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Lee Surrender at Appomattox Centennial Commemoration
The report recalls Grant's 1865 surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox on April 9 1865 and the Confederate retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox Courthouse. It notes Petersburg fall, Richmond riot aftermath, Union occupation, and Lincoln’s final Richmond arrival.
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Appomattox
U.S Grant
Grant
Lee
Northern
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Petersburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Richmond
R. 8. Ewell
Cary Street
Abraham Lincoln
City Point
Hopewell
Malvern
James
Lincoln
Washington
Godfrey Weitzel
Sheridan
Lynchburg
John B. Gordon
Thomas G Jones
Alabama