Grant allowed Lee's men to go home with their horses. This was done to help Lee's men in Spring planting. He also ordered up 25,000 ration sets to feed Lee's soldiers.
General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
it was at the appomattox courthouse
General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant.
Virginia at appomattox court house
General Custer's cavalry had destroyed the Confederate defenses between Richmond and Appomattox. Lee had retreated to the west from Richmond hoping for his army to hide behind those defenses. They were not there. At Appomattox, General Grant gave General Custer the table on which the surrender document was signed.
General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
it was at the appomattox courthouse
it was at the appomattox courthouse
General Robert E. Lee
General Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant.
The two main figures at the Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General US Grant. Grant was respectful of the Confederate general. As a display of goodwill, Grant ordered for 25,000 rations for Lee's starving army.
With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.
April 9,1865 was the date of this historic occasion.
Virginia at appomattox court house
General Lee and General Grant.
General US Grant did not always present his opponents with an "unconditional surrender". In the case at Appomattox Court House, Grant overruled General Custer's demand of an unconditional surrender. As an aside, President Lincoln had urged Grant to be lenient with Robert E. Lee.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.