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Grant's Terms Received During the Surrender

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Grant's Terms Received During the Surrender

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Grant did not receive anything extra from Lee, but he did get the satisfaction of winning the war. When Lee asked him for terms, he quickly wrote up the ones he felt were reasonable.

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Reasons Why Lee Showed up During the Surrender

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Reasons Why Lee Showed up During the Surrender

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Lee obviously didn't want to have to surrender his army because that means he lost. However, he didn't want to see many lives get lost for no reason. At this point in the war, the Confederates were not going to win, and he knew that.

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Reasons Why Grant Showed Up During the Surrender

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Reasons Why Grant Showed Up During the Surrender

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Grant showed up to the surrender because he was happy that his army won the war. However, if there is one thing Grant and Lee agreed on, it was important that unnecessary lives would not be lost. To make sure this wouldn't happen, both needed to show up to the surrender.

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After the Surrender, Lee wasn't sure what he was going to do, so he started off on a journey. Eventually, he ended up in Lexington where his leadership skills got him a job as the president of a small college.

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The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House. The court house is located in Virginia and is now a National Historical Park.

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Lee's Terms Received During the Surrender

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Lee's Terms Received During the Surrender

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The terms that Grant wrote for Lee were, that all men would be sent home with all of their property and their horses. They could keep their weapons and they would be given union rations in order to cure their starvation.

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After the surrender, Grant said that their should be no celebrating. He shushed a band that was playing and said, "the war is over. the rebels are our countrymen again."

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Lee kept his emotions very much to himself. He was obviously upset about having to surrender, but he was happy that the war was over. He couldn't fight Grant in Virginia because that was his home state.

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Grant kept getting off topic during the surrender. He was talking about old army times, only to be drawn back to the actual topic by Lee.

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Grant was a sloppy dresser and his uniform was not well cared for. Grant did not carry a sword with him

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Lee showed much dignity during the surrender. He would get off topic, only to pull Grant back into the actual conversation about the surrender, he was very persistent.

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Grant was sad and depressed about the surrender because he didn't want to celebrate the loss of someone who suffered so much during the war. He mad his emotions very clear in a letter to Lee.

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Lee dressed very proper and in a nice uniform that Grant said was new. He had a sword of a lot of value and he kept his emotions to himself.