Question 1 • CA-MS United States History and Geography: Growth and Conflict B
When Union forces broke through the Confederate defenses at Petersburg in April 1865, Lee informed President Jefferson Davis that the Confederate army could no longer hold the city. Davis and the Confederate government evacuated Richmond that night. Lee retreated west with his army and surrendered later at Appomattox, so he did not surrender immediately or flee to Savannah.
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