April 9, 1865
Battle of Gettysburg
The major surrender of Confederate forces took place on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. There were other, smaller, surrenders throughout the sping and summer of that year. A few towns in the deep south and Texas did not surrender for several years.
General Robert E. Lee.
Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.
Wilmur Mclean's farmhouse parlor
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No. Some escaped to Mexico or Europe, and never did surrender.
October 19, 1781 was the date of Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown.
The final surrender took place September 2, 1945, on the battleship Missouri anchored in Tokyo bay
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Stand Watie
Alexander Cheves Haskell commanded the confederate calvary forces at the surrender at Appomattox.
Battle of Gettysburg
Because they loose the war
Robert E. Lee
The major surrender of Confederate forces took place on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. There were other, smaller, surrenders throughout the sping and summer of that year. A few towns in the deep south and Texas did not surrender for several years.