General Robert E. Lee.
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With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.
Appomattox Court HouseIn Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War
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It can be argued that General, and also the general in chief, US Grant led the Union to victory in the US Civil War. Using the time frame of 1865 and moving forward, this idea is confirmed by the election in 1868 of US Grant to the presidency of the United States, as a Republican.
General Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of the south at appomattox courthouse.