Appomattox Courthouse

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 350

Appomattox Courthouse, a village of Virginia, 20 miles E. of Lynchburg. Here General Lee, on April 9, 1865, surrendered the army of Northern Virginia, 27,805 men strong, to General Grant.

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