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Two printing presses are set up on trunks, and freshly printed pardons hang on the line to dry in the room where the Confederate pardons were printed at the Clover Hill Tavern in the village of Appomattox Court House.

In the terms of the Civil War surrender, Grant promised to parole all Confederate soldiers allowing them to return home as long as they promised not to take up arms against the United States ever again.

On the morning of April 10, 1865, Generals Grant and Lee had one final meeting. Lee requested that his men be given proof of their parole to protect them from future arrests. Two printing presses were immediately set up inside the Clover Hill Tavern to print the parole documents. Printing began that afternoon and ran late into the night until the job was finally completed on the morning of April 15. In all, 28,231 officers and men were paroled.

Not only did the parole slip allow for safe passage home, but it could also be used for food ratio...

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