<P> Lee 's army fought a series of battles in the Appomattox Campaign against Grant that ultimately stretched thin his lines of defense . Lee 's extended lines were mostly on small sections of thirty miles of strongholds around Richmond and Petersburg , Virginia . His troops ultimately became exhausted defending this line because they were too thinned out . Grant then took advantage of the situation and launched attacks on this thirty mile long poorly defended front . This ultimately led to the surrender of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox . </P>
<P> Lee 's army fought a series of battles in the Appomattox Campaign against Grant that ultimately stretched thin his lines of defense . Lee 's extended lines were mostly on small sections of thirty miles of strongholds around Richmond and Petersburg , Virginia . His troops ultimately became exhausted defending this line because they were too thinned out . Grant then took advantage of the situation and launched attacks on this thirty mile long poorly defended front . This ultimately led to the surrender of Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox . </P>
where did the civil war end in 1865
where did the civil war end in 1865
Appomattox
Appomattox