USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

[SOURCES]
Which Confederate general signed the surrender agreement?

(A) ** General Robert E. Lee

(B) General Ulysses S. Grant

(C) General Ambrose Burnside

(D) Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy’s most respected commander, surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Several other Confederate forces-some large units, some small&madsh; had yet to surrender before President Andrew Johnson could declare that the Civil War was officially over.

Concept note-2: -Aside from Grant and Lee, only Lt. Colonel Marshall and perhaps a half dozen of Grant’s staff officers were present for most of the meeting. Approximately a dozen other Union officers entered the room briefly, including Captain Robert Todd Lincoln.

Concept note-3: -Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who led the South’s attempt at secession during the Civil War. He challenged Union forces during the war’s bloodiest battles, including Antietam and Gettysburg, before surrendering to Union General Ulysses S.

Concept note-4: -The surrender occurred in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia in a private home owned by the McLean family. In Virginia many of the towns which were county seats were called “Court House".