Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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General Grant
Robert E. Lee
In the US Civil War, it was the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, not the Union General, who surrendered.
April 9, 1865 on Palm Sunday Confederate General Robert E. Lee signed a surrender. :)
April 9, 1865 on Palm Sunday Confederate General Robert E. Lee signed a surrender. :)
Officially, on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee signed a surrender
He was the commander of the Union forces and was the general who made Robert E. Lee surrender and helped end the war.
It essentially brought the Civil War to an end.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. This event marked the effective end of the American Civil War, as it signaled the defeat of the Confederate Army. The surrender took place in the parlor of the McLean House, where terms of surrender were negotiated.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
...the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant - effectively the end of the Civil War.