these notes were taken by an artist, james edward kelly born in 1955, died in 1933. -- born in 1855, died in 1933. it was also later turned to sculpture. at that time over 40 union generals came to kelly's studio to pose for their port rates. while kelly was an artist that in his art he would not depict a button unless he could document it. sitting down with general grant. what an effort that would be or sitting down with joshua lawrence chamberlain and doing the portraits and asking any question you wanted. that's what he would do. he would interview more than the portraits have them speak of an event. there, p stop. there's the portrait. there's the painting. let's talk about that moment. he would take his notes. one day in the future, if his noted or art work was challenged, he could produce the notes. this is what they told me about little roundtable. this is what general grant told me about the surrender. he was very careful to preserve these notes. several years ago i worked on those 40 union generals and did the volume generals and bronze. it was also kelly's ambitious to crea

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