The southern general who signed the surrender papers for the Army of Northern Virginia in April (the 9th) of 1865 was General Robert E. Lee. As overall commander of the army, he chose to meet personally with his opposite "number" in the Union force, General Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender was signed at the Appomattox Court House (Virginia) and led directly to the end of the Civil War as a whole.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
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The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House - the mpment that is taken as the notional end of the war.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
For all practical purpose, the general in charge of all US military affairs, Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee, the general in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia. The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. It was an unconditional surrender. It took almost a month before all Southern forces learned of the surrender. Lee refused to back ideas by some Southerners to wage a guerrilla war. So none were attempted.
General Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia April 9, 1865.
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His final act as General-in-Chief was to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, effectively ending the Civil War.