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The terms given to the defeated General Lee at the Appomattox courthouse are as follows 1. Two lists a all of the men serving in the Confederate army under General Lee was to be made, with one list going to the Union army, and another to the Confederate army. 2. The Confederate officers were to be on parole to not take arms against the United States Government. 3. Each commanding officer of the Confederate army was to sign a parole pledging that their men would not take up arms against the United States Government. 4. All of the public property carried by the Confederates, such as their guns and artillery was to be turned over 5. The Confederate soldiers were allowed to keep all of their personal belongings 6. Each man in the Confederate army would be allowed to freely return home and live in peace without fear of punishment from the United States Government, so long as they held to their parole agreement.
Grant and Lee signed the end of the Civil War.Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Virginia to the Union General Grant, thus ending the fighting in Virginia. Most of the other Confederate soldiers laid down their arms and went home, too. However, a few generals continued to fight for a few weeks. This surrender officially ended the Civil War and Grant's lienency paved the way for how the Southern states would be received back into the Union.Now this is the right answer so put this on your social studies packet on the Civil WarIt was the scene of Robert E. Lee's surrender to U.S. Grant, effectively ending the war.Lee surrendered to Grant.
Before July, 1863, Confederate soldiers who were captured turned in their weapons and signed a "parole" document. They were then allowed to return home and usually joined another regiment right away. After the Siege of Vicksburg ended in July, 1863, General Grant learned that nearly all of the more than 30,000 enemy prisoners paroled had joined new regiments. As a result, from that time on, all Confederates taken prisoner were sent to military prisons in the north. The largest prisons were in Ohio, but some prisoners were kept as far away as Vermont.
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The Confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses, however, the Southerners had to surrender their rifles. Most Southern soldiers would return to their farms for Spring planting.
The Confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses, however, the Southerners had to surrender their rifles. Most Southern soldiers would return to their farms for Spring planting.
"they returned home in peace and taking there this they loved with them"^This is true, but a better explanation is that he:Grant offered generous terns to surrender, after, laying down their arms the Confederats could return home in peace, taking their private possessions and horses with them. Grant also gave food to the hungry Confederate soldiers.
"they returned home in peace and taking there this they loved with them"^This is true, but a better explanation is that he:Grant offered generous terns to surrender, after, laying down their arms the Confederats could return home in peace, taking their private possessions and horses with them. Grant also gave food to the hungry Confederate soldiers.
You need to be more specific and clarify what you mean by paid for in return. In return for what? Soldiers in professional armies receive a salary. Soldiers in armies based on conscription receive a small allowance
When the union troops were in an area they often had the freed slaves come to them for protection and to help. At one point slaves came to one unit and the confederate officer demanded the return of the slaves from the union commander. The union commander told the Confederate that the slaves were contraband. By declaring them contraband he didn't have to return the slaves. After that event they called themselves "contraband."
The Confederate soldiers were given food and were allowed to keep their horses, however, the Southerners had to surrender their rifles. Most Southern soldiers would return to their farms for Spring planting.
The surrender terms were generous. The average private Confederate soldier turned in his rifle and accroutements, signed a parole paper, was issued 3 days worth of rations (food) and told to return home. Officers were allowed to keep their horses and sidearms. They too were allowed to return home.
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As hostilities between the Confederates and the Union reached the boiling point of "no return" Braxton Bragg joined the Confederacy as a brigadier general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. During the first few months of the US Civil War, Bragg served as a coastal commander for all land forces from Pensacola, Florida to Mobile, Alabama. Confederate President Davis belied that Bragg showed great promise and in September of 1861 he received a promotion to Major General.
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The return of soldiers from WW2