Ulysses S Grant, President of the United States from 1869 to 1877, accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee and his army April 9th, 1865.
General John Burgoyne is important in the history of the Revolutionary War because of his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga to Colonial forces. He was nicknamed "Gentleman Johnny" by the Colonists.
General McAuliffe famously responded "Nuts!" when asked to surrender during the Battle of the Bulge.
Benjamin Lincoln was a general in the American Revolutionary War. He is not very well known even though he was actually a considerably important figure in the Revolution. He accepted the British surrender at the end of the war and served as Secretary at War under the under the Confederation Congress (note that this was not the current congress of the United States).
The president of the united states was Abraham Lincoln, and the most famous northern general was Ulysses S. Grant (who later became president), though there were others. The Confederate president was Jefferson Davis, and the most famous Confederate general was Robert E. Lee (who had left the US army to work for the Confederates), again, there were other generals for the south.
Grant gave Lee generous terms of surrender. The Confederate Army of Northern Viginia was fed (at that time they were starving because of the Confederacy's lack of supplies), allowed to keep their weapons, and sent home. It is interesting to note that when Lee came to Appomattox Court House to surrender to Grant, Grant was so excited to meet the famous general that Lee had to remind him that they were there to arrange a surrender.
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General Douglas MacArthur was a famous general during WWII. He was the commander of the Southwest Pacific Area. For his role during the Philippine Campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. He also was the five-star general who accepted Japan's surrender in 1945. MacArthur was born in 1880 and died in 1964.
Ulysses S. Grant is probably the answer here because he won the Battles of Petersburg and Vicksburg, accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, and became US President after the war. Other famous Northern generals from the Civil War were William T. Sherman, Phillip Sheridan, Ambrose Burnside, George McClellan, George A. Custer, Lew Wallace, and Joseph Hooker, to name a few.
General Douglas MacArthur was a famous general during WWII. He was the commander of the Southwest Pacific Area. For his role during the Philippine Campaign, he received the Medal of Honor. He also was the five-star general who accepted Japan's surrender in 1945. MacArthur was born in 1880 and died in 1964.
Grant was the famous Civil War general who went on to become President.
General Grant became president.
General John Burgoyne is important in the history of the Revolutionary War because of his surrender at the Battle of Saratoga to Colonial forces. He was nicknamed "Gentleman Johnny" by the Colonists.
Ulysses S. Grant was a famous Northern general during the Civil War who went on to become President of the United States.
General McAuliffe famously responded "Nuts!" when asked to surrender during the Battle of the Bulge.
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ulysses S. Grant
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.
U. S. Grant was the one.