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| Virginia Facts |
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Robert E. Lee, Commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, surrendered his men to Ulysses Grant, General-in-Chief of all United States forces, on April 9, 1865 at the Appomattox Court House. |
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The Capitol of Virginia in Richmond houses the only statue for which George Washington ever posed. |
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Richmond, Virginia was also the capital of the Confederate States during the Civil War. |
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