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The surrender of the Confederate General of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee to the commander of the Union's Army of the Potomac, Ulysses S. Grant, ended the US Civil War. The date was April 9, 1865. Lee was the military leader of the Confederacy and as such, his surrender was valid. A few Southern military men wanted to fight a guerrilla war to harass the North but Lee was opposed to this. President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy accepted Lee's action in ending the war.
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What 2 famous generals met at appomattox court house for surrender?
Grant (Union) taking the surrender of Lee (Confederate). Some say that George Meade should have taken the surrender, as commander of the victorious Army of the Potomac. Grant was General-in-Chief of the Union, travelling alongside the army.
What is the causes of Lee met with Grant and agreed to surrender?
What are the causes of when Lee met Grant and agreed to surrender ?
In which town did Lee surrender to Grant on April 9 1865?
By April of 1865, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was in a state of irreversible repair. Food was in short supply if any, and Grant had Lee surrounded. Grant sent a letter to Lee urging him to "cease all resistance, ...." The only chance Lee had was no chance at all. His depleted army of less than 30,000, he would have to fight an estimated Union force of 80,000 troops to escape to Lynchburg. Grant and Lee met in the home of Wilmer McClean at the Appomattox Court House. There the surrender papers were signed. For all practical purposes the war was over. However, not officially over as there were thousands of other Confederate troops in the South and else where.
What president met Lee ant Appomattox?
Neither Abraham Lincoln nor Jefferson Davis (president of the Confederacy) was present at the Appomattox Court House. Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, following an hour and a half long meeting during which it was decided that Confederate cavalry and officers would be allowed to retain their horses and side arms.
How did the civil war in the US finished?
Steady attrition of the Confederate armies, which had no reinforcements, and an official policy of burning crops and slaughtering livestock.ANSWER:In Virginia, General Grant at last had achieved his goal ~ he gained control of Richmond. In April 1865, he seized the railroads supplying Richmond. The Confederate troops had to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond. Lee retreated westward with nearly 50,000 men. He hoped to join forces with General Joseph Johnston in North Carolina. But Grant overtook him, and barred his way with an army of almost 113,000 troops. Lee realized that continued fighting would mean useless loss of lives. He wrote Grant and asked for an interview to arrange surrender terms.On April 9, 1865, the two generals met at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Grant offered generous terms, and Lee accepted them with deep appreciation. Confederate soldiers received a day's rations and were released on parole. They were allowed to keep their horses and mules to take home "to put in a crop." Officials could keep their side arms. Lee never offered his sword to Grant in surrender, and Grant never asked for it. Although both men fought on opposite sides of the war, Grant had great respect and admiration for Robert E. Lee.Five days later, on April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
