0h 12min, apr 9, 1865 y - Appomattox Court House
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After 4 years of Civil War, approximately 630,000 deaths and over 1 million casualties, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army effectively ending the war.
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0h 12min, apr 9, 1865 y
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~ 159 years ago