He accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House
General 
Lee surrendered his remaining troops to General Grant at the McLean House on
... [DOC] [TLE] Robert E. Lee surrenders - Apr 09, 1865 - HISTORY.com [PAR] At Appomattox, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 
28,000 ... Born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1743 to a minister who died when he 
was four, ... to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, 
Virginia.