Appomattox Courthouse

Who was Robert E. Lee?

• The president of the Confederacy.

• The Governor of Virginia.

• The lead general for the Confederate army of the South.

Why did General Robert E. Lee surrender his army?

• Because he was surrounded by the Northern troops and he knew he would not win a fight.

• His soldiers were ready to rebel and go over to the North anyway.

• He knew he could get another army and come back to fight another day.

What was the significance of Robert E. Lee's surrender?

• It had no significance. It was just another battle in a long war.

• It meant that the South had won the Civil War.

• It meant that the Civil War was pretty much over and that the North had won.

Where did Lee surrender to Ulysses S. Grant?

• At Fort Sumter, South Carolina.

• At the Appomattox Court House in Virginia.

• Near the city of Gettysburg.

True or False: President Abraham Lincoln wanted the Confederate soldiers to be severely punished for fighting for the South.

• True

• False

What year was it that Andrew Johnson signed a document saying that the Civil War was official over?

• 1776

• 1863

• 1866

What happened to the rest of the Confederate armies after Lee's army surrendered?

• The remaining Confederate armies continued to fight.

• Most of the Confederate armies surrendered to Union armies within the coming month.

• The Confederates planned their next attack.

Who did General Robert E. Lee surrender to?

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• Colonel Mustard

• President Abraham Lincoln

What were the conditions under which the North accepted General Lee`s surrender?

• The Confederate soldiers were sent to prison for one year, but their families and homes were spared.

• The Confederate soldiers had to give up all their possessions including any farms or houses they owned.

• The Confederate soldiers were allowed to return home. They were given food and could keep their horse or mule, but had to turn in their weapons.

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Describe the surrender terms to which Lee and Grant agreed.

• Rolls of the all the officers and men were made in duplicate. One list was given to an officer designated by Grant, the other list to an officer designated by Lee.

• The officers were given individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.

• Each commander signed a parole order for the men of their commands, and the arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer, appointed by Grant, to receive them.

• Officers were allowed to keep their side arms, personal horses, and baggage

• Each man was allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by US authorities so long as they observed their paroles and the laws "in force where they may reside."