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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
Stonewall Jackson did not surrender; he was a Confederate general known for his military prowess during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville in May 1863 and died shortly thereafter. However, the surrender of Confederate forces in the Civil War is often associated with General Robert E. Lee, who surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April 1865.
...the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant - effectively the end of the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
The Appomattox were not a group but rather refer to the Battle of Appomattox Court House, which took place in April 1865 during the American Civil War. This battle culminated in the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. This event effectively marked the end of the Civil War, as it led to the collapse of the Confederate resistance. The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia, which has since become a symbol of reconciliation and the end of the conflict.
General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
The surrender , along with the generous peace terms , marked the end of the American Civil War and the beginning of peace .
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.
This battle was the final defeat of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. All of Virginia including the Confederate capital fell into Union hands. Nearly all other large Confederate forces surrendered within a few weeks of the Appomattox Court House surrender.
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.