April 9th, 1865 Appomattox, Virginia Negotiations began between General Robert E Lee and General Ulysses S Grant in the McLean House near Appomattox Court House, and the terms of surrender were agreed upon. The papers were signed, at which time Lee left for his headquarters in the court house.
General Lee (commander of the Confederate Army) surrendered to General Grant (commander of the Union Army) at the Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This ended the Civil War.
The war itself was not ended at Appomattox. There were a few more small battles in other arenas of the war. By May of 1865 the war for all practical purposes was over.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
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Lee surrendered at the village of Appomattox. Not in the court house but the home of Wilmer McLean.
At the McLean home, Appomattox , Virginia, April 9th, 1865.
at Appomattox Courthouse
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Grant never surrendered. He took the surrender of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies.
it was at the appomattox courthouse
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Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
General US Grant did not always present his opponents with an "unconditional surrender". In the case at Appomattox Court House, Grant overruled General Custer's demand of an unconditional surrender. As an aside, President Lincoln had urged Grant to be lenient with Robert E. Lee.
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Grant never surrendered. He took the surrender of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies.
General US Grant was nicknamed "unconditional surrender" Grant
it was at the appomattox courthouse
it was at the appomattox courthouse
General Grant was the soldier that received the surrender of General Lee.
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Unconditional Surrender.
"Unconditional Surrender" Grant