The terms of the agreement signed at Appomattox on April 9th 1865 were:
- The delivery of the Army of Northern Virginia's armaments materials and flags, with exception of the officers' individual weapons, the horses belonging to the cavalry troopers and those of the artillery men, which were considered private property because they had to be compulsory furnished by those soldiers.
- After having sworn, pledging their owns word, they would have never more fought against the USA, Confederates' officers and soldiers were free to return back to their homes and remaining there undisturbed.
- The supplying of 25.000 ration of food to the Army of Northern Virginia, whose
soldiers were starving.
- The agreement provided the surrender of only The Army of Northern Virginia.
Lee surrendered to Grant, not the other way around.
lee surrendered to grant at Appotamox courthouse
General Lee
No , R.E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant .
The Union under Grant. Or more strictly, the Army of the Potomac under General George Meade. (Some said Lee should have surrendered to Meade, not Grant.)
Robert e. lee
ulysses s grant
Lee surrendered to Grant. John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln.
Yes, that entire statement is correct. Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at A.C.H. in VA.
He didn't want to motivate the Confederates to take to the hills and conduct guerrilla warfare.
he surrendered at Appomattox Virginia, USA
appomattox courthouse