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Where was the surrender ceremony of Robert E. Lee's Army conducted?

Richmond
Appomattox Court House
Petersburg
Gettysburg

Answer

The surrender ceremony of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia took place at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, marking the effective end of the American Civil War. Confederate General Lee met with Union General Ulysses S. Grant and agreed to surrender his army, paving the way for the eventual Confederate surrender and the restoration of the Union.