So if it wasn’t a war why was it called a war and why did the South formally surrender?
In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate...
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“In Appomattox, Virginia, on April 9, 1865,
Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate 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 harassed constantly by Union cavalry, Lee had no other option.”