HOW DID THE CIVIL WAR END? Grant knew that the Union...

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HOW DID THE CIVIL WAR END? Grant knew that the Union could replace troops and supplies and the Confederacy could not.Since Lee went into Petersburg Grant kept him under siege for nine months. On April 2,1865, with a fresh supply of troops, Grant took Petersburg. That same day Richmond fell. Lee and his army fled to Appomattox Court House, where a week later they were surrounded by Union troops. On April9,1865,Lee surrendered and Grant offered "generous" terms of surrender. Soldiers were to turnover their rifles, but they could keep the horses they had. Officers were allowed to keep their pistols and horses. When Union soldiers began to cheer Grant said "Silent, the war is over and the rebels are our country men again."

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