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

“It would be useless and therefore cruel,” Robert ... the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, general ...

Robert E. Lee spent the first days of April 1865 dodging and weaving across southern Virginia in an effort to stave off the relentless pursuit of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, whose Union army outmanned ...

The case of one of the famous moments in American history—Robert E. Lee’s surrender at ... On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. In a sublime moment of ...

April 9 marks 160 years of the anniversary of when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at ...

The official surrender document of Lee's troops to the Union Army, signed at Appomattox Court House ... by General Robert E. Lee, CSA, Commanding said Army, to Lieut. Genl. U. S. Grant ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert ... Lee evacuated Richmond and Petersburg on the evening of April 2. A week later, he surrendered what remained of his army to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

"Light-Horse Harry" Lee fought in the Revolutionary War. Robert E ... of Appomattox Court House, wearing a fulldress uniform and carrying a borrowed ceremonial sword which he did not surrender.

Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia after four years of Civil War in the United States. Also on this date: In 1939 ...

The case of one of the famous moments in American history—Robert E ... On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. In a sublime moment of selflessness ...