Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... Grant's plan worked, and on April 9, 1865, he accepted Lee's surrender. Four bloody and tragic years of Civil War ended, and Grant was the hero who had achieved ...

Ulysses S. Grant and his Generals on horseback. 1865, Library of Congress. As a cadet at West Point, Ulysses S. Grant was an indifferent student. But as a young soldier in the Mexican War ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was ... After continued Confederate defeats including the Fall of Richmond in April of 1865 - General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General ...

The book opens with rather more detail on his pre-war “career” than is normally the case, and takes a good look at the reasoning behind some of Grant’s wartime plans. There is, for example, an ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

Photo courtesy of flickr user _Gavroche_ In his memoirs, Ulysses S. Grant makes scant mention ... After the war ended in 1865, Grant returned to Galena as general in chief to be greeted by 20,000 ...

The Struggle to End the American Civil War” By Michael Vorenberg, read by Landon Woodson. Random House Audio, 16½ hours, $28.

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 ...