The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia - and, notionally, the end of the Civil War.
Grant's policy of ending the system of prisoner-exchange had worked. The Confederates had run out of manpower. Lee's battle-lines had grown too thin to hold.
Lee surrendered to Grant.
they won fairly
General Lee started started meeting with General Grant to negotiate terms of surrendering the civil war.
General Lee was fighting for the South, Grant served the Union or the North.
I thought the Appomattox Courthouse was where the treaty and end of war occurred between North/South .. meeting GeneraL Grant & General Lee
General Grant's army defeated General Lee's army and Grant accepted Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse. Grant's treatment of Lee was characterized by such respect and generosity that Lee would not permit a bad word to be spoken about the man who had beaten him.
Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is taken as the effective end of hostilities.
general grant
In April 1865, General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant met at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. During this historic meeting, they agreed on the terms of surrender for Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, effectively marking the end of the Civil War in that region. Grant offered generous terms, allowing Confederate soldiers to return home with their horses, which helped facilitate a peaceful transition.
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
Lee was confederacy and Grant was a Union general
It was where General Grant and General Lee met. General Lee handed over his sword to Grant, thereby ending the civil war