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Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
Appomattox At Five Forks, on Apr. 1, 1865, where Sheridan succeeded in shuttering the Pickett's Tactical Group, capturing more than 4,000 prisoners and then interrupting the railroad Richmond-Danville, what allowed the Federals to provoke the collapse of Petersburg's front and the seize of Richmond in the morning of Apr. 3.
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The surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House near Richmond, Virginia is taken as the war's end, although the Confederate Government was still trying to continue the struggle. A few other actions did take place. Joseph Johnston surrendered to William Sherman a couple of weeks later, and there were also some isolated forces West of the Mississippi that did not influence the outcome.
Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865 after defeats at Vicksburg, Richmond, and Petersburg.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
The fall of Petersburg (April 2, 1865) and Richmond (April 3,1865), opened the Appomattox Campaign, that is the pursue, the encirclement and the surrender of Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865. The Civil War was next to be ended with the defeat of the Confederacy.
Lee chose to withdraw from Petersburg in order to meet up with General Joseph Johnson. However, General George Meade of the Union Army intercepted the column and Richmond soon fell. This led to the surrender at Appomattox not long after.
ANSWER The decisive Union victory at Petersburg led to the collapse of the Confederate Eastern Front, the seize of Richmond and the surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House. The war was next to the end.
Appomattox Court House, near Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, near Richmond, Virginia
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Lee had abandoned the trench-works at Petersburg, leaving Richmond open to capture. He was attempting to escape the encircling Federal forces, but upon reaching Appomattox, Lee realized that he was surrounded. Outnumbered, outgunned, starving, and unable to mount a credible defense, Lee opted to surrender.
General Custer's cavalry had destroyed the Confederate defenses between Richmond and Appomattox. Lee had retreated to the west from Richmond hoping for his army to hide behind those defenses. They were not there. At Appomattox, General Grant gave General Custer the table on which the surrender document was signed.
Petersburg, situated on the River Appomattox, was about 30 kilometers, as the crow flies, southward from Richmond and was an important strategic road and railroad center.