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apr 9, 1865 - Lee's Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

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After about 4 years of the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. The significance of this was that it ended the Civil War, led to the Abolition of slavery, and now the US can start the reconstruction of the South.

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apr 9, 1865
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~ 160 years ago