USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862

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Appomattox Court House was where ____

(A) Grant surrendered

(B) ** Lee surrendered

(C) Lincoln was assassinated

(D) Grant was assassinated

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -Appomattox County, VA | Apr 9, 1865. Trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, precipitating the capitulation of other Confederate forces and leading to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Concept note-2: -April 9th, 1865, was the end of the Civil War for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.

Concept note-3: -The surrender at Appomattox Court House took place on April 9, 1865. It was then that Confederate General Robert E. Lee found himself and his men surrounded by General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union forces. Lee formally threw in the towel 157 years ago, eventually leading to the end of the U.S. Civil War.