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The surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant near Appomattox on April 9, 1865 was an event remembered as essentially the end of the ...
When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor in Appomattox Court House, Va., on April 9, 1865, standing with other war correspondents in the ...
Despite the chilly weather on April 9, thousands turned out in Appomattox for the ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to end the Civil War. These lake area residents sought out ...
The Associated Press was at Appomattox for the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1865 and again Thursday for the 150th anniversary of this milestone to the end of the nation's bloodiest ...