One hundred fifty years ago, in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War.* His chief opponent, Gen. Robert E. Lee of the Confederate States, had surrendered, all but ...

Joan Waugh talked about how Union General Ulysses S. Grant conducted the surrender at Appomattox and sought to foster an atmosphere of reconciliation with the defeated Confederates. She argued ...

Today, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant’s birthday. Born to humble beginnings, this great defender of America won our bloodiest war, trampled the dark forces of disunion ...

A depiction of General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. On March 27, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order, insisting that our history must “focus on the greatness of the achievements ...

Harold Holzer talks about the document and the surrender at Appomattox. ** This clip is part of C-SPAN Classroom's FREE resources for teachers and students. Visit www.c-spanclassroom.org for more ...

Robert E. Lee famously accepted Ulysses S. Grant's terms of surrender at Appomattox Court House 150 years ago this week. Before that happened, the two generals traded letters negotiating terms.

This Tuesday marked the 159th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox — the beginning of the end of a bitter and bloody civil war.

1 / 5 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, portrayed by University of Memphis Professor Curt Fields, rides to McLean House at Appomattox, Va., April 9, to receive the ...

On April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Va. In a sublime moment of selflessness, the two great leaders nobly transcended their differences and chose the ...

There is nowhere like Appomattox, this is actually where Robert E. Lee surrendered the army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant, and that signaled the end of the Civil War," Wilk said.

Grant became the nation’s first four-star general in 1866, a year after Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, ending the Civil War.

Grant became the country's first four-star general in 1866. For the past year, members of Congress have worked to promote the general to mark the 200th anniversary of his birth on April 27, 1822.