Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. The formal surrender took place in the parlor of the house owned by Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Court House

. This event effectively ended the war in Virginia and marked a symbolic conclusion to the Civil War, triggering subsequent surrenders across the South