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Grant had Lee's forces completely surrounded with superior numbers. Lee did not have provisions or ammunition enough to fight a battle, and his forces had dwindled severely from desertion. To have fought would have been suicidal.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe failure to breakthrough the Union lines at Appomattox Station to open the route to Lynchburg, on Apr. 9,1865. The Confederate Army was completely encircled and starving, and therefore Lee decided to surrender.
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What union general did general lee surrender to?
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender to at the appomattox court house?
The Union, or the Northerners meaning Ulysses S. Grant.
Which Union general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9 1865 at Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses Grant
I won the battle of Vicksburg as union commander I excepted the surrender of Confederate commander Robert E Lee who am I?
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
What thing did Ulysses S. Grant let Robert E. Lee keep after he surrender?
His sword Grant let Lee his sidearm, his saber, and his horse.
Did Ulysses S. Grant say ''I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender?
No he did not Robert E. Lee was the one who said when he had to surrender to Ulysses S. Grant
What union general did general lee surrender to?
Ulysses S Grant was the Union general who accepted Robert E Lee's surrender.
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender to in the civil war?
Ulysses s grant.
Which Union general accepted Robert E Lee's surrender?
Ulysses Grant
Who did Robert E. Lee surrender to at the appomattox court house?
The Union, or the Northerners meaning Ulysses S. Grant.
To what northern general did Robert e lee surrender too?
Ulysses S. Grant
Who accepted lees surrender at appomattox?
Grant surrendered to Robert E. Lee at Appomattox
Which Union general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9 1865 at Appomattox Court House?
Ulysses Grant
Where did Ulysses S. Grant surrender?
Ulysses S. Grant did not ever surrender, but Robert E Lee surrendered to Grant in Appomattox Courthouse (April 9, 1865) ending the Civil War, if that's what you meant.
Where was the site of Robert E lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
apponimox courthouse, virginia
Where did you general Robert E. Lee surrender to general Ulysses S. Grant?
Appomatox Courthouse
What was the date of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?
April 9, 1865
