From near his headquarters atop the rise in front of you, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent a message that jolted a nation. After finishing his meeting with Lee at the McLean House, Grant paused along the road and scribbled an unassuming note . . . — — Map (db m5914) HM
On April 12, 1865, Union Brig. Gen. Joshua Chamberlain watched the distant ridge as the Confederates prepared for the surrender. They formed into column, marched into the valley, then up the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road toward the village. As the . . . — — Map (db m5968) HM
As Lee’s Confederate Army retreated west, Federal forces blocked their way. Near this spot, Union artillery pieces commanded by Lieutenant James H. Lord and a cavalry brigade led by Brevet Brigadier General Charles Smith proved a strategic delay to . . . — — Map (db m169121) HM
West Africans developed the forerunners of the modern banjo. Free and enslaved Africans in the Americas later made similar stringed instruments, typically of animal hides, gourds, wood, and gut or horsehair. Black musicians who lived near here, . . . — — Map (db m172200) HM
The depression before you is the trace of the old Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road. Gen. Robert E. Lee rode this route both to and from his meeting with Grant on April 9, 1865. His return to the army – as he passed towards his headquarters atop . . . — — Map (db m6004) HM
Two enslaved families lived in the structures behind the McLean House, across the field in front of you. Mary Ann raised three children here: Maria, Rachael, and another unnamed daughter. The second family consisted of Bettie Love Stewart (pictured . . . — — Map (db m234622) HM
On this spot were established the headquarters of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A, commanding, from April 8th to April 11th, 1865. — — Map (db m15533) HM
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. — — Map (db m169653) HM
(East Side):World War I James R. Beasley Jerry S. Beasley James T. Cyrus Edward B. Gunter Robert F. Irving Sam J. Harvey Herman L. Lee Thomas A. Owen Phillip B. Swan Campbell W. Teeter Melvin M. Watkins Melvin Watson John L. Deaner . . . — — Map (db m29999) WM
Appomattox Invincibles Company A, 20th Battalion Virginia Heavy Artillery Formerly Company A, 44th Virginia Infantry Appomattox Greys Company H 18th Virginia Infantry Appomattox Rangers Company H, 2nd Virginia Cavalry Liberty . . . — — Map (db m29997) WM
Here, amidst the once-quiet streets and lanes of Appomattox Court House, Lee, Grant, and their tired armies enacted one of the great dramas in American history. “General, this is deeply humiliating; but I console myself with the thought . . . — — Map (db m15530) HM
This building, erected in 1892 when the county seat was moved to this location, should not be mistaken for the original, built in 1846 and destroyed by fire in 1892. Three miles northeast is old Appomattox Court House and the McLean House where Lee . . . — — Map (db m15514) HM
Here are buried eighteen Confederate soldiers who died 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 interred beside the Confederate dead. About 500 . . . — — Map (db m156470) HM
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. — — Map (db m6006) HM
In 1865, the Lynchburg Stage Road crossed the river at a shallow ford at this point. The Confederate Infantry marched through here to surrender at Appomattox Court House on April 12, 1865. — — Map (db m169185) HM
In this village, General Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to General Grant and the Army of the Potomac. The terms of their “gentlemen’s peace” inspired a new unity and a new purpose for our Nation.
The village of . . . — — Map (db m100993) WM
On April 11, 1865, the surrender of the Confederate Artillery took place here, totaling 61 cannons plus limbers and 13 caissons. The artillery stretched one-half mile along the Stage Road. — — Map (db m169622) HM
April 8, 1865 Union cavalry arrived early in the evening and captured three of Lee’s four supply trains. Advancing toward Appomattox Court House, they encountered the surplus Confederate wagons and artillery train. After a brief conflict, . . . — — Map (db m6075) HM
One of the last battles of the Civil War took place one mile west of here. After capturing Confederate supplies, General George Custer's cavalry charged through the woods into the cannon fire of Confederate General Reuben Lindsay Walker's troops. . . . — — Map (db m30041) HM
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 blow. First, they captured . . . — — Map (db m156545) HM
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 its . . . — — Map (db m203259) HM
In 1929-30 the Appomattox training school was built on this site with funds raised by Mozella Price, who served as Supervisor of Appomattox Counter Negro Schools from 1919 to 1963. It was a cinder block building, employing four teachers. At the . . . — — Map (db m29969) HM
