The most interesting is the location it was held. The home was owned by Wilmer McLean. He had moved there in 1861 from his home near the site of the First Battle of Bull Run. He had seen that battle fought on his front lawn and wanted to move away from the battles and avoid involvement with the war!
Grant remembered meeting Lee during the Mexican American War, but Lee was unable to remember a single detail about him.
He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
He surrendered at the Appomattox Court House on April 9,1865.
Lee thought that if America learned that the u.c.s.a. could take their capital America would surrender
General Lee did not "surrender the Civil War". He surrendered his army, the Army of Northern Virginia, when it was clear that he could no longer effectively fight against the Army of the Potomac commanded by Ulysses Grant.
...the surrender of Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses Grant - effectively the end of the Civil War.
Lee surrendered in the civil war to Abraham lincolns hourse in china
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
General Robert E. Lee
Ulysses s grant.
In the American Civil War, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Grant for the North, Lee for the South
It essentially brought the Civil War to an end.
Ulysses S. Grant won the battle at Vicksburg making Lee surrender
He surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Confederate General Robert E. Lee
Approx 5 days after Lee's surrender.
General Grant