Generals Grant and Lee agreed to convene at the home of Wilmer McLean at Appomattox ... conflict ever fought on American soil was coming to an end. The Civil War was entering its fifth year.

April 9, our great Union of states will officially be celebrating the 160th Anniversary of the official End of the Civil War ...

In the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 Confederate troops ...