EDITOR'S NOTE: When Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, standing with other war ...
Despite the chilly weather on April 9, thousands turned out in Appomattox for the ceremonies marking the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender to end the Civil War. These lake area residents sought out ...