On April 9, 1865 and after four long years of war, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, Virginia officially ending the American Civil War. This class examines the events that led to Lee's retreat out of the trenches of Petersburg, the surrender, the terms of the agreement, the impacts on the armies, and the reaction from the nation.

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