In 1929-30, the Appomattox County Training School was built on this site with funds raised by Mozella Jordan Price, who served as the supervisor of Appomattox County Negro Schools from 1919 to 1963. It was a cinder-block building employing . . . — — Map (db m181143) HM
Built in 1819, this was the first building in what would become the village of Appomattox Court House. The Clover Hill Tavern served travelers along the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road. For several decades, it offered the village’s only restaurant, . . . — — Map (db m5989) HM
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Norther Virginia began the retreat west from Richmond and Petersburg on April 3, 1865, with about 250 cannon. Two days later, at Amelia Court House, about a hundred of the least effective pieces were culled . . . — — Map (db m84749) HM
Buried here are nineteen men (out of perhaps 100) killed during the last two days of war in Virginia. These men were at first buried where they died – at hospitals or in farm fields and woodlots around Appomattox Court House. But in 1866, the . . . — — Map (db m5990) HM
For most of the war, Lee and his army had tormented their Northern enemies – at Gaines’ Mill, Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville. But here, on April 9, 1865, the once-mighty Army of Northern Virginia found itself trapped. Lee faced . . . — — Map (db m15526) HM
The county jail in 1865 stood just beyond this marker. Shortly after the war it burned. The jail across the road replaced it in 1870. — — Map (db m30074) HM
Union Col. Henry Capehart commanded Gen. George A. Custer’s Third Cavalry Brigade on Custer’s left flank. On April 8, 1865, Capehart had only the 1st New York (Lincoln) an 1st and 2nd West Virginia regiments on hand, the 3rd West Virginia had . . . — — Map (db m84751) HM
Before and during the Civil War, educational opportunities in Rural Virginia were often limited. The wealthier families employed a tutor or sent their children to boarding academies such as the nearby Union Academy. In such schools students . . . — — Map (db m169313) HM
Three miles north is Eldon, birthplace and home of Henry D. "Hal" Flood (2 Sept.1865-8 Dec.1921). A member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1887-1891) and Senate (1891-1900), Flood also served in the U.S. Congress from 1901 to 1921. He served . . . — — Map (db m10225) HM
“It seems to me every one was more scared than ever, from the fact that we knew the war was nearly over, and we did not want to be killed at the end of the war.” Private John L. Smith, 118th Pennsylvania Late on the morning of . . . — — Map (db m5970) HM
Prior to midnight on April 8, 1865, with Federal troops closing in on three sides and the line of retreat along the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road blocked, General R. E. Lee held a Council of War with his ranking generals to discuss . . . — — Map (db m84563) HM
On this spot Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A. and General Robert E. Lee, C.S.A. met on the morning of April 10th, 1865. — — Map (db m15535) HM
The four-year effort to vanquish the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia came to its climax in the fields before you. “Legs will win the battle men …. They can’t escape, if you will keep up to it.” Maj. Gen. E.O.C.Ord, . . . — — Map (db m15516) HM
Son of (Francis & Maria Meeks,) Born March 2, 1843; and died in the defence of his country October 4, 1861 at Fairfax Court House Va. He was a member of the Appomattox Rangers, in which Company he served faithfully in the battles Bull Run and . . . — — Map (db m169635) HM
On the knoll before you, Lee and Grant held the second of their two meetings at Appomattox Court House. They met here on the morning of April 10. Grant hoped to enlist Lee’s support in urging the surrender of other Confederate armies, and Lee was . . . — — Map (db m5966) HM
A short distance inside these woods stood Robert E. Lee’s last headquarters. Here on April 8, 1865, he held his final council of war. Here on April 10 he issued his farewell order to his army. And from here, on April 12, he departed for home – . . . — — Map (db m5960) HM
Near this spot stood the apple tree under which General Robert E. Lee rested while awaiting the return of a flag of truce sent by him to General U.S. Grant on the morning of April 9, 1865. — — Map (db m30077) HM
At midday on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee rode into this yard, dismounted, and disappeared into the McLean House. Grant, surrounded by generals and staff officers, soon followed. Dozens of officers, horses, and onlookers waited outside. . . . — — Map (db m5962) HM
The last Federal battery taken by the Confederates was captured by the North Carolina cavalry brigade of Brig. Gen. W.P. Roberts at this place. — — Map (db m5972) HM
At this place was fought the last skirmish
by Captain Wilson T. Jenkins of the 14th
North Carolina Regiment commanding 25
men of the 4th and 14th N.C. Regiments. — — Map (db m84748) HM
(Front)
Last at Appomattox
At this place the North Carolina Brigade of Brigadier-General W.R.Cox of Grimes Division fired The Last Volley 9 April 1865.
