Yes, that entire statement is correct. Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at A.C.H. in VA.
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee, Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, General Sherman, General Ulyssus S. Grant, General Josef Eggleston Johnston, Maj. Gen. Josef Hooker, General John Buford, Maj. Gen. John Reynolds, General Archer, General Davis, General John Pope, Maj. Gen. McClellan, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart. -all i found for now.
The Appomattox Court House is southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The location was easy for both Robert E. Lee and US Grant to meet. There on April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered his troops to US Grant.
Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union armies, and Lee was General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant at Appomattox Court House, which is taken as the effective end of hostilities.
Yes, that entire statement is correct. Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at A.C.H. in VA.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
(A) General Lee wanted to take the pressure off General Grant's attack on Vicksburg, Miss. which would give the Union complete control of the Mississippi river, if Gen. Grant won the battle, (which he did). Gen. Lee hoped an attack in Penn. would take Union soldiers from Vicksburg, and that if Gen. Lee defeated Gen. Meade in Penn., then (B) Gen. Lee could attack Washington DC. (like the English did in the War of 1812), and Gen. Lee might even force President Lincoln to surrender the war against the South. (C) There were not a lot of Union soldiers in Penn. and an attack there by Gen. Lee would be totally unexpected, and give Gen. Lee the element of surprise.
Ulysses S. Grant was the Union General that defeated Confederate General Robert E. Lee, which all but ended the USA Civil War. Gen. Grant was later President of the USA.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox, effectively ending the Civil War.
The northern Gereral did not follow General Lee so Linclon was upset and brought Gen. Grant and had Grant take over Vicksburg
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
Before Ulysses S. Grant joined office, there were many big names. Gen. Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States and was the general of the army as was Grant. Gen. Lee was the lead general of the South during the Civil War as Grant was for the North.
Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederacy, had a lot of soldiers in his armies, especially those soldiers serving under General Robert E. Lee. Once Gen. Grant defeated Gen. Lee, the Civil War was all but over.
General Lee was fighting for the South, Grant served the Union or the North.
General Robert E. Lee, Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, General Sherman, General Ulyssus S. Grant, General Josef Eggleston Johnston, Maj. Gen. Josef Hooker, General John Buford, Maj. Gen. John Reynolds, General Archer, General Davis, General John Pope, Maj. Gen. McClellan, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart. -all i found for now.
The Appomattox Court House is southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The location was easy for both Robert E. Lee and US Grant to meet. There on April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered his troops to US Grant.