America’s Civil War Comes Home To Roost
![General Grant shakes the hand of his rival General Lee in Wilmer McLean’s home. Painting by Thomas Nast](https://www.onthisday.com/images/articles/surrender.jpg)
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Historical Events
The South Surrenders
Confederate General Robert E. Lee and 26,765 troops surrender at Appomattox Court House to US Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War in North Virginia
Famous Birthdays
- Charles Proteus Steinmetz, German-American electrical engineer (development of alternating current), born in Breslau, Province of Silesia, Prussia (d. 1923)
Erich Ludendorff (1865-1937)
German general during World War I, born in Kruszewnia, Prussia
Famous Deaths
- Thomas Alfred Smyth, Irish/US Union general-major, dies at 32
About April 9, 1865
Calendar: Gregorian
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 159 years, 2 months and 29 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Aries