What were the Events that led to the Confederacy's surrender?

The Confederacy's surrender was primarily driven by a series of military defeats, including the fall of Atlanta in September 1864 and the subsequent Union campaigns that pushed Confederate forces further south. The capture of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, in April 1865 by Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant was a decisive blow. As Union forces closed in, General Robert E. Lee ultimately realized that further resistance was futile, leading to his surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865. This marked the effective end of the Civil War, as other Confederate armies soon followed suit.