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What battle that took place directly before Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House?
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∙ 13y ago
There was actually a last battle at Appomattox itself.
It was the breakout from the 9-month Siege of Petersburg.
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What did Robert E. Lee do near the city of Appomattox.?
Robert E. Lee fought the final engagement of the Confederate Army before Lee surrendered. The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865.
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Who accepted surrender from the british?
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When was Ulysses S. Grants' last battle?
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What was the battle before appomattox?
The battle of Five Forks, fought on April 1, 1865 and the breakthrough of the Confederate defensive line of Petersburg on Apr. 2, 1865.
What did Robert E. Lee do near the city of Appomattox.?
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What did Robert E Lee do near the of Appomattox?
Robert E. Lee fought the final engagement of the Confederate Army before Lee surrendered. The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865.
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It is not. MacArthur was the commanding officer in the Philippines, which we were forced to surrender. He was evacuated before the actual surrender.
Did Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fight against one another?
Yes, several times in fact, before the surrender. Although Lee had to surrender at Appomattox, because his valiant army was worn down, he actually defeated Grant several times.
How did Lincoln know that the Civil War was coming to an end?
Reports from Grant and Sherman that the enemy position was increasingly hopeless. The surrender at Appomattox had taken place a few days before Lincoln's assassination.
When did Confederate General AP Hill graduate from West Point?
Confederate General AP Hill graduated from West Point in 1847. He was ranked 15th among his graduating class of 38 cadets. Hill saw major battle action in most of the major Eastern Theater battles including the Battle of Antietam. He was killed 6 days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Why did Germany surrender on D-Day?
Germany did not surrender on D-Day. Many individual German soldiers surrendered, but Germany kept on for a further 9 months of battle before giving in.
What event happened directly before Cornwallis surrendered?
The Battle of Yorktown came immediately before Cornwallis surrendered.
When lee asked grant to provide food for the captured confederate soldiers what was grant's response?
If you mean after the surrender at Appomattox, then I think Grant was fairly generous about it. If it was before the surrender, he would just have said "Run up the white flag, buddy boy." He had of course ended prisoner exchange as soon as he became General-in-Chief.
Who accepted surrender from the british?
For all practical purpose, the general in charge of all US military affairs, Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee, the general in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia. The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. It was an unconditional surrender. It took almost a month before all Southern forces learned of the surrender. Lee refused to back ideas by some Southerners to wage a guerrilla war. So none were attempted.
