Did the American Civil War end? Wikipedia on the Civil War provides in paragraph one, “The American Civil War (April 12, 1861-May 9, 1865), but in paragraph four, “The Civil War effectively ended on April 9, 1865, when Confederate General Lee.
Battle of Appomattox Court House, (April 9, 1865), one of the final battles of the American Civil War. After a weeklong flight westward from Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee briefly engaged Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant before surrendering to the Union at Appomattox Court House. This signaled the beginning of the end of the protracted Civil War.
Grant and his Army of the Potomac began their siege of Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia, in June 1864. After weathering nearly 10 months of starvation and desertions, Lee resolved to abandon the cities altogether and regroup in North Carolina
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