This Day in History: <br />Robert E. Lee Surrenders April 9, 1865 Surrounded with no possibility <br />of escape, the Confederate <br />General surrendered his troops to Union <br />General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox, VA. Lee met Grant in full dress <br />attire at 1 p.m. in the parlor <br />of the Wilmer McLean home. His surrender ended the U.S. Civil War, <br />the bloodiest war in American history. Having known each other <br />from the Mexican War, the <br />two spoke briefly before <br />Grant wrote out the terms. As part of the terms, Lee's <br />28,000 starving troops, <br />who had been cut off from supplies,<br />would be pardoned and fed Union rations. The solemn ceremony ended <br />with Grant telling his officers, <br />"The war is over. The Rebels <br />are our countrymen again."
