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With his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse.
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Read this fascinating account of the Day that Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. ... Picture of Robert E. Lee's Surrender at Appomattox from the pages of Harper's Weekly...
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When he was ready to sign the surrender, Lee told an aide, "There is nothing left for me to do but to see Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths." Lee and Grant met in the parlor of the brick house of Wilmer McLean, who had moved to Appomattox from Manassas Junction after a shell passed through his house...
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www.forttyler.com/surrender.htm
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From U.S. Grant To R.E. Lee ... General: In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th instant, I propose to receive the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated...
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There was no formal, final surrender; Lee's color-striking at Appomattox Court House only ended the war for one Confederate fighting force. While the government moved out of Richmond, other Rebel forces remained, dormant but unbowed.
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3). With his retreat blocked by Sheridan, Lee, wisely giving up the futile contest, surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse (see under Appomattox) on Apr. 9, 1865. The surviving Confederate armies also yielded when they heard of ... Related content from HighBeam Research on: Civil War, in U.S. history: Lee's Surrender...
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Lee Surrenders ... ; General Robert E. Lee, officer of the Confederate Army, Julian Vannerson, photographer, 1863. Selected Civil War Photographs ... Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, general-in-chief of all United States forces, hastened the conclusion of the Civil War.
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Lee's Letter to President Davis Announcing Surrender ... It is with pain that I announce to Your Excellency the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. The operations which preceded this result will be reported in full.
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I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the C. S. Army known as the Army of ... Correspondence Between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee ; Discussing Surrender Terms at Appomattox...
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