Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, purely because his lines had worn so thin that they couldn't hold. This was taken as the virtual ending of the war, although Joe Johnston still commanded a Confederate army in North Carolina that did not surrender to Sherman for a couple more weeks.
they were two generals during the civil war
The main causes of surrender during the American Civil War are the same reason for surrender in any other war,... one side overwhelms the other.
surrender at Appomattox ended the civil war
This is a matter of opinion, but the South probably had the better generals at the start of the Civil War.
Great Generals
Grant for the North, Lee for the South
General Lee did not "surrender the Civil War". He surrendered his army, the Army of Northern Virginia, when it was clear that he could no longer effectively fight against the Army of the Potomac commanded by Ulysses Grant.
No option. He had run out of manpower, and his few remaining troops were barefoot and starving.
Civil War Generals II was created in 1997.
Civil War Generals II happened in 1997.
Notably , U.S. Grant ~ look to the related link below for a list of generals in the Civil War .
These are major Generals Union: Generals Pope, McClellan, Burnside, Thomas, Grant Confederacy: General Lee
The surrender of Fort Sumter
The major and most prominent generals in the US Civil War can be narrowed down to two generals. For the South the prominent general was Robert E. Lee. For the North it would be US Grant.
These are major Generals Union: Generals Pope, McClellan, Burnside, Thomas, Grant Confederacy: General Lee
Do you mean the Spanish Civil War or the American Civil War?
The generals were the officers who led brigade sized units, divisions, corps, and armies.