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Grant's Generous terms of surrender

With his troops outnumbered, Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Grant's generous terms of surrender guaranteed that the United States wouldn't prosecute the Confederate soldiers for treason. He also allowed the soldiers to take home their horses in order to put in a crop so they could carry their family through the next winter. Grant's kindness would "do much toward conciliating the people." Meanwhile...