- Confederate military forces would surrender to Union forces under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant.
- Confederate soldiers were to be granted amnesty and would not be punished for their role in the war.
- Confederate officers were allowed to keep their personal side arms.
- Confederate armies were to disband and surrender all of their weapons and equipment.
- The Confederate government was dissolved and the southern states were to be readmitted to the Union as soon as they ratified the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
- The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, was exempted from the terms of the surrender and was able to escape. He was eventually captured and imprisoned for two years.