AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
END OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Grant
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Confederate President Jefferson Davis met with President Lincoln
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The southern states each erected a white flag over their capitols
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Soldiers surrendered on the battlefield in Virginia
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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: -Grant, who had the ability for swift and clear written expression, quickly drafted the terms of surrender, which focused only on military matters. Lee asked that the southerners be allowed to keep their horses, which they owned; Grant agreed.
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.
Detailed explanation-4: -The war ended in Spring, 1865. Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. The last battle was fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas, on May 13, 1865.
Detailed explanation-5: -April 9th, 1865, was the end of the Civil War for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. For Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and tens of thousands of Federal and Confederate troops fighting further south, the war stretched out for several more months.