The surrender of the Confederate Army took place at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively marking the end of the Civil War. This historic event is often seen as a significant turning point in American history.
April 9, 1865
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
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 Lee surrendered at Gettysburg, PA because he had lost many men during the battle.
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No, they did not surrender. This was the first battle of the Civil War which took place in South Carolina in 1861.
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
April 9, 1865
They had been militarily defeated. There was no place left to fight over.
Depends on the war and when. Give a War and you will get an answer.
When South Carolina forced the surrender of Fort Sumter.
The Confederates had abandoned Richmond, and they were trying to head West, but ran out of steam at Appomattox Court House. Tha was where the surrender took place - officially an armistice, not a treaty. But it is taken as the end-point of the Civil War.
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Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.