April 9th 1865, at Appomattox Court House.
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
General-in-Chief of al the Union armies was U.S. Grant. Commander of the Army of the Potomac, which forced Lee's surrender (effectively ending the war), was George Meade.
General Lee surrendered during the Civil War because his army was outnumbered and surrounded by Union forces, making further resistance futile. He chose to surrender to prevent unnecessary loss of life and destruction.
No, Robbert E. Lee was not the main general of the Union Army. The main general for the Union was Ulysses S. Grant. Lee wasn't in the Union army at all. He was a head general of the Confederacy though. Hope it helps!
U.S. Grant - though it is still debated whether Grant (General-in-Chief) or George Meade (Army commander) should have taken the surrender of Lee.
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
no... he was the first confederate general to surrender...
Grant (Union) taking the surrender of Lee (Confederate). Some say that George Meade should have taken the surrender, as commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac. Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union, travelling alongside the army.
General-in-Chief of al the Union armies was U.S. Grant. Commander of the Army of the Potomac, which forced Lee's surrender (effectively ending the war), was George Meade.
General Lee surrendered during the Civil War because his army was outnumbered and surrounded by Union forces, making further resistance futile. He chose to surrender to prevent unnecessary loss of life and destruction.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
No, Robbert E. Lee was not the main general of the Union Army. The main general for the Union was Ulysses S. Grant. Lee wasn't in the Union army at all. He was a head general of the Confederacy though. Hope it helps!
Ulysses Grant
Good question. The army commander was General George Meade, and some peple thought he should have been the one to take Lee's surrender. However, the Union General-in-Chief, U.S. Grant, was travelling alongside the army in a mobile HQ, and it seemed to him that the surrender should be conducted between one General-in-Chief and another.
Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.