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The Appomattox campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought March 29 – April 9, 1865, in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to forces of the Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the James and Army of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of ...
THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN. March 29 - April 9, 1865. Withdrawal from Petersburg. What was to become the final campaign for Richmond began when the Federal Army of the Potomac crossed the James River in June 1864.
The Appomattox Campaign, March 29–April 9, 1865, consisted of a series of engagements south and west of the Confederate capital at Richmond that ended in the surrender by Robert E. Lee of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865).
The Appomattox Campaign was the final campaign of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. It consisted of a series of engagements during late March and early April 1865 that led to the General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9 and the official disbandment of the Army of Northern ...
Battle of Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865), one of the final battles of the American Civil War. After a weeklong flight westward from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee engaged the forces of Union General Ulysses S. Grant before surrendering the Army of Northern Virginia.
Union soldiers broke through the thin Confederate lines, and only a stubborn and heroic Confederate defense enabled Lee to extricate his army and escape across the Appomattox River. Lee pushed his army west in a bid to secure supplies before trying to link up with Confederate forces in North Carolina.
Information about The Appomattox Campaign, which led to The Battle & Surrender At Appomattox Court House, one of the last Civil War Battles of the American Civil War. Appomattox Campaign Facts. Location: Virginia. Dates: April 9, 1865. Generals: Union: Ulysses S. Grant | Confederate: Robert E. Lee.
The surrender at Appomattox Court House occurred in April 1865 when Confederate general Robert E. Lee submitted to Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, all but ending the American Civil War (1861–1865).
April 9th, 1865, was the end of the Civil War for General Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. For Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant and tens of thousands of Federal and Confederate troops fighting further south, the war stretched out for several more months.
The Road to Appomattox. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee signed the surrender for the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The surrender is often called the Gentleman's Agreement because of the character of both generals. The end was in sight.