Robert E. Lee?

Question

What time of day did Robert E. Lee surrender? I tried googling it but I can't seem to find anything. Do you know when he came and left the Appomattox Court House? I know it took about an hour and a half... Thank you!

Answer 1

On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee arrived at Appromatox Court House. Approximately at 1:30 pm , Grant arrived to present the terms of surrender to be signed by Lee and Grant. they met for an hour and a half and Lee and Grant departed at around 3 pm.

Answer 2

Between 1 and 3:45 pm, April 9, 1865

On April 9, 1865 after four years of Civil War, approximately 630,000 deaths and over 1 million casualties, General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, at the home of Wilmer and Virginia McLean in the town of Appomattox Court House , Virginia. General Lee arrived at the Mclean home shortly after 1:00 p.m. followed a half hour later by General Grant. The meeting lasted approximately an hour and a half. The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia allowed the Federal Government to bring increased pressure to bear in other parts of the south and would result in the surrender of the remaining field armies of the Confederacy over the next few months.

Answer 3

http://www.sewanee.edu/faculty/Willis/Civil_War/documents/GrantLee.html



Soon after Lee's departure I telegraphed to Washington as follows:

Headquarters Appomattox C. H., Va.,
April 9th, 1865, 4:30 p.m.
Hon. E. M. Stanton:
Secretary of War,
Washington.
General Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia this afternoon on terms
proposed by myself. The accompanying additional correspondence will show the
conditions fully.

God bless Robert Edward Lee!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 4

According to Grant's memoirs, Lee left around 4:30 pm. No actual amont of time is stated. It doesn't sound like the surrender took very long. The surrender was on April 9th, 1865.

Answer 5

In the afternoon of April 9 1865.

Answer 6

Many of Lee's officers, including Longstreet, agreed that surrendering the army was the only option left. The only notable officer opposed to surrender was Lee's chief of artillery, Brig. Gen. Edward Porter Alexander, who predicted that if Lee surrenders then "every other [Confederate] army will follow suit". At 8:00 a.m., Lee rode out to meet Grant, accompanied by three of his aides. With gunshots still being heard on Gordon's front and Union skirmishers still advancing on Longstreet's front, Lee received a message from Grant. After several hours of correspondence between Grant and Lee, a cease-fire was enacted and Grant received Lee's request to discuss surrender terms. Lee's aide, Col. Charles Marshall, was sent to find a location for Grant and Lee to meet. Marshall selected the home of Wilmer McLean, coincidentally the same man who was forced to lend his home to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard at the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major battle of the war.


[edit] The surrender
Dressed in an immaculate uniform, Lee waited for Grant to arrive. Grant, whose headache had suddenly disappeared when he received Lee's note, arrived in a dirty private's uniform with only his shoulder straps showing his rank. Suddenly overcome with sadness, Grant found it hard to get to the point of the meeting and instead the two generals briefly discussed a previous encounter during the Mexican-American War. Lee brought the attention back to the issue at hand, and Grant offered the same generous terms he had before:

“ In accordance with the substance of my letter to you of the 8th inst., I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of N. Va. on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged, and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands. The arms, artillery and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officer appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside. ”

In addition to his generous terms, Grant also allowed the defeated men to take home their horses and mules to carry out the spring planting; Lee said it would have a very happy effect among the men and do much toward reconciling the country. As Lee left the house and rode away, Grant's men began cheering in celebration, but Grant ordered an immediate stop. "I at once sent word, however, to have it stopped," he said. "The Confederates were now our prisoners, and we did not want to exult over their downfall."