The battle of Appomattox Courthouse, during the American Civil War, was the ultimate effort of General Robert E. Lee's Confederate army of North Virginia before their surrender to General Ulysses S. give, commander-in-chief of this Union army. General Sheridan's Union cavalry played a decisive role. The soldiers in this kit are represented utilizing the typical cavalry brief coat without epaulettes, the Mc Clellan or chasseur cap, therefore the typical Sharps & Smith carbines.