By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, April 9, the 99th day of 2025. There are 266 days left in the year. Today in ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

April 9th has witnessed numerous significant events throughout history, spanning a variety of categories including politics, ...

No man proved a more worthy opponent to Ulysses S. Grant than Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Lee was born the fourth child of Colonel Henry Lee and Ann Hill Carter on January 19, 1807.

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But after saying “There’s that damned Ulysses,” as they passed ... along miles of fortified trenches at Petersburg, Va., Robert E. Lee abandons his position the night of April 2 on the ...

April 9, 1865. With his Confederate armies on their last legs, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant. The Rebellion is over. After four years of fierce fighting ...

In 1413, Henry V was crowned king of England. In 1816, the first all-Black U.S. religious denomination, the AME church, was ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia after four years of Civil War in the United States.

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... As commander, Grant worked to constantly occupy Robert E. Lee's rebel army in the East, while Union troops struck at the heart of the South, destroying ...

Before Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th president - He was ... including the Fall of Richmond in April of 1865 - General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse ...