AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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union
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confederate
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to the Union’s Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marking the beginning of the end of the grinding four-year-long American Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28, 000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.