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- 11: Robert E. Lee
- ... General in Chief of all the Confederate armies. Richmond fell in April, 1865, and Lee's ragged army retreated westward. Northern forces cut off and surrounded Lee's troops at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant, on April 9, 1865. "There is nothing left to do, but to go see General Grant, and I would rather die a ... told his army, "Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more." Lee's defeat at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marked the end of his brilliant military career (Nolan 121) At the end of the Civil War Lee set an example for all of the Ex-Confederate ...
- 12: ABRAHAM LINCOLN
- ... may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves and with all nations." (The American Presidents, pg.140) Final victory came when Lee surrendered to Grant at the Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Eight years after Appomattox, Mark Twain assessed the impact of the Civil War: It had "uprooted institutions that were centuries old, changed the politics of a people, transformed the social life of half the ...
- 13: Robert E. Lee
- ... April 9, 1865, realizing that further resistance was a waste of time, he surrendered his near starving, depleted army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander in chief, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He penned a farewell address to his men and set off the next day to Richmond, where his family had been living since they had abandoned Arlington ... Lee was able to gain an offensive position. On April 9, 1865, he surrendered his near starving, depleted army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander in chief, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He set off the next day to Richmond, where his family had been living since they had abandoned Arlington. After the war he applied immediately for pardon ...
- 14: Robert E. Lee
- ... April 9, 1865, realizing that further resistance was a waste of time, he surrendered his near starving, depleted army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander in chief, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He penned a farewell address to his men and set off the next day to Richmond, where his family had been living since they had abandoned Arlington ... Lee was able to gain an offensive position. On April 9, 1865, he surrendered his near starving, depleted army to General Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander in chief, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. He set off the next day to Richmond, where his family had been living since they had abandoned Arlington. After the war he applied immediately for pardon ...
- 15: Civil War
- ... events of the war: the firing of the first shots at Fort Sumter; the battles of Shiloh, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg; Sherman's dramatic march to the sea; the surrender at Appomattox. In fact, Civil War wasn't simply the story of great battles and great generals, it was also an elaborate portrait of ourselves, American people- individuals and families, northerners and ... supplies in the South. Starving soldiers began to desert Lee's forces. Lee surrendered to Grant on April, 1865 and they met in a house in the tiny village of Appomattox Courthouse. Before the real business, bothof them were talking about other things rather than the Civil War and they seemed like good friends. Lee signed the paper at that house ...
- 16: Robert E. Lee
- ... General in Chief of all the Confederate armies. Richmond fell in April, 1865, and Lee's ragged army retreated westward. Northern forces cut off and surrounded Lee's troops at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant, on April 9, 1865. "There is nothing left to do, but to go see General Grant, and I would rather die a ... told his army, "Men, we have fought through the war together. I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more." Lee's defeat at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marked the end of his brilliant military career (Nolan 121) At the end of the Civil War Lee set an example for all of the Ex-Confederate ...
- 17: Abraham Lincoln
- ... Confederate legislature of Virginia to repeal the secession ordinance. His Reconstruction policies, however, had been determined by military necessity. As soon as the Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, Lincoln withdrew the invitation to the Virginians. He again proved how close he was to the radicals by endorsing a limited black franchise. The Assassination At his second ...
- 18: Robert E. Lee
- ... In February 1865 Lee was made commander in chief of all Confederate armies; two months later the war was virtually ended by his surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. The masterly strategy of Lee was overcome only by the superior resources and troop strength of the Union. His campaigns are almost universally studied in military schools as ...
- 19: A Portrayal of Honor
- ... his energy, enterprise, and rare executive skill." Italian American privates also won the Medal of Honor. Joseph Sova of the 8th Cavalry earned it for capturing the Confederate flag at Appomattox. Private Orlando Caruana of the 51st Infantry won it at Newburn, North Carolina. With bullets whizzing past him, he saved wounded men and rescued the U.S. flag. As 1865 ...
- 20: Gettysburg
- ... on the battlefield. Army of the Potomac's did, of course, eventually force Lee's Army of Northern Virginia (ANV) from its impregnable Petersburg trenches. But Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse finally came when the Rebel army was so weakened that surrender was almost a foregone conclusion. Therefore, such Union victories as the ones at Sayler's Creek and Five ...
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