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Appomattox Court House

Appomattox Court House. Robert E. Lee Sends a Letter. April 9, 1865, Lee (confederate) send a message to General Ulysses Grant (union) Letter announced Lee’s willingness to surrender. Lee and Grant. Lee arrived in full dress attire complete with sash and sword

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Appomattox Court House

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  1. Appomattox Court House

  2. Robert E. Lee Sends a Letter • April 9, 1865, Lee (confederate) send a message to General Ulysses Grant (union) • Letter announced Lee’s willingness to surrender

  3. Lee and Grant • Lee arrived in full dress attire • complete with sash and sword • Grant arrived in muddy field uniform

  4. Before starting, Grant engaged in small talk with Lee. Why would he do this? • Grant asked Lee if he remembered meeting him during the Mexican War. • Perhaps Grant wanted to point out how the two men once fought on the same side (to show commonality) • Make small talk, or show respect to Lee. Grant doesn’t want to rub it in his face. He is there to surrender. • Both have been through this horrible experience. It is time to move forward. Reconstruct the Union.

  5. Terms of Surrender • Pardons for all officers and men • keep side-arms • sent home with their private property • horses and animals • provide rations for Lee’s starving men • allowed to return home, won’t be bothered by union

  6. Letters not Treaties • Grant insisted on an informal way to document terms of surrendering • Both Lee and Grant wrote letters back and forth • Why letters? • Treaty = diplomatic recognition: • wont recognize Confederate as a sovereign nation

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