"they returned home in peace and taking there this they loved with them"
^This is true, but a better explanation is that he:
Grant offered generous terns to surrender, after, laying down their arms the Confederats could return home in peace, taking their private possessions and horses with them. Grant also gave food to the hungry Confederate soldiers.
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The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House was in the year 1865, on April 9th.
The Confederate Army surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
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Appomattox Court House, near Petersburg, Virginia.
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At Appomattox court house
The surrender , along with the generous peace terms , marked the end of the American Civil War and the beginning of peace .
Appomattox Court House, near Petersburg, Virginia.
Appomattox Court House is where, on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee signed the surrender officially ending the Civil War.
Ulysses S. Grant
The two main figures at the Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General US Grant. Grant was respectful of the Confederate general. As a display of goodwill, Grant ordered for 25,000 rations for Lee's starving army.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
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Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general and Ulysses S. Grant for the Union
she surrendered at the Appomattox court house.
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This battle was the final defeat of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. All of Virginia including the Confederate capital fell into Union hands. Nearly all other large Confederate forces surrendered within a few weeks of the Appomattox Court House surrender.
The official surrender was signed by General Robert E. Lee on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865 at 3:00pm, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
There were 700 casualties in the Appomattox Courthouse!
No - the Appomattox courthouse is where the surrender was signed.
Appomattox Court HouseIn Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War
In Appomattox Court House, Virginia. A popular misconception is that the surrender occurred at the Appomattox courthouse. It was actually the name of the village.
April 9 1865 was the day that General Lee surrendered his troops (the army of Northern Virgina) to Grant, the confederate government led by president Jefferson Davis never did surrender, to this day the Confederate States Of America is an occupied Country. The Confederates surrender on 1865 at Appomattox Court House.