Meanwhile, back at his camp, Lee was deep in decision. Not only had Gordon been defeated to his front, but Federals of the II and VI corps had pinned Longstreet's rearguard in from the north. Grant had surrounded Lee on three sides, leaving the northwest as General Robert E. Lee Surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant...
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On April 9, 1865 after four years of Civil War, approximately 630,000 deaths and over 1 million casualties, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the town of Appomattox Court House , Virginia.
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Grant told him that the unconditional surrender was the only option. When he was ready to sign the surrender, Lee told an aide, "There is nothing left for...
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After several hours of correspondence between Grant and Lee, a cease-fire was enacted and Grant received Lee's request to discuss surrender terms.
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Details of the Day as Recalled by General Ulysses S. Grant I had known General Lee in the old army, and had served with him in the Mexican War; but did not suppose, owing to the difference in our age and rank, that he would remember me; while I would more naturally remember him distinctly, because he was the chief...
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Matt's Today In History MTIH 329 Lee Surrenders to Grant, 1865 Dec 13, 2007 MTIH 329 Lee Surrenders to Grant, 1865 It was on the seventh that General Lee began corresponding with General Grant concerning a cessation of hostilities. Finally, the two men agreed to meet at Appomattox Court House, a village located...
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It looked for a moment as if a very awkward condition of things might possibly arise, and Grant become a prisoner in Lee's lines instead of Lee in his. Such a circumstance would have given rise to an important crossentry in the system of campaign book-keeping.
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Matt's Today in History Education Lee's situation was hopeless. It was on the seventh that General Lee began corresponding with General Grant concerning a cessation of hostilities. Finally, the two men agreed to meet at Appomattox Court House, a village located three miles east of Appomattox, Virginia.
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; Major General Ulysses S. Grant, officer of the Federal Army, Brady National Photographic Art Gallery, between 1860 and 1865. 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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