APPOMATTOX, VA – APRIL 09: Confederate General Robert E. Lee, portrayed by American Civil War re-enactor Thomas Lee Jessee, rides through a crowd of spectators after a re-enactment of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park April 9, 2015 in Appomattox, Virginia. Today is the 150th anniversary of Lee’s surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Union forces commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant in the McLean House at Appomattox, Virginia. The surrender marked the beginning of the end of the American Civil War in 1865. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)