American Civil War · TURNING POINT ·
Surrender at Appomattox (1865)
On the American Civil War map as “Appomattox Court House”
9 Apr 1865 — Cut off ahead and behind, Lee surrenders 28,000 men. Grant’s terms: officers keep sidearms, every man who owns a horse keeps it “for the spring plowing.” Chamberlain’s men present arms to the surrendering column.
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- Appomattox and the end of the war (chapter 11 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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