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…showed last 75 words of 918 total…last attempt to break through to the south to join Johnston, but Grant cut off his last avenue to escape. With no food, and half his soldiers too weak to hold a weapon, Lee was forced to surrender. On April 9th, when Lee and Grant met in the house of Mr. McLean, Grant issued his most generous surrender terms in history: the defeated soldiers were to lay down their arms and go home. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**