apr 9, 1865 - Appomattox Courthouse
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on April 9, 1865, forced Lee to abandon both Petersburg and Richmond and flee westward. Finally, with his army depleted and his supplies exhausted, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9. Sherman took the surrender of Joseph Johnston’s army in North Carolina on April 26.
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