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This Day in History:, Robert E. Lee Surrenders.<br/>April 9, 1865.<br/>Surrounded with no possibility of escape, <br/>the Confederate General surrendered his troops to <br/>Union General Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox, VA.<br/>Lee met Grant in full dress attire at 1 p.m. <br/>in the parlor of the Wilmer McLean home.<br/>His surrender ended the U.S. Civil War, <br/>the bloodiest war in American history.<br/>Having known each other from the Mexican War, <br/>the two spoke briefly before Grant wrote out the terms.<br/>As part of the terms, Lee's 28,000 starving troops,<br/>who had been cut off from supplies, would be pardoned <br/>and fed Union rations.<br/>The solemn ceremony ended with Grant telling his officers, <br/>\