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 ...

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With his Confederate armies on their last legs, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant. The Rebellion is over. After four years of fierce fighting, Confederate ...

Lee’s surrender of his 28,000 Confederate troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. After a weeklong push westward from Richmond and Petersburg ...