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Who was in command of the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate army?
Lee was defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Meade. But the Union General-in-Chief, U.S. Grant, was travelling with them in a mobile HQ, and it was Grant who took the surrender. Some said it should have been Meade.
General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.
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EzraGeneral Ulysses S. Grant was in command of the Union troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate army. General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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