Appomattox Court House (site of Lee's 1865 surrender) Appomattox Court House Historic Virginia village where Confederate General Robert E. Lee formally surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865; preserved as a national historic site and a symbol of t…
Battle of the Wilderness (May 5–7, 1864) Battle of the Wilderness A major 1864 clash in dense Virginia thickets during the Overland Campaign where Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee fought an indecisive but strategically important battle.
