A single meeting in 1865 effectively ended the deadliest war in American history
After four years of brutal conflict, General Robert E. Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant in a quiet Virginia parlor to surrender his army, signaling the end of the American Civil War.
On April 9, 1865, the bloodiest chapter in American history began to close at Appomattox Court House. General Robert E. Lee, realizing his exhausted and hungry Army of Northern Virginia was surrounded, met General Ulysses S. Grant to discuss terms. Instead of harsh imprisonment, Grant offered a gesture of reconciliation by allowing the 26,765 Confederate soldiers to keep their horses and return home peacefully.
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