Lynchburg.
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2311 MEMORIAL AVENUE
LYNCHBURG, VA 24501
(434) 846-0501
DAWN OF PEACE – APPOMATTOX SURRENDER
Dawn of Peace is the typescript copy of a news article appearing in The Evening Star,
Washington, DC, on 5 April 1890, relating an eye-witness account of the surrender proceedings
at Appomattox Court House by George T. Peers, a merchant, clerk of the court, and resident of
Appomattox.
GEORGE T. PEERS (1830-1908)
George T. Peers, the son of Thomas R. Peers and Mary Petty, was born 19 June 1830.
He married 10 October 1855, in Lynchburg, Va., Caroline Virginia Sackett, the daughter of
Benjamin Franklin Sackett and Evalina Elisabeth Aiken. Peers was a merchant and served as
clerk of the court in Appomattox County, Va., from 1860 until his death. He died 14 November
1908, in Appomattox County and is buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery, in Lynchburg.
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Dublin Core
Title
Finding Aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender
Subject
Finding aids
Appomattox (Va.)
Description
Finding aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender typescript held at Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia. The copy is an eyewitness account by George T. Peers of the surrender proceedings at Appomattox at the end of the U.S. Civil War.
Creator
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Publisher
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Date
2023
Rights
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.)
Format
pdf
Language
English
Identifier
MS1330FA
Collection
Citation
George M. Jones Memorial Library (Lynchburg, Va.), “Finding Aid to the Dawn of Peace - Appomattox Surrender,” Digital Collections, accessed May 3, 2024, https://digitaljones.omeka.net/items/show/380.