Appomattox River

Near this site General Lee crossed the Appomattox River and proceeded up the hill to the McLean House where he met General Grant to draft the terms of surrender.

April 9, 1865.

Marker can be reached from Old Courthouse Road (Virginia Route ...

Appomattox

Here on Sunday April 9, 1865, after four years of heroic struggle in defense of principles believed fundamental to the existence of our government, Lee surrendered 9000 men, the remnant of an army still unconquered in spirit.

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Appomattox Court House Confederate Cemetery

Here are buried eighteen Confederate soldiers who dies April 8 and 9, 1865 in the closing days of the War Between the States. The remains of one unknown Union soldier found some years after the war are interned beside the ...

Surrender at Appomattox

At the McLean house at Appomattox, two miles north, took place the meeting between Lee and Grant to arrange terms for the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. This was at 1:30 P.M. on Sunday, April 9, 1865.

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Battle of Appomattox Station

Final Blow

You are standing near the site of Appomattox Station Depot on the South Side Railroad. Here, on the afternoon of April 8, 1865, Union cavalrymen under Gen. George A. Custer dealt the Army of Northern Virginia a final ...

Battle of Appomattox Station — 1865

Near this building stood the station of the South Side Railroad where, on April 8, 1865, three trains unloading supplies for the Army of Northern Virginia were captured by units of Sheridan’s Union cavalry under Gen. Geo. Custer. Significant for ...

Steamer Appomattox

Historic Shipwreck

Type: Wooden bulk carrier

Built: 1896, Davidson Shipyard, West Bay City, Mich.

Sank: November 2, 1905, stranded

Length: 319’ Beam: 42’

Cargo: Iron ore, coal

Propulsion: Triple-expansion steam engine, propeller

Depth of Wreckage: 20’

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Eve of Appomattox

Part of Lee’s army passed here, April 8, 1865, retreating westward. The second (Humphrey’s) Corps of Grant’s army passed, in pursuit, in the afternoon of the same day. Grant spent the night here, receiving early in the morning of April ...

After Appomattox

Just to the south a monument marks the spot where the tent of Robert E. Lee stood the night of April 12-13, 1865.

Marker is at the intersection of Anderson Highway (U.S. 60) and Lee Wayside Road, on the right when ...

Nelson County / Appomattox County

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Nelson County

Area 473 Square Miles

Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county. (Reverse) Nelson County Z-137 Formed in 1807 from Amherst, and named ...