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general grant surrenders to general lee at appomattox in april 1863

General Lee surrenders to General U.S. Grant at Appomattox in April of 1865

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Explanation: On April 9, 1865, near the town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. ... But the resulting Battle of Appomattox Court House, which lasted only a few hours, effectively brought the four-year Civil War to an end.Sep

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