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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 occurred after general Robert E. Lee surrendered to general Ulysses S. Grant?

The Confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses.


What occurred at the final surrender of General Robert E Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant?

The Confederate soldiers were given food and we're allowed to keep their horses


General Lee surrendered to General Grant?

the confederate soldiers were permitted to keep there swords and horces


What general surrendered at the end of the civil war?

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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What did the surrendered terms of the confederate commander Robert lee include?

That soldiers be allowed to keep horses for farming


What happened at appomattox ct house?

Robert Edward Lee surrendered him and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.


What happened after General Robert e lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant?

The Confederate soldiers laid down their rifles, and went home. They were allowed to keep their horses and sidearms (pistols, swords)


What happened after general Robert E. lee surrendered to general Ulysses S. grant?

The Confederate soldiers laid down their rifles, and went home. They were allowed to keep their horses and sidearms (pistols, swords)


What happened at Appotomax in the American Civil War?

The Confederate General Lee surrendered to United States General Grant ending the Civil War.


Who surrendered the Confederate army in Virginia in 1865?

Robert E. Lee


What occurred after general Robert E. Lee surrendered to general Ulysses S. Grant?

The Confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses.


Where did the confederate surrendered to the union?

Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House to Ulysses S. Grant


What occurred at the final surrender of General Robert E Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant?

The Confederate soldiers were given food and we're allowed to keep their horses


What confederate general surrendered to the north during the civil war?

General Lee


Where and when did Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant?

Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, (Virginia) on April 9, 1865


General Lee surrendered to General Grant?

the confederate soldiers were permitted to keep there swords and horces