9 Apr 1865 Jahr - General Lee Surrenders
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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. Both general signed a contract saying the war was over and the confederacy was surrendering.
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