The+Surrender+at++Appomattox

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[] [] [] [] = The Surrender at Appomattox = == Robert E.Lee, a confederate general, concluded his army was no match for union general Ulysses S. Grant.This was one of the last battles of the [|American Civil War]. Grant knew that Lee's troops were hungry and too weak to defend themselves, so he wrote a letter to him asking for his surrender. In the same evening lee's troops were exhausted and were in horrible conditon. His army was too poor that they even had no materials.The date of this surrender was 1865, April 9.Lee arrived at 1:00 p.m. and Grant an hour later. To make it ofiical they met in Wilmer McLean's house in the small Virginia Hamlet of Appomattox Courthouse. After the surrender, the Civil War officially ended. ==

The path to the appomattox courthouse from Grant's point of view. The surrender taking place at the appomattox courthouse.
= After = ==The Appomattox Campaign was an example of masterful, relentless pursuit between two major forces. Lee did the best he could under the circumstances, but his supplies, soldiers, and luck finally ran out. Grant was agreeable to Lee and told all confederate officers and men could return to their homes, and be free from charge, as long as they promised not to oppose or attack against the U.S government again.Grant was so courteous that he also agreed to let Lee keep his horeses only for growing crops across the south.==

= Questions/Review =
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