Wars and Battles
The End at Appomattox
April 9, 1865
 In early April 1865, Petersburg was abandoned by the Confederates as Lee made a desperate attempt to link up with Johnston to the southwest. Grant managed to cut off this march, then proposed terms of surrender. On April 9 the two generals met. Grant offered generous terms:
- All equipment and supplies were to be turned over to U.S. forces
- Confederate soldiers were to surrender their arms, but officers were allowed to keep their sidearms
- Enlisted men were allowed to keep their horses for farm work
- Those taking an oath of allegiance to the United States were to be released.
Lee accepted the terms. The war in Virginia was over.Johnston surrendered upon learning of the news from Appomattox. Some fighting continued in Alabama into early May. Jefferson Davis had escaped from Richmond and was apprehended in Georgia on May 10. On May 26 the last Confederate soldiers surrendered in Louisiana.
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