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On April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House (Virginia), Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant. This was effectively the end of the US Civil War. Lee and his men were "paroled" or released, as they had insufficient supplies and weapons to continue fighting.

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