General Ulysses S. Grant
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…last attempt to break through to the south to join Johnston, but
Grant cut off his last avenue to escape. With no food, and half his soldiers too weak to
hold a weapon, Lee was forced to surrender.
On April 9th, when Lee and Grant met in the house of Mr. McLean, Grant issued his most
generous surrender terms in history: the defeated soldiers were to lay down their arms
and go home.
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