From the AP:

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the village of Appomattox Court House, Va.

As Jay Winik has pointed out in his compelling book, April 1865: The Month That Saved America, we can thank God that he blessed us with men like Lincoln, Grant, and Lee at such a critical time in our nation’s history. Without their charity, grace, and wisdom, we likely would not be a nation today.