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Appomattox Court House

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Appomattox Court House

The town in Virginia where Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered, ending the Civil War in April of 1865. It is to the east of Lynchburg, not far from the present day city of Appomattox.

As Union forces attacked Richmond, Gen. Lee and his army fled west along the Appomattox River. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant after concluding that the Southern forces could not continue the war. The surrender was made in a private house borrowed for the occasion.

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