On April 9, 1865 after four years of Civil War, approximately 630,000 deaths and over 1 million casualties, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the town of Appomattox Court House , Virginia.
Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant .
They surrendered in Appomatox, Virginia in 1865. The generals were Robert E. lee for the south, and Ulysses S. Grant for the north.
Robert E Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia as both generals were located near the location of the courthouse.
apponimox courthouse, virginia
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
The victorious general, Ulysses Grant, and the loser Robert E. Lee.
It was Appomattox Court House, near Petersburg, Virginia.
The Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia is where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union. It was Robert E. Lee who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
He surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia the date of April 9, 1865
Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant were the commanding generals of the Confederate and Union armies, respectively.
The surrender of the Confederate General of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee to the commander of the Union's Army of the Potomac, Ulysses S. Grant, ended the US Civil War. The date was April 9, 1865. Lee was the military leader of the Confederacy and as such, his surrender was valid. A few Southern military men wanted to fight a guerrilla war to harass the North but Lee was opposed to this. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy accepted Lee's action in ending the war.
Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appamattox Courthouse, Virginia on April 9th, 1865.