The chief military commander of the Confederacy was General Robert E. Lee who headed the Army of Northern Virginia. He surrendered to the same position in the Union, General Ulysses S. Grant, who headed the Army of the Potomac on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Courthouse.
Robert E. Lee was the Commanding General of the Confederate Army
Lee surrendered his sword and his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on Apr. 9,1865. Joseph Johnston surrendered his Army at Raleigh NC, on Apr. 18,1865. Richard Taylor surrendered the Confederate forces operating in Alabama and Mississippi on May 4, 1865. Kirby Smith surrendered the Confederate forces of Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865.
In the Confederate States, there were multiple commanders who led the Confederate army at different times during the American Civil War. The most well-known Confederate commander was General Robert E. Lee. In the United States, the commander of the army is typically the President of the United States as the Commander-in-Chief, while the actual day-to-day leadership falls to the General of the Army, who is currently General Mark A. Milley.
The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House and for all intents and purposes ended the US Civil War.
With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.
Appotomax Courthouse
General Robert Edward Lee.
Appomattox Virginia, in the home of the McLean family.
Robert E. Lee
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
General Lee
Robert E. Lee was the General-in-Chief, though he only surrendered his own Army of Northern Virginia. Joseph E. Johnston surrendered quite a sizeable army later in the month.
Lee surrendered his Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Grant's Union Army of the Potomac.?
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.
The confederacy never surrendered, General Lee the general of the army of Northern Virgina surrendered his portion of the army at Appomattox.
General lee
Robert E. Lee surrendered to US Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Lee's army was few in number and starving for food. Grant had a huge army and Lee had no choice but to surrender.