Taking place on April 9, 1865 the Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met for the first time face to face in Wilmer McLean’s house in Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This was to formally end the Civil War and for General Lee and his army to surrender and go on parole for acts of against the United States. Proceeding towards May 29, 1865 President Andrew Johnson issued a Proclamation...