`The Peace-Makers at City Point` is one of the bronze panels in the Soldiers` and Sailors` Monument in Public Square of Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It depicts an allegorical meeting between Abraham Lincoln and his generals and admirals discussing how the war would be brought to an end. Although not all of the men depicted in this panel were in the same place at the same time, the depiction was inspired by an actual council of war that occurred in March 1865 between President Lincoln, General Ulysses Grant, General William Sherman, and Admiral David Porter abroad the steamship called the River Queen near City Point, Virginia. At this meeting that Lincoln expressed his desire for a swift end to the war and magnanimous treatment of the rebels thereafter. General Sherman`s aggressive posture in this panel represents his opposition to Lincoln`s desires, favoring a much more aggressive strategy. Lincoln stands calmly, contrasting Sherman`s stance while Grant stands off to the side.

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