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Who was given the honor of commanding the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the confederate army?
Good question. I'm assuming you mean the Army of Northern Virginia - there was no 'Confederate Army', as such, in the field. Also there was one other fairly sizeable army of Confederates that did not surrender for about another two weeks, as well as other small units West of the Mississippi that continued to operate beyond that. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by George Meade. Many people felt that the honour should go to Meade for this reason. However, that army had been closely accompanied by U.S.Grant, travelling in a mobile HQ. As Lee was also General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies, and Grant was his opposite number in that capacity, it was decided that Grant should take the surrender. IMPROVEMENT. Perhaps the question is focused on the formal ceremony of surrendering that took place on Apr.12,1865, when the survivors of the Army of Northern Virginia, about 28 000 troops, paraded to lay down their weapons, division after division, officers on horseback, waving flags at the head of regiments and received the honors of war by a Unionist division deployed under the command of General Joshua Chamberlain.
What was the immediate result of the surrender of Fort Sumte?
The immediate result of the surrender of Fort Sumter was am agreement that they would evacuate and not surrender. After the surrender, many people pushed for Lincoln to send troops back in to take control of the Forts and save the Union.
At what battle was General Lee's plan to capture Maryland stopped?
After the Battle of Antietam in September of 1862, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia had to retreat from Maryland back to Virginia. Lee's evacuation from Maryland, for that moment of the war ended Confederate plans to take the war to the enemy, the Union.
What did santa Anna's red flag mean?
It meant "no quarter", or that Santa Anna did not intend to take any prisoners in the coming battle. All who surrender would be killed. No quarter meant there will be no chance to surrender. to the Texans if you want to save your life u will surrender. and leave the Alamo shrine immediately
What where the major events that occurred between general grants promotion and general lee surrender?
Grant's Overland campaign, which was based on attrition. (Grant had ended the system of prisoner exchange.) Meanwhile Sheridan and Sherman were carrying out scorched-earth operations in Virginia and Georgia, which helped to starve the Confederate troops in the field. As these operations were seen to be successful, along with Farragut's liberation of Mobile, the Northern public began to take heart, and voted Lincoln back in November 1864. After that, there was no hope for the Confederates.
Where did the battle of fredericksburgh take place?
In northern Virginia
Did sir francis drake take possession of northern Virginia?
yes
Where did the surrender take place in the civil war?
The final battle of the American Civil War was at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 19, 1865; it was a month after the surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia.
Where are good places to take acting classes in Northern Virginia?
http://cherylrhoads.typepad.com/
Did the north ever take virginia in the civil war?
Not the whole of it. Their job in Virginia was to try to destroy the Army of Northern Virginia. It took them four long years.
Where di general Robert E. Lee take his forces?
They returned to Northern Virginia.
At whose farmhouse parlor did the surrender of the northern part of the confederate troops take place?
Wilmur Mclean's farmhouse parlor
Where did general lees surrender take place?
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865, at 3:00pm, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Did Abraham Lincoln live to see the South surrender?
He lived to hear the news of Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to U.S. Grant on April 9th 1865 - which is generally taken as the date the war ended. Other small actions did take place after this, and there was no formal peace treaty for some time. But the great man died, knowing his chief work was done.
Where did the surrender take place and who was there during the CVIL WAR?
in the year of late 1865, the surrender of the confederacy and the victorious union General Lee surrendered to new US Union general Ulyyses Grant in Virginia's capital in Lee's home (that's my best answer
In what state did the surrender of the civil war and the Revolutionary War take place?
Revolutionary War: Yorktown, Virginia Civil War: Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia Revolutionary War: Yorktown, Virginia Civil War: Appomattox Courthouse, VirginiaGeneral Robert E Lee surrendered to Grant in 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Where did the surrender of appomattox take place?
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