“HON. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington. General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this afternoon on terms proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the conditions fully. U. S. GRANT, Lieut.-General.” — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Here Sunday, April, 9th, 1865, after four years of heroic struggle in defense of the principals believed to be fundamental to the existence of our government, Lee surrendered 9,000 men, the remnant of an army still unconquered in spirit, to 118,000 m. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
