Appomattox agreement between Grant and Lee. The terms of the agreement signed at Appomattox on April 9th 1865 were:
- The delivery of the Army of Northern Virginia's armaments materials and flags, with exception of the officers' individual weapons, the horses belonging to the cavalry troopers and those of the artillery men, which were considered private property because they had to be compulsory furnished by those soldiers.
- After having sworn, pledging their owns word, they would have never more fought against the USA, Confederates' officers and soldiers were free to return back to their homes and remaining there undisturbed.
- The supplying of 25.000 ration of food to the Army of Northern Virginia, whose
soldiers were starving.
- The agreement provided the surrender of only The Army of Northern Virginia.
That soldiers be allowed to keep horses for farming
They were very generous terms. All prisoners were paroled, if they swore an oath never again to take up arms against the United States. The officers were allowed to keep their side-arms.
confederate; general Robert e. lee
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
He was originally a colonel in the Civil War but was quickly promoted to major general and was eventually made overall commander of all the Confederate forces.
That soldiers be allowed to keep horses for farming
That soldiers be allowed to keep horses for farming
That soldiers should be allowed to keep horses
That soldiers should be allowed to keep horses
That soldiers should be allowed to keep horses
That soldiers would be allowed to keep horses for farming
That soldiers would be allowed to keep horses for farming
That soldiers would be allowed to keep horses for farming
That soldiers would be allowed to keep horses for farming
Ulysses S.Grant
General U.S. Grant.
No, it was Joe Johnston - and he had to surrender twice over, because Sherman's original peace-terms were not ratified by the government!