The End of the Civil War
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- n April 7th, after the Confederates had suffered a catastrophic defeat at the Battle of Sailor's Creek, Grant asked Lee to surrender and declared“further effusion of blood”was solely Lee's responsibility. Lee, still believing he could escape Grant,
- In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. On April 9, Lee sent a message to Grant announcing his willingness to surrender.
- I met you once before, General Lee
- General Grant began the conversation by saying 'I met you once before, General Lee, while we were serving in Mexico, when you came over from General Scott's headquarters to visit Garland's brigade, to which I then belonged. I have always remembered your appearance, and I think I should have recognized you anywhere.
- The surrender at Appomattox took place a week later on April 9. While it was the most significant surrender to take place during the Civil War, Gen. The Grant-Lee agreement served not only as a signal that the South had lost the war but also as a model for the rest of the surrenders that followed
- Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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