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On this day, April 9, 1865: Lee’s surrender at Appomattox

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - On this day in history April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Despite what many ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Column: Lessons to glean from the 1865 Appomattox surrender

The surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant near Appomattox on April 9, 1865 was an event remembered as essentially the end of the ...
Tennessean

At Appomattox, mercy ended the Civil War and reshaped the nation

General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Grant offered magnanimous terms, allowing Confederate soldiers to keep their horses and small ...
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This Day in History: Civil War ends in Appomattox

Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General and future United States President, Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender took place at the McLean farmhouse at Appomattox Court ...