Which of the following best illustrates Lincoln's position of "with malice toward none; with charity for all"?

Sherman's march to the sea

the surrender at Appomattox Court House

Grant's campaign against Petersburg

The correct answer is B) the surrender at Appomattox Court House.

The option that best illustrates Lincoln's position of "with malice toward none; with charity for all" is "the surrender at Appomattox Court House."

This was the moment when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant, on the Appomattox Court House, in Virginia. The date, April 9, 1865. The victory of the Union Army represented the end of the Civil War. Here is when Lincoln's expression meant that he was looking at the unity of the country, not the punishment for the acts of war.

The surrender at Appomattox Court House best illustrates Lincoln's position of "with malice toward none; with charity for all".