<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwbw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" id="mwcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House#Surrender" id="mwcQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Appomattox Court House">surrenders</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" id="mwcg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a> (26,765 troops) to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" id="mwcw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appomattox_Court_House_National_Historical_Park" id="mwdA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Appomattox Court House National Historical Park">Appomattox Court House, Virginia</a>, effectively ending the war.