The surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant near Appomattox on April 9, 1865 was an event remembered as essentially the end of the ...

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General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. Grant offered magnanimous terms, allowing Confederate soldiers to keep their horses and small ...

Despite the chilly weather on April 9, thousands turned out in Appomattox for the ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to end the Civil War. These lake area residents sought out ...

On this day in 1975, the House of Representatives moved to restore U.S. citizenship to Robert E. Lee, who had commanded the Confederate Army during the Civil War and who went on to become an enduring ...

The Associated Press was at Appomattox for the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1865 and again Thursday for the 150th anniversary of this milestone to the end of the nation's bloodiest ...