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.
she surrendered at the Appomattox court house.
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What are the causes of when Lee met Grant and agreed to surrender ?
Lee surrendered at Appomattox.
General Lee did not surrender in Atlanta. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
His last major battle was the Siege of Petersburg. When Lee abandoned his positions there and tried to escape, there were minor engagements at Five Forks and Appomattox before the final surrender.
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Simple attrition, since Lee was running out of manpower and supplies. (Remember that prisoner exchanges had been halted.) Grant just had to keep battering away at the Army of Northern Virginia until its lines were stretched too thin.
he DID surrender.