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What year was the grant and lee stand off?
May 1864 to April 1865, in Virginia. Starting with the Battle of the Wilderness, ending with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, taken as the moment the war ended.
Did Robert E. Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Gettysburg?
No. Gettysburg was fought on July 1-3, 1863 and he didn't surrender until April 14, 1865. General Lee realized that he could not continue to fight not support his troops while they were in Pennsylvania, so he retreated back to Virginia. General Lee did not resign after the battle. Lee's army escaped and managed to return to Virginia.
Why did general grant not want the union soldiers celebrating after they won the civil war?
You are referring to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. The Union troops were cheering as Lee left. General Grant stopped them. He was very embarrassed. General Lee was riding off, as heartbroken as a man could be. General Grant told his men that the Southerners "are our countrymen again." This was not actually the end of the Civil War, but it was close enough!
Where was the location of the South's surrender to the North in the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House- On April 9, 1865 in the home of Wilmer Mclean General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, met with General Ulysses S. Grant, Lieutenant General of all Union Armies. This meeting between the two greatest generals of the Civil War was set in order to lay out the terms for the surrender of Lee's army. - A few days before this meeting General Grant met with President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln instructed Grant to be lenient in his surrender terms with Lee when the time came. Grant was listening because when the time came he did just that.- First off, Grant had about 5,000 food rations sent throught the lines to feed the famished Confederate troops. He took no prisoners, instead parolling all Confederate troops following the surrender of their weapons and their pledging of allegiance to the Union. The Confederates were allowed to keep their horses, as Grant said it was planting season in the south and they would be needing them. Finally, he allowed the Confederate Officers to keep their sidearms and swords.- These were the surrender terms generally as Grant laid out to Lee. In esssence, this moment was the point of the beginning of the healing process and the reunification of a nation. If Grant had not been Mitchel Rocks so generous the reconstruction period would most likely have been much worse than it was. It could have created a great sense of animosity between the two halves of the nation. The southerners would have had the feeling that the northerners were gloating over their vicotry and presuming that they were superior to the southerners. Thankfully we had the right man there at the right time.
What is a financial grant?
A grant is money that you do not have to pay back to an institution, while a loan is expected to be paid off in certain terms.
Who won the appomatox court house battle?
The "battle" at Appomatox Courthouse, fought on April 8 and 9, 1865, was won by the U.S. forces under Generals Grant and Sheridan. On April 8 U.S. forces succeeded in cutting off Confederate Gen. Lee's escape route to the west. On April 9 the U.S. forces turned back Lee's efforts to break through. The action was a prelude to Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomatox Courthouse later in the day of April 9.
Did each southern soldier have to surrender to the north?
No. When the General Lee surrendered to General Grant ending the Civil War, many southern soldiers simply took off their uniforms and walked home. Or stole horses and rode home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Yes and no. Soldiers are sworn to obey the orders of their superiors. Thus when the supreme superior (commander) surrenders, he/she orders all their troupes to surrender at the same time.
Why did general lee head north into Pennsylvania?
(A) General Lee wanted to take the pressure off General Grant's attack on Vicksburg, Miss. which would give the Union complete control of the Mississippi river, if Gen. Grant won the battle, (which he did). Gen. Lee hoped an attack in Penn. would take Union soldiers from Vicksburg, and that if Gen. Lee defeated Gen. Meade in Penn., then (B) Gen. Lee could attack Washington DC. (like the English did in the War of 1812), and Gen. Lee might even force President Lincoln to surrender the war against the South. (C) There were not a lot of Union soldiers in Penn. and an attack there by Gen. Lee would be totally unexpected, and give Gen. Lee the element of surprise.
What is something funny that happened in the civil war?
At the surrender of Vicksburg, Grant told Pemberton he was demanding unconditional surrender. Pemberton pretended to stalk off, saying "Don't insult me, General Grant!", but he kept looking over his shoulder to see if Grant was ready to do a deal. Grant pretended to make a concession - he agreed to parole the prisoners instead of sending them to Northern camps. Pemberton felt honour was satisfied, and surrendered the garrison. In fact, Grant had been dreading the prospect of having to feed and transport 30,000 prisoners, and was glad to be rid of them.
What site of southern surrenderending the civil war?
On April 9, 1865, the commander of the Confederate forces, General Robert E. Lee, also the head of the Army of Northern Virginia, was surrounded by Union forces. He surrendered to US Grant, the head of all Union forces and Lieutenant General of the Army of the Potomac. The site chosen was the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. General Grant was a gracious victor and fed all the Confederate soldiers who needed food.The Appomattox Courthouse happened to be the home of Wilmer McLean. In the early afternoon of April 9, Lee and Grant met. Lee was in full dress uniform and Grant, (this was his style no sign of disrespect ) was wearing a soiled and rumpled private's jacket reminisced about their service together in the Mexican War.As part of the surrender agreement, Lee's men were allowed to return to their homes with their horses for Spring planting. They gave up their weapons in a honorable way to the North.As an aside, and to remark about the supply advantages of the North, Grant ordered 25,000 rations for the Army of Northern Virginia.Later in Grant's own words he expressed how sad this occasion was to him. To show how solemn event this was for Grant, his men began firing off a hundred gun salute to mark the surrender of Lee.Grant had this stopped immediately and once again in Grant's words "we did not want to exalt over the downfall (of the Army of Northern Virginia )As Lee mounted his horse Traveler, the Southern and Union soldiers lifted their caps. Lee with no hat road among the soldiers as a goodbye and his tears were shed. So too with his men.
Who sind the song at the end of season3 episode 11 of the unit?
"Killing A Dead Man" By Grant Lee Phillips off his Strangelet album. Hope this helps. He was also in Grant Lee Buffalo, great band, check out Storm Hymnal for a great retrospective on their expansive career.
Why is the Appomattox Court House a famous site?
Union calvary troops cut off the retreat of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia (under the command of General Robert E. Lee) near the Appomattox Court House. Lee knew the Confederate cause was effectively lost by this point, but was not yet willing to surrender. Confederate supplies at Appomattox were gone, but supplies were available at the Confederate railhead of Lynchburg to the west, so if Lee could reach Lynchburg, he stood a chance of at least delaying defeat (and potentially of negotiating better terms for the surrender). Under the assumption that he was facing Union cavalry only, Lee ordered the Army of Northern Virginia to attack to try to break through Union lines. This worked to some extent, but when Confederate troops crested a ridge after fighting through several lines of cavalry they saw all of the Union XXIV Infantry Corps directly ahead of them, with the V Corps to their right. Shortly after this, it became obvious to nearly all Lee's staff that surrender under whatever terms Grant was offering was essentially their only viable option. Fortunately, these turned out to be about as favorable as Lee could have hoped for, since the men under his command were not to be imprisoned or prosecuted for treason (which they were, at least technically, guilty of), but released on "parole" under the condition that they not again take up arms against the Government of the United States. However, "why it happened" was basically "The Union Army got in the way of Lee's retreat, and Lee mistakenly thought he could break through."
