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On Palm Sunday of 1865 General R.E. Lee surrendered to Lt. General U. S. Grant ending the attempt of the Southern States to create a separate Union.
The Surrender Meeting ''After four years of war and over 630,000 casualties Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in the parlor of the McLean Home in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia and agreed to terms which would make reunification of the Nation possible.'' From: http://www.nps.gov/apco
The Final Battles (The Battles of Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 8th and 9th, 1865 forced the surrender of General Robert E. Lee and the once invincible Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.)
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Statistics: 700 total Casualties Union Victory Location: Appomattox County
Appomattox Court House
''General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the rural town of Appomattox Court House, Virginia.'' From: http://www.nps.gov/apco/surrender.htm
On April 8th General Robert E Lee and his army of Virginia arrived in Appomattox County. Lee wished to get to Appomattox train station where supply trains awaited. There they would battle
The McLeans left Appomattox court house and went back to Mrs. McLean's Prince William Country, Virginia estate in the Fall of 1867.
