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Lee's surrender at Appomattox effectively ended the US Civil War. There were still viable Confederate armies in the field, and a few more battles fought, but these forces would soon surrender upon receiving news of the defeat.
Robert E. Lee surrendered to the UNION army at Appomattox Courthouse on Palm Sunday, 9 April 1865 in Virginia
Appomattox.
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.
General Chamberlain was the one who FORMALLY accepted the surrender; however, Lee, in standard history books that don't go very in-depth, actually surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.
Appomattox Courthouse, Appomattox, Virginia
General U.S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.
I am aware of no battle at Appomattox Courthouse, but it was the site of the surrender which ended the Civil War.
Appomattox Courthouse
Appomattox Courthouse
The key participants at the Surrender at Appomatox Courthouse were Generals Lee and Grant.
Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
1865
The Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia - 1865 .
No - the Appomattox courthouse is where the surrender was signed.
There were 700 casualties in the Appomattox Courthouse!
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