USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

[SOURCES]
Which Union general accepted the Confederacy’s surrender?

(A) General Robert E. Lee

(B) ** General Ulysses S. Grant

(C) General Ambrose Burnside

(D) Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -The overall Confederate surrender took place in stages over the following two months, with other Confederate armies reaching surrender agreements after Lee met with Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

Concept note-2: -Fact #4: Lee decided to surrender his army in part because he wanted to prevent unnecessary destruction to the South. When it became clear to the Confederates that they were stretched too thinly to break through the Union lines, Lee observed that “there is nothing left me to do but to go and see Gen.