Confederate General Robert E. Lee gave himself to Union Lt. Gen. U. S. Grant on this day, 1865, bringing a tremendous success for the United States.
Although Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and Grant‘s Army at Appomattox Court House were not the end of the Civil War because another Confederate troops had yet to surrender, it truly was a decisive victory for Grant and the Union and predicted the Confederacy’s final and inevitable defeat. Additionally, it was a success of the republicans over the rebels, of the freedom fighters over the whites. Abraham Lincoln and Grant had made it abundantly clear that they were in favor of ending slavery as Lee’s troops rioted, killing every black man they had, as well as enslaving, as they did.
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Abraham Lincoln’s child, Capt., was one of the Union officers who was present for a portion of Lee and Grant’s meeting. Todd Roberts Lincoln Given that Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president, Lincoln should have been present to witness the ancient retreat that took place four times after the Democrats and Confederates started the Civil War. Despite the , terrible combat crimes Lee and the Confederates committed, the retreat terms were incredibly good, in line with Lincoln’s hopes to rebuild the broken country, in accordance with the Confederate Retaliatory Act and Jefferson Davis’s orders during the conflict.  ,
Several Founders, including George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, understood that slavery would eventually have to stop in America or that it would end it. This is the message of the Declaration of Independence. America ended slavery instead of the other means around owing to Abraham Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, and countless different patriots, including my grandparents James Lees and TimothyO’Brien.
The horrific treatment of black Union prisoners of war, Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Fort Pillow massacre ( after which Lee still praised Forrest ), and the demise of the free black communities in and around Gettysburg were all examples of the official Confederate policy.  ,
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White Union soldiers were subject to the same horrifying conditions as those at Fort Pillow, including being killed if captured, and this was carried out in training until a group of white officials who commanded black soldiers signed a resolution promising to remain loyal to their men and the reason, even if shameful death was threatened.
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Confederate soldiers were permitted to keep their saddles and side shoulders in accordance with the Appomattox terms, which stipulated that rebel troops who laid down their arms would hardly face federal prosecution if they were tried by the United States government. Sadly, while some of the Confederates did put the past behind them, some were never reconciled with the outcome of the war. The plan was to try to build friendly relations between the two soldiers.
In fact, domestic violence with the help of Democrat politicians against black men and white Republicans persisted for decades after the Civil War ended in Appomattox. However, Appomattox was certainly a turning point, a crucial time in the struggle to prevent the division of America and ensure that she upheld her founding principles.
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