having been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, CSA, Commanding said Army, to Lieut. Genl. U. S. Grant, Commanding Armies of United States, do hereby give our solemn parole of honor ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child ... A week later, he surrendered what remained of his army to Grant at Appomattox Court House. After the war, Lee ...

This is now known as the Lost Cause philosophy. In April of 1865, General Robert E. Lee surrendered in Appomattox, Virginia. The Confederacy had exhausted its resources, and the landscape of the ...