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By Craig Swain, April 18, 2010
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1 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Battle of Appomattox StationLee's Retreat
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
2 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — K-159 — 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 its . . . Map (db m203259) HM
3 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — K-158 — Appomattox Court HouseNew and Old
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
4 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Grant’s Pursuit
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
5 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Raine Cemetery and Monument
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
6 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Raine Memorial
(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
7 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — MG-1 — Appomattox Court House Confederate Cemetery
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
8 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — A Strategic DelayAppomattox Court House Nat’l Hist Park
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
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9 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — North Carolina
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
10 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Confederate Cemetery
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
11 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Wartime LandscapeAppomattox Court House National Historical Park — National Park Service —
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
12 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Appomattox Court House
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
13 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Clover Hill Tavern
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
14 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — The McLean House(reconstruction) Reported missing
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
15 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Last Artillery Shots
From this spot was fired last shot from the artillary (sp) of the Army of Northern Virginia on the morning of April 9th, 1865.Map (db m169582) HM
16 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Grant and Lee Meeting
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
17 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Lee and Grant MeetAppomattox Court House National Historical Park — National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior —
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
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18 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — After the Surrender
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
19 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — 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.Map (db m6006) HM
20 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — ANV Headquarters
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
21 Virginia, Appomattox County, Appomattox — Confederates TrappedAppomattox Court House Nat’l Hist Park
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
22 Virginia, Appomattox County, Vera — Lee’s Rear GuardFinal Blow — Lee’s Retreat —
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
23 Virginia, Appomattox County, Vera — Lee's Rear GuardLee's Retreat
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
 
 
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