Why did General Lee fail during his last stand at the Appomattox Court House?

Lee’s army was exhausted, short of supplies, and outnumbered as Union forces closed in around it near Appomattox Court House. With his troops weak and surrounded, Lee could not continue the fight and surrendered. His soldiers had not all deserted him, and the key problem was not a lack of reinforcements arriving in time.

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