The confederacy never surrendered, General Lee the general of the army of Northern Virgina surrendered his portion of the army at Appomattox.
Lee only surrendered his portion of the army, The army of Norther Virgina, the confederacy (president Jefferson Davis) never surrendered, the war ended because the union had far more men, which allowed them to occupy the confederacy, forcing the confederacy into submission.
The Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia is where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union. It was Robert E. Lee who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
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The Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia is where the Confederacy surrendered to the Union. It was Robert E. Lee who surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
The chief military commander of the Confederacy was General Robert E. Lee who headed the Army of Northern Virginia. He surrendered to the same position in the Union, General Ulysses S. Grant, who headed the Army of the Potomac on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
The confederacy army surrendered on April 18, 1865, thereby ending the civil war. Slavery was abolished in Southern states, and the confederacy accepted to be part of the Union. The confederacy would not pursue secession from the Union.
after a lengthy siege
Nope. The Confederacy did.
Lee surrendered his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Grant's Union Army of the Potomac.?
For the US in WWII, US Army General Wainwright surrendered his whole army in the Philippines in '42. For the British, they surrendered their whole army at Singapore.
The Union won the US Civil War because the Confederacy surrendered. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the war.