Thomas Lee Jessee, portraying Confederate General Robert E. Lee, front, tips his hat to Union officers on the porch of the McLean house as part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House in Appomattox, Va., Thursday, April 9, 2015. Lee left the house after meeting with Union General Ulysses S. Grant after signing the surrender documents. (Photo by Steve Helber/AP Photo)
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