AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
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The white house
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mississippi
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Appomattox court house
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a parlor owned by Wilmer Mclean
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Civil War in actuality ended when Generals Grant and Lee sat at separate tables in the parlor of the McLean House at Appomattox Court House and wrote two separate letters.
Detailed explanation-2: -Site of the Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia-The McLean home in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia was used on April 9, 1865 for the surrender meeting between General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A.
Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The house was owned by Wilmer McLean and his wife Virginia near the end of the American Civil War. It served as the location of the surrender conference for the Confederate army of General Robert E. Lee on April 9, 1865, after a nearby battle.
Detailed explanation-5: -Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in the parlor of a house in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, to discuss the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. The surrender formalities lasted four days.