(A) Sherman marched to across Georgia, killing soldiers and destroying farms.
(B) The Union finally took control of Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy.
(C) President Lincoln was killed.
(D) ** General Lee surrendered his army to General Grant.
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -For one thing, Lee had surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia to Grant. A number of other Confederate forces still remained active, starting with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee, the second-largest Confederate army after Lee’s.
Concept note-2: -Fact #9: The surrender agreement at Appomattox did not end the war. After Lee’s surrender, the Army of Tennessee remained in the field for over two weeks, until Johnston finally surrendered the army and numerous smaller garrisons to Maj.
Concept note-3: -It’s one of the most momentous events in American history: Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, which effectively ended the Civil War, although other southern forces would still be surrendering into May.
Concept note-4: -April 9th, 1865, was the end of the Civil War for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. For Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and tens of thousands of Federal and Confederate troops fighting further south, the war stretched out for several more months.
Concept note-5: -Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the head of the Union Army, on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, the Civil War did not end until 16 months later.