Ulysses Grant took the surrender of Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.
Other generals in his army (though not present at the formal surrender, which was just the two of them) included Phil Sheridan, Gordon Meade and G.K. Warren.
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox is a city in Western Virginia. In 1865, General Grant chased General Lee there, and forced him to surrender at Appomattox Court House. This Union victory, all but, ended the American Civil War, 1861 - 1865.
Officially, on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865 when General Lee signed a surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
Appomattox Court HouseIn Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865, at 3:00pm, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia
General Lee did not surrender in Atlanta. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
General Lee and General Grant.
Virginia at appomattox court house
Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
The Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House was in the year 1865, on April 9th.
April 9th 1865, at Appomattox Court House.
Appomattox Court House
Appomattox Court House - it was barely a town (though it was more than a Court House!)
General US Grant did not always present his opponents with an "unconditional surrender". In the case at Appomattox Court House, Grant overruled General Custer's demand of an unconditional surrender. As an aside, President Lincoln had urged Grant to be lenient with Robert E. Lee.
He surrendered at the Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865.
You have that backwards.
Appomattox is a city in Western Virginia. In 1865, General Grant chased General Lee there, and forced him to surrender at Appomattox Court House. This Union victory, all but, ended the American Civil War, 1861 - 1865.