By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, science, and culture.On this ...

Lee remarked on the morning of April 9, 1865, “to provoke the further effusion of blood, and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender.”1 The two generals met ...

April 9, 1865. With his Confederate armies on their last legs, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant. The Rebellion is over. After four years of fierce fighting ...

The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865: We ... Genl. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of United States, do hereby ...

They made some small talk before Lee asked on what terms Grant would “receive the surrender of my army.” National Museum of American History One-hundred-and-fifty years ago, on April 9 ...