Major-General Bryan Grimes of North Carolina planned the last battle . . . — — Map (db m169452) HM WM
Nearby is buried Joel Walker Sweeney (ca. 1810-1860), the musician who redesigned this African instrument into the modern five-string banjo that is known today. Although slaves apparently added the fifth string to what had been a four-strong . . . — — Map (db m30076) HM
The 30-foot obelisk marks the Raine family cemetery. Erected in 1912 by C. Hunter Raine, the monument honors past family members, including C. Hunter’s father, Charles James Raine, who served as a captain in the Lee Battery of Virginia Artillery. . . . — — Map (db m36257) HM
(Front):Erected by C. Hunter Raine in loving memory of his father Chas. J. Raine captain of Lee Battery, Co. A, Virginia Artillery, C. S. A. Killed in the Battle of Mine Run Va., November 30th, 1863 and the members of the family buried . . . — — Map (db m15520) HM
In the last clash at Appomattox, some of the men who fought here at the Robertson House on April 9, 1865, were unfortunate enough to be among the last soldiers killed, wounded, or captured in combat. A few were later cited for bravery in the . . . — — Map (db m169288) HM
(preface)
After Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces broke through Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's lines at Petersburg on April 2, 1865, Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond. The Army of Northern Virginia retreated west on . . . — — Map (db m169292) HM
General Grant used this lane to reach the McLean House where General Lee was waiting to discuss the turns of surrender. April 9, 1865 — — Map (db m156469) HM
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. — — Map (db m34478) HM
Along the stage road and in the field before you, the artillery of the Army of Northern Virginia was surrendered. In all, 61 cannons with limbers and 13 caissons, one-fifth of the number Lee began the retreat with, were surrendered. A total of 2,576 . . . — — Map (db m195395) HM
The first school for African Americans in Appomattox County began near here. Before the Civil War's end, educational opportunities in rural Virginia were often limited for White residents and practically nonexistent for African Americans, . . . — — Map (db m181152) HM
Brothers Henry and Thomas Bocock built this house in 1848. Henry was the County Clerk of Appomattox (1845-1860). Thomas served as a U. S. Congressman from 1847 to March 1861, when he became the only Speaker of the Confederate House of . . . — — Map (db m234617) HM
Two miles north, at sunrise of April 9, 1865, Fitz Lee and Gordon, moving westward, attacked Sheridan's position. The attack was repulsed, but a part of the Confederate cavalry under Munford and Rosser broke through the Union line and escaped. This . . . — — Map (db m34477) HM
On 8 Apr. 1865, Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia, retreating from Petersburg toward Pittsylvania County, reached the hills to the northeast. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Federal army, pursuing Lee to the south, blocked him here. . . . — — Map (db m10224) HM
Here in the parlor of Wilmer Mclean's home on April 9 — Palm Sunday — 1865 Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Grant. This act brought the Civil War to an end. — — Map (db m36254) HM
On April 10, 1905, some 3,000 spectators along with North Carolina Civil War veterans dedicated the only battlefield monument that is now part of Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. Governor Andrew Jackson Montague of Virginia and . . . — — Map (db m169564) HM
“As my decimated and ragged band with their bullet torn banner marched into its place, someone in the blue line…called for three cheers for the last brigade to surrender… [F]or us this soldierly generosity was more than we could bear. Many . . . — — Map (db m5965) HM
Confederate Infantry deployed along this road on the morning of April 9, 1865 prior to the Battle of Appomattox Court House. The battle fought near here would be the last for the Army of Northern Virginia. — — Map (db m84564) HM
One of the last battles of the Civil War in Virginia took place here early in the evening of April 8, 1865. Confederate Gen. Reuben L. Walker, who commanded 100 guns of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s reserve artillery, made camp here late in the afternoon. . . . — — Map (db m156547) HM
The road trace in front of you is the remnant of the Richmond-Lynchburg Stage Road – on April 9, 1865, the most important road in Virginia to Robert E. Lee. Along this road he planned to escape west, hoping eventually to turn south and join Joe . . . — — Map (db m5984) HM
Mozella Jordan Price was instrumental in improving the education and quality of life for African Americans in Appomattox County. Mrs. Price was educated in Farmville schools, attended Boydton Institute, Virginia State College, and earned a . . . — — Map (db m29971) HM
Mozella Jordan Price was instrumental in improving the education and quality of life for African Americans in Appomattox County. Mrs. Price was educated in Farmville schools and attended Boydton Institute and Virginia State College (now known . . . — — Map (db m181146) HM
The town of Diuguidsville established in 1792 by the Virginia General Assembly was named for William Diuguid 1717-1764 immigrant to Buckingham County in 1745 from Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a first cousin of Patrick Henry and father of Capt. William . . . — — Map (db m29954) HM
Appomattox County. Appomattox County was named for the Appomattox River, which runs through the county. The river is named for the Appamattuck tribe, which lived near the mouth of the river. The county was formed from parts of Buckingham, . . . — — Map (db m74018) HM
The South Side Railroad provided service
at Concord in 1854 when the track was
completed from Petersburg to Lynchburg.
During the Civil War, these rail lines were
important for transporting troops and supplies.
On 11 June, seven days before the . . . — — Map (db m64027) HM
Appomattox County. Area 342 Square Miles. Formed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell, and named for an Indian tribe. This country was the scene of Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865.
Prince Edward . . . — — Map (db m30113) HM
According to local tradition, residents of this region were making clay smoking pipes here by the mid-eighteenth century. By 1879 the Pamplin Pipe Factory was in operation. Machines there were used to mold clay into pipes, which were then allowed to . . . — — Map (db m30109) HM
You are standing where Gen. James Longstreet’s corps entrenched early in the morning of April 9, 1865, to protect the rear of the Army of Northern Virginia. Gen. Robert E. Lee and most of the army bivouacked about four miles south, just short of . . . — — Map (db m6051) HM
April 8, 1865. General Longstreet built breastworks here to protect the rear of Lee's army at Appomattox Court House. On the morning of April 9, General Lee arrived hoping to meet General Grant. After learning that he was approaching from . . . — — Map (db m6073) HM
Thomas S. Bocock, lawyer and politician, was
born in present-day Appomattox Co. (then
part of Buckingham Co.) on 18 May 1815. In
1846, he was elected to the U. S. House of
Representatives and served there until 1861.
In 1859, Bocock was . . . — — Map (db m64026) HM