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Lee's sword, photographed below at the
Appomattox Museum of the Civil War, was actually presented to him by ladies from the State of Maryland and Lee referred to it as
the Maryland Sword. it is an expensive presentation copy of a regulation British officer's sword, likely because it was made in England and run through the blockade. It is inscribed in one of the etched panels that it is
a gift from a marylander with a small
m. Note that it is displayed in front of a photograph of Lee actually wearing the sword, a photo likely made as a gift of appreciation for the donors of the sword. The uniform believed to have been worn by him is also displayed in the museum along with his gauntlets, above.
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