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The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
General Lee did not "surrender the Civil War". He surrendered his army, the Army of Northern Virginia, when it was clear that he could no longer effectively fight against the Army of the Potomac commanded by Ulysses Grant.
The surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to U.S.Grant's Army of the Potomac (technically General Meade's army), which is taken as the effective ending of the American Civil War.
General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.
The Army of Norther Virginia surrendered at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
Ulysses Grant
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia was at McLean House.
R.E. Lee .
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Grant accepted Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia by Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant. It was the effective end of the war.
It brought about the immediate surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.