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What were three reasons General Lee had to surrender at Appomattox?
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Several reasons caused General Robert E. Lee to decide to surrender his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse. The question asks for three reasons, the answer adds a few more reasons than three.
A. Strategically, his army was surrounded by the forces led by US General Grant. With no escape route he was forced to surrender;
B. Although Lee had won battles with fewer troops than the Union, in the situation facing him, he estimated that he was outnumbered by an overwhelming ratio of 5 to 1;
C. Lee's forces were low on arms and ammunition;
D. Lee's forces were nearly out of rations; and
E. Lee saw no reason to continue at this point and thereby sacrifice more lives in a hopeless cause.
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Where did the surrender take place in the civil war?
The final battle of the American Civil War was at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 19, 1865; it was a month after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
What were the three terms of surrender given by General Grant to Lee?
Hand in the weapons. Sign the parole. Go home.
Which state is the Appomattox courthouse in?
Appomattox Court House is a village located three miles (5 km) east of Appomattox, Virginia, USA (25 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia, in the central part of the state), famous as the site of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and containing the house of Wilmer McLean, where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. The site is now commemorated as Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, a National Historical Park. This answer was cut and pasted from Wikipedia
What rank insignia did Robert E. Lee wear during the war?
Lee wore colonel's rank insignia during his surrender to Grant. Since being placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862, Lee has held the rank of "general" which, of course, makes him senior in rank to the lieutenant generals under his command (Jackson, Longstreet, etc..) Nevertheless, Lee continued to wear a simple coat with the 3 stars on the collar, which is the rank insignia of a Conferderate colonel. The coat worn at the surrender is believed to be a separate coat that Lee kept for formal occasions and likely was worn rarely, if at all, during the war. He also woar a sash and his sword at the surrender, which he never wore day-to-day. Grant, on the other hand, wore his equally simple private's coat with the 3-star lieutenant general's shoulder epaulets that he had worn throughout the Overland campaign.
What are three important union battles victories?
Gettysburg; Vicksburg; Appomattox , Antietam ,Shiloh
What is the significance of surrender at appomattox?
was surrounded on three sides It was the end of the war and he had to agree to his terms of surrender
What is the significance of Lee's surrender at Appomattox?
was surrounded on three sides It was the end of the war and he had to agree to his terms of surrender
Where did the surrender take place in the civil war?
The final battle of the American Civil War was at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 19, 1865; it was a month after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
What were the three terms of surrender given by General Grant to Lee?
Hand in the weapons. Sign the parole. Go home.
Where and when did the Civil War come to an end?
The Civil War essentially ended on April 9, 1865 when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. Grant told Union troops to not celebrate in respect to Lee and his troops.* It should be noted that the question does NOTspecifically ask about the surrender of Confederate Forces at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.That event is when General Robert E. Lee surrendered the forces under his direct command (The Army of Northern Virginia), to General Ulysses S. Grant. In point of fact several military actions continued to be fought elsewhere after the date of Lee's surrender.Since there was no longer an existing Confederate Government there was no viable governmental authority with which to sign a formal surrender agreement, and the individual commanders of other Confederate forces did not learn of Lee's surrender until some time after the Appomattox Court House event.*SEE THE BELOW WEBSITE for discussion, and the dates considered to be the "final" battles of the war.
Which state is the Appomattox courthouse in?
Appomattox Court House is a village located three miles (5 km) east of Appomattox, Virginia, USA (25 miles east of Lynchburg, Virginia, in the central part of the state), famous as the site of the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse and containing the house of Wilmer McLean, where the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant took place on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. The site is now commemorated as Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, a National Historical Park. This answer was cut and pasted from Wikipedia
What rank insignia did Robert E. Lee wear during the war?
Lee wore colonel's rank insignia during his surrender to Grant. Since being placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia in 1862, Lee has held the rank of "general" which, of course, makes him senior in rank to the lieutenant generals under his command (Jackson, Longstreet, etc..) Nevertheless, Lee continued to wear a simple coat with the 3 stars on the collar, which is the rank insignia of a Conferderate colonel. The coat worn at the surrender is believed to be a separate coat that Lee kept for formal occasions and likely was worn rarely, if at all, during the war. He also woar a sash and his sword at the surrender, which he never wore day-to-day. Grant, on the other hand, wore his equally simple private's coat with the 3-star lieutenant general's shoulder epaulets that he had worn throughout the Overland campaign.
Where did the confederate surrender at when the civil war ended?
The first surrender of the American Civil War, which only surrendered one army, the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E. Lee, occurred at the McLean Home in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 8, 1865. However, the next major surrender, which was equally if not more significant, was at the Bennett Farm just outside of Durham, North Carolina on April 26, 1865 between General Johnston and Major General Sherman, in which 4 Southern states (FL, GA, SC, NC), which included the Army of Tennessee and some 89,270 Confederate soldiers. There were three other major surrenders which occurred in Citronelle, AL, New Orleans, LA, and Doaksville, OK.
Where was the Souths final surrender at?
Appomattox Court House, three miles east of Appomattox, Virginia.Answer: While the above is true for the Army of Northern Virginia, Lee did not surrender the Confederate States Army or the Confederate States of America. The war continued after the McLean House surrender of 9 April 1865. The 30,000 men of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida and The Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginis under the command of General Joseph Eggleston Johnston were still fighting William Tecumseh Sherman. This force surrendered at Durham Station, North Carolina on 3 May 1865. On 5 May, the Confederate States were dissolved by the CSA Cabinet and five days later their former President Jefferson Davis was captured.The Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and Eastern Louisiana under Lieutenant General Richard Taylor made their surrender to Major Gerneral E.R.S. Canby at Citronelle, Alabama on 4 May 1865. The Trans Mississippi Department under Lieutenant General E. Kirby Smith made preperations to fight on as a guerrilla force. Smith went to Houston, Texas to enlist fresh troops, but when he arrived he found out that Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner had surrendered his force in Smith's name. He joined the few thousand confederate who went into exile in Mexico.The final surrender was made by Brigadier General Stand Watie of the Confederate Indians in Doaksville, near Fort Townson, Indian Territiry to Lieutenant Colonel Asa C. Matthews on 23 June 1865. The Civil War was over at last.
What are three important union battles victories?
Gettysburg; Vicksburg; Appomattox , Antietam ,Shiloh
Where is the court house located?
VirginiaAdded; Appomattox Courthouse built in 1892 is located in the middle of the state of Virginia about three miles (5 km) northwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Once known as Clover Hill - home of the original Old Appomattox Court House. The "new" Appomattox County Courthouse is located near Appomattox Station where the regional county government is located
What union commander seized Robert E. Lee?
They never 'seized' him. He surrendered his forces to the Union Army at the Appomattox Courthouse (which is now a historical park... the current Appomatox Court House was built in 1892) approximately three miles east of Appomattox, Virginia.
