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RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - On this day in history April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Despite what many ...
We're covering the final days of the Civil War exactly 150 years later. This is the eighth installment of the series. The Union breakthrough at Petersburg on April 2, 1865 spelled the end of the ...
General Lee and 21 confederate generals on horseback. 1867. Courtesy: Library of Congress. The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on April ...
APPOMATTOX, Va. (Reuters) - The site where Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant 150 years ago on Thursday, effectively ending the United States' bloodiest war, is proof ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. On April 9, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant and General Robert E. Lee met in the home of Wilmer McLean at Appomattox ...
Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Outlines the conditions of surrender that General Lee and the Confederate army faced. On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General ...