Social Studies, 25.04.2020 06:29, cole6229

At Appomattox Court House Grant offered generous terms of surrender to the Confederate army. Soldiers were required to turn over their rifles, but officers were allowed to keep their pistols. Soldiers who had horses could keep them. Grant knew that southerners would need the animals for spring plowing. Finally Grant ordered, "each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by the United States authority.
As the Confederates surrendered, Union soldiers began to cheer. Grant ordered them to stop. "The war is over. The rebels are our countrymen again."
Summarize the terms of surrender that General Grant offered General Lee. Explain why these were significant in the nation starting its next chapter.

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