At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.
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In retreating from the Union army’s Appomattox Campaign, the Army of Northern Virginia had stumbled through the Virginia countryside stripped of food and supplies. At one point, Union cavalry forces under General Philip Sheridan had actually outrun Lee’s army, blocking their retreat and taking 6,000 prisoners at Sayler’s Creek. Desertions were mounting daily, and by April 8 the Confederates were surrounded with no possibility of escape. On April 9, Lee sent a message to Grant announcing his willingness to surrender. The two generals met in the parlor of the Wilmer McLean home at one o’clock in the afternoon.
Lee and Grant, both holding the highest rank in their respective armies, had known each other slightly during the Mexican War and exchanged awkward personal inquiries. Characteristically, Grant arrived in his muddy field uniform while Lee had turned out in full dress attire, complete with sash and sword. Lee asked for the terms, and Grant hurriedly wrote them out. All officers and men were to be pardoned, and they would be sent home with their private property–most important, the horses, which could be used for a late spring planting. Officers would keep their side arms, and Lee’s starving men would be given Union rations.
Shushing a band that had begun to play in celebration, General Grant told his officers, “The war is over. The Rebels are our countrymen again.” Although scattered resistance continued for several weeks, for all practical purposes the Civil War had come to an end.
John Wilkes Booth,American hero.
Once upon a time Southron school children used to stand for Dixie being plaid in the morn. That South is now gone .We’re all cookie cut. consumers now.
Just as the Japanese fell into a trap at Pear Harbor, the big mistake of the Confederacy was firing the first shot at Ft. Sumter.
The big mistake of the Confederacy was making a stand at Gettysburg instead of ignoring it and marching on Washington where they were headed when they changed their strategy.
They likely would have won if they had not done that.
Well there is that. Too bad they didn’t burn the fucker to the ground.
Flash…the South is being erased by Liberal Yankees coming here.
When the South lost the War For Southern Independence the Republic dies with it.
One day we’ll have John Wilkes Booth day here in the South .
the biggest mistake the south made besides starting the war when they did was allowing their generals to be close enough to the front to be shot–
did the south win a major battle after stonewall jackson was killed?
the mcleans,whose house the surrender took place in,were relatives on my mom’s side–
You know the end is near when women squat to pee on the statues and graves of honorable men like Lee, Jefferson, and so many others.
Women like Trump’s UN stooge Nimrata Randhawa.
is that haley’s real name or are you just playing around?