"Why the Civil War Actually Ended 16 Months After Lee" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 Feb 2021 10:42 p.m. PST |
…Surrendered "On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Confederate troops to the Union's Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, marking the beginning of the end of the grinding four-year-long American Civil War. But it would be more than 16 months before President Andrew Johnson would declare a formal end to the conflict in August 1866. Appomattox was undoubtedly a decisive victory for the Union, and Grant's peace agreement with Lee would provide a blueprint for other generals around the country. So why did it take so long for the war to officially end after that? For one thing, Lee had surrendered only his Army of Northern Virginia to Grant. A number of other Confederate forces still remained active, starting with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee, the second-largest Confederate army after Lee's…"
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 Editor Katie  | 04 Feb 2021 10:45 p.m. PST |
From the History website. |
| EJNashIII | 07 Feb 2021 10:34 p.m. PST |
The who cares about other armies other than the ANV came from Lee himself. A Virginia centric mindset cost the south the war, if there ever was a chance at all. |
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