Ulysses Grant
confederate; general Robert e. lee
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant as General of the Army accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865. Grant would later be elected president in 1868 and serve two terms.
Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House, (Virginia) on April 9, 1865
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.
Lee surrendered to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
General Robert E. Lee
confederate; general Robert e. lee
General Robert E. Lee
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
Robert E. Lee died of a stroke in 1870, which was 5 years after his surrender at Appomattox.
General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered to future President, General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865.
It is important because general robert e.lee needed to surrender to the union general.
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Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Robert Edward Lee.
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