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Q: Who was the leading confederate general that had to surrender to grant?
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When di general grant surrender?

Grant never surrendered. He took the surrender of Robert E. Lee, General-in-Chief of all the Confederate armies.


Who accepted the surrender of Confederate commander Robert E Lee?

General U.S. Grant.


What union general did general lee surrender to?

Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.


What generals met at Appomattox Court House to discus the terms of the Confederate surrender?

The two main figures at the Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia were Confederate General Robert E. Lee and Union General US Grant. Grant was respectful of the Confederate general. As a display of goodwill, Grant ordered for 25,000 rations for Lee's starving army.


How would you describe general grants terms on the surrendering confederate soldiers?

He was known as "Unconditional Surrender" Grant.


Who was general grant and his nickname?

General Grant was the 18th President of the United States, serving two terms from 1869 to 1877. He was a prominent military commander during the American Civil War, credited with leading the Union Army to victory. His nickname was "Unconditional Surrender" Grant, which he gained after demanding unconditional surrender from Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner during the Battle of Fort Donelson.


What is a sentence with Appomattox?

With the surrender of the Confederate army under General Lee to Grant at Appomattox the task of reconstruction began.


Where did the confederacy surrender to the union at?

The principal surrender was that of Confederate Gen. Robert E Lee to Union General Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox, VA in April 1865.


I won the battle of Vicksburg as union commander I excepted the surrender of Confederate commander Robert E Lee who am I?

Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant


Who was in command of the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate army?

Lee was defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Meade. But the Union General-in-Chief, U.S. Grant, was travelling with them in a mobile HQ, and it was Grant who took the surrender. Some said it should have been Meade. General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.


What northern general did he surrender?

general grant


Why is the nickname of the battle of Fort Donelson?

The Battle of Fort Donelson is tied to the nickname of "Unconditional Surrender Grant", gained by general Grant, the victor of the battle. When asked by the Confederate commander, General Simon Bolivar Buckner what the surrender conditions would have been, answered: " Unconditional surrender; I'm about to move against your positions".