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How did General Grant show humility to General Lee and the Confederate Army at Lee’s surrender?

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Answer and Explanation:In Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders his 28,000 troops to Union General Ulysses S. In withdrawing from the Union army's Appomattox Campaign, the Army of Northern Virginia had blundered into the Virginia countryside denuded of food and equipment.

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