alternate history what if general lee hadn't surrendered
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And if Gen. Lee hadn't surrendered at Appomattox... In my opinion the people of the North and South were very tired of the war by this time. There were of course exceptions that would have continued. The ANV was the major force left to the South and if Lee hadn't surrendered, Grant would have destroyed them. Lee didn't want the misery to continue. Apr 7, 2012. #5.
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- Surrender Site at Citronelle, AlabamaGeneral Richard Taylor surrendered the last major Confederate army east of the Mississippi Riverat Citronelle on May 4, 1865. Citronelle, AlabamaThe surrender site is now a small park area facing Center Street. A reenactment is held there each Spring.
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Jonah Hex April 23, 1865: Jonah surrenders (once again) to Union forces at the federal stockade in Lynchburg, Virginia, two weeks after Lee surrendered to Grant. (Jonah Hex vol. 1, #30) It is assumed, but not yet chronicled, that Jonah returned to the Confederacy after the Fort Charlotte massacre.
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- The Surrender Correspondence at Appomattox. On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his beleaguered Confederate forces to Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army.
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The American Civil War: Final Surrender of the Confederate Army As we reported in our last few programs, President Abraham Lincoln did not live to see the final surrender of the armies of the Confederacy. However, before he was murdered on April 14, 1865, the war was really over. The surrender of Robert E. Lee, early in April, brought an end to four years of bloody fighting. Several other Confederate armies were still in the field. But they were too small and too weak to continue the fight.
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- W ith his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse.
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- Robert Edward Lee (usually known as Robert E Lee) was the most famous general of the Confederate Army during theAmerican Civil War and fought with distinction. Robert E Lee signed the document of surrender to formally end the American Civil War at the Appomattox Court House on April 9th 1865.
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The spirit of Appomattox Court House This Day in History: 04/09/1865 - Robert E. Lee Surrenders. At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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Major General J.E.B. Stuart: Last Stand of the Last Knight Lee gave much credit for his success to his cavalry, especially its leader, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart. Throughout the fighting that had just ended, the 31-year-old native of Patrick County, Virginia, had made inspired use of his 9,000 horsemen.
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- The fighting continued and as Lee retreated further to the West he replied to Grant's message: April 8th, 1865. General: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition.
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- Prelude to Surrender. On April 3, Richmond fell to Union troops as Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia in retreat to the West pursued by Grant and the Army of the Potomac. A running battle ensued as each Army moved farther to the West in an effort to out flank, or prevent being out flanked by the enemy.
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- Confederate: General Robert E. Lee. Outcome: Union Victory. 51,000 casualties of which 28,000 were Confederate soldiers. Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg: Robert E. Lee attempted and failed to invade the North in a move designed to take pressure off of Virginia and possibly earn a victory that could end the war.The failure of Pickett’s Charge meant that the South had lost.1,000 casualties of which 28,000 were Confederate soldiers. Significance of the Battle of Gettysburg: Robert E. Lee attempted and failed to invade the North in a move designed to take pressure off of Virginia and possibly earn a victory that could end the war.
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Appomattox Courthouse Although Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia, the war was not over. There were still Confederate armies in the field and the final battle of the war would not happen until in May 12–13 in south Texas, at the battle of Palmito (Palmetto) Ranch near Brownsville. However, Confederate commanders did begin to surrender as news of the Army of Northern Virginia’s surrender spread.
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6 Civil War Battles After Appomattox Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, marked the beginning of the end of the Civil War, but not its official conclusion. Learn where Union and Confederate forces continued to clash in the weeks following Appomattox.
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Legal Research at Princeton: U.S. Law: Primary Sources of U.S. Law Understanding Primary Sources of U.S. Law In legal research vocabulary, the term “primary sources” refers to sources of the law itself. In other words, primary sources of law are the texts of enactments by governments containing rules that govern a jurisdiction.
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- However, while the war in the East was over, there were still Confederate armies under arms elsewhere. When Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox he only surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia. The Confederacy itself could not surrender because by now there was no Confederacy.. Richmond had fallen, the government officials had fled, and many of the papers had been burned.
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Americaâs Civil War: Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet at Odds at Gettysburg When the battle was over, General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia began the retreat to Virginia, defeated by Major General George G. Meade’s Union Army of the Potomac. ‘Gettysburg’ would forever hold a place in the minds of all Americans.
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Why wasn't Confederate General Robert E. Lee hanged at the end of the American Civil War? In the story, a Union general had been asking Robert E. Lee if he was happy to be back under the “old flag.” Lee refused to respond, and told him to go ask other people, so the general gathered a few Confederate leaders and common people and asked them the same question.
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- W ith his army surrounded, his men weak and exhausted, Robert E. Lee realized there was little choice but to consider the surrender of his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, they agreed to meet on April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end.
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- Despite the details listed below, the US Civil War ended when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Lieutenant General US Grant on April 9, 1865. Futile attempts by President Jefferson Davis prolonged final surrender agreements throughout the South.The Civil War did not end when Lee surrendered the A….
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The Civil War Grant, however, was unlike anyone Lee had met before. His goal was not Richmond. Grant was determined to destroy Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, whatever the cost in lives and materials. He made clear his plan to Gen. George Meade, Lee's Army will be your objective point.
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- Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
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Appomattox a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
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- Appomattox. detail of the 1867 painting by Louis Guillaume (1816-1892) depicting General Lee surrendering to General Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
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Confederate States of America This Day in History: The Beginning of the End for the Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant on this day 150 years ago. The Articles of Agreement marked the beginning of the end for the Civil War.
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Ending the Bloodshed Grant, realizing that Lee's army was running out of options, sent a letter to Lee on April 7 requesting the Confederate general's surrender. The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle, Grant wrote.