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Lee Surrenders to Grant

Lee Surrenders to Grant. Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865. The Generals. Robert E. Lee-Confederacy. Ulysses S. Grant-Union. Came from wealth, West Point. Not wealthy, West Point. The Confederacy Falls. Richmond (capital of the Confederacy) falls Confederacy burns as they leave

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Lee Surrenders to Grant

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  1. Lee Surrenders to Grant Appomattox Courthouse April 9, 1865

  2. The Generals Robert E. Lee-Confederacy Ulysses S. Grant-Union Came from wealth, West Point Not wealthy, West Point

  3. The Confederacy Falls • Richmond (capital of the Confederacy) falls • Confederacy burns as they leave • April 7, 1865 Grant and Lee start communicating • Meet at the McLean house in Appomattox Courthouse • “The war began in Wilbur McLean’s backyard and ended in his front parlor.”

  4. Conditions • Men to keep their sidearm and personal belongings • Keep horse if they owned it • Offered rations by Grant

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