09 April 2016

History for the day: 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders



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Subject: 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders

This day in History
Apr
9
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1865
Robert E. Lee surrenders
At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War. Forced to abandon the Confederate capital of Richmond, blocked from joining the surviving Confederate force in North Carolina, and... read more »
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