Appomattox Court House
In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War
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At the McLean House in Appomattox, Virginia.
The key participants at the Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse were Generals Lee and Grant.
General Robert E. Lee.
What are the causes of when Lee met Grant and agreed to surrender ?
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Appomattox.
Grant did not surrender, though he lost all the early battles of the Overland Campaign. It was Grant who eventually took the surrender of Lee.
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General Chamberlain was the one who FORMALLY accepted the surrender; however, Lee, in standard history books that don't go very in-depth, actually surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.
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General Ulysses S. Grant was in command of the Union troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate army. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
Grant gave Lee generous terms of surrender. The Confederate Army of Northern Viginia was fed (at that time they were starving because of the Confederacy's lack of supplies), allowed to keep their weapons, and sent home. It is interesting to note that when Lee came to Appomattox Court House to surrender to Grant, Grant was so excited to meet the famous general that Lee had to remind him that they were there to arrange a surrender.