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150th Anniversary: Lee Surrenders to Grant
150th anniversary of the surrender at Appomattox Court House.
On April 9, 1865, the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee, surrendered to his Union counterpart, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, thus effectively ending the American Civil War. At 3:15 PM (EST) on the 150th anniversary of the event, commemorative bells rang across the United States.