APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE (apr 9, 1865 – apr 9, 1865)
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Summary- 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
Outcome- Union victory; Grant offered very generous surrender terms
significance- Grant took no prisoners
Secured the ‘word or honor’ that released officers and men would not take up arms
Officers were permitted to keep their weapons and personal items
Everyone would be allowed to return home and not be bothered by the U.S. Authority so long as they kept their promise not to take up arms
Allowed the former Confederates to return home feeling that they had been treated with respect and were able to keep their dignity
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