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Lee and Grant: The Surrender at Appomattox Court House In the spring of 1865, the American Civil War reached its dramatic conclusion. From the fall of Richmond and Petersburg to the final surrender at Appomattox Court House, this full animated battle map traces the desperate final march of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the relentless pursuit of Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces across central Virginia. Follow the campaign day by day as Lee’s starving army evacuates Richmond, regrou