(A) General Grant surrendered and ended the Civil War.
(B) General Sherman began his strategy of “Total war.”
(C) President Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth.
(D) ** The war ended when the Confederate army surrendered to the Union army.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -The Battle of Appomattox Court House started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.
Concept note-2: -The site is historically significant for its association with the final battle of the Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
Concept note-3: -Confederate soldiers would be immediately paroled and allowed to return home. They would be given rations and in some cases transportation. They would not go to prison and would not be prosecuted for treason. Surrender would be the way to end the war quickly and with the least amount of bloodshed.
Concept note-4: -The Battle of Appomattox Court House was fought on April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, and led to Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.