Robert Edward Lee.
Appomattox Court
Appomattox Court HouseIn 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
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
...the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant - effectively the end of the Civil War.
The surrender , along with the generous peace terms , marked the end of the American Civil War and the beginning of peace .
General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
Lee's surrender at Appomattox effectively ended the US Civil War. There were still viable Confederate armies in the field, and a few more battles fought, but these forces would soon surrender upon receiving news of the defeat.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee was the top commander in the Confederate Army. In early April of 1861 he found his army surrounded and surrendered to US General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1861. This effectively ended the Civil War.
The Battle of Appomattox Court House was significant because it marked the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army, effectively signaling the end of the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House led to the reunion of the North and South and set the stage for the Reconstruction era in the United States.
The final battle of the American Civil War was at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 19, 1865; it was a month after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
He surrendered at the Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865.