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Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to U.S. Grant. As these two oficers both occupied the post of General-in-Chief of their respective armies, this was taken as the end of hostilities.
It was actually a couple of weeks later that Joe Johnston's Army of Tennessee surrendered to Sherman, and there were small skirmishes West of the Mississippi for a few weeks beyond that.
Appomattox was only an armistice. There was never a peace treaty, since Congress did not recognise the Confederacy as a sovereign nation.
This is to point out that "The Confederate Army" as a whole never surrendered.
Instead the Confederate forces surrendered piecemeal and not at the same time:
Lee surrendered on Apr. 9, 1865.
Johnston surrendered on Apr. 18, 1865.
Richard Taylor's remnant Confederate Forces in Alabama and Mississippi surrendered on May 4, 1865.
Kirby Smith's Trans-Mississippi's Confederate Forces surrendered on May 26, 1865.
Indeed I am of the opinion that the question should have been better asked, for instance: "Who were the generals who surrendered the different Confederate Armies to Union Forces?"
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∙ 16y agoAt the end of the Civil War, the Southern General Lee surrendered to General Grant. The North won, regardless of what they say in Georgia.
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∙ 11y agoIn the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
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What happened at Appotomax in the American Civil War?
The Confederate General Lee surrendered to United States General Grant ending the Civil War.
What generals signed the agreement to end the civil war?
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
In the civil war who did general lee surrender to?
He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Where is site of general lee surrender civil war?
He surrendered at the Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865.
When day the civil war end in May 1865?
Although the Civil war is commonly thought to have ended in April 1865 when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, the last battle of the war was fought over a month later in Texas. For all practical purposes the war ended when Lee surrendered to Grant.
Who was the union general whose surrender led to the end of the civil war?
In the US Civil War, it was the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, not the Union General, who surrendered.
What conferderate general surrendered at appomattox courthouse Virginia to end the civil war?
Robert E. Lee
Where the confederates surrendered to the union at the end of the civil war in 1865?
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House, on April 9, 1865.
What General surrendered in the civil war?
Robert Lee
Who was the commander or general of the Union Army at the end of civil war?
Ulysses S Grant. That is who Lee surrendered to at Appomattox.
What did general lee surrendered when the civil war ended?
fighting
What confederate general surrendered to the north during the civil war?
General Lee
What did general lee do right after the civil war?
Surrendered to Appomattox Courthouse
What happened at Appotomax in the American Civil War?
The Confederate General Lee surrendered to United States General Grant ending the Civil War.
How did the war end in 1865?
General Lee surrendered to General Grant.
What happen to the Appomattox court house?
General Robert E Lee surrendered his Confederate army to the Union led by Ulysses S. Grant. Essentially the end of the Civil War.
Which English general surrendered in Norfolk?
wasn't aware that any general surrendered in Norfolk during the civil war, as no battles were fought in the county
