Some people thought it should have been George Meade, commander of the Army of the Potomac, which had actually defeated the Army of Northern Virginia.
General Grant
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
The southern general who signed the surrender papers for the Army of Northern Virginia in April (the 9th) of 1865 was General Robert E. Lee. As overall commander of the army, he chose to meet personally with his opposite "number" in the Union force, General Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender was signed at the Appomattox Court House (Virginia) and led directly to the end of the Civil War as a whole.
General Lee did not surrender in Atlanta. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
For all practical purpose, the general in charge of all US military affairs, Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee, the general in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia. The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. It was an unconditional surrender. It took almost a month before all Southern forces learned of the surrender. Lee refused to back ideas by some Southerners to wage a guerrilla war. So none were attempted.
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The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
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Ulysses S. Grant
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
The Confederate General Robert E Lee surrendered to Northern General Ulysses S. Grant. The ceremony was held at the Appomattox Court House.
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The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House - the mpment that is taken as the notional end of the war.