A place of surrender, now surrendered. by TomDart

Photography • Historical • posted on Jun 03, 2005

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In October of 2004, we went to Virginia, a state in the USA full of history. This location is Appomattox, the place where the first surrender of the South in the great Civil War took place. Gen. Grant of the Federal(Northern) forces accepted the surrender of Gen. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. A surrender or two later the war was over and the bloodiest war in number of American lives was done. Appomottox has been preserved fairly well. This is an historically valued site. The image shows a road along which soldiers moved on that day, April 9, 1865 Image taken with the old carry cam, a reliable Minolta DiImage f100(old but does a pretty good job.) f/8.0, ISO100, 1/350 sec, 35mm at 35mm film equivalent focal length. Post work includes cropping. All the rest is as from the camera.

Comments (15)

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Andromeda31

9:37PM | Fri, 03 June 2005

One can almost imagine what it was like to walk that path into battle! Lots of history in these parts...Excellent photo!!! :)

solrac_gi_2nd

9:47PM | Fri, 03 June 2005

Full of history and serene beauty. Perfect capture of this 'path'. Bravo !!!

TigerLily123

10:27PM | Fri, 03 June 2005

Very peaceful!! :)

Tedz

11:13PM | Fri, 03 June 2005

Yep...can just Imagine it...a fine Historical Image.

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Zacko

11:58PM | Fri, 03 June 2005

Awe, love that one!!! Such a beautiful place to walk your doggie or something. Beautiful weather as well. The thing that makes this what it is to me, is those few trees with the reddish autumn-look to them. Really peaceful photo! Have a wonderful weekend #:O)

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kimariehere

12:05AM | Sat, 04 June 2005

wonderous country road Tom you caught it perfectly!!!.. love this!!

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wackiej

12:24AM | Sat, 04 June 2005

Way to go Tom! The colors are fantastic. And thank you for providing the history. I appreciate that in a post.

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tibet2004uk

12:37AM | Sat, 04 June 2005

What a beautiful scenery Tom! This is so peaceful and inviting! And there's no one in sight!!!! Perfect!! ;)

PapaGuru

5:28AM | Sat, 04 June 2005

Nice scene indeed, great capture!

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Enmos

10:20AM | Sat, 04 June 2005

Beautiful scenic and historical place, thanks for the info !! Colors look great, superb work !! :o)

vlaaitje

3:03PM | Sat, 04 June 2005

wonderful colours, and such a lovely place for a walk....

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sossy

12:23PM | Thu, 09 June 2005

very impressive and now peaceful place! the shade of the tree adds the mood of war times to the image! love the green meadows and the fences leading into the depth! ;o)

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