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 associated with Union army. General Sheridan's Union cavalry played a decisive role. The soldiers inside kit are represented because of the typical cavalry brief coat without epaulettes, the Mc Clellan or chasseur cap, as well as the typical Sharps & Smith carbines.