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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HL_clover-hill-tavern_Appomattox-VA.html
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, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HJ_appomattox-court-house-confederate-cemetery_Appomattox-VA.html
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 Confederate dead. About 5…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3HG_wartime-landscape_Appomattox-VA.html
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 Jo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H9_north-carolina_Appomattox-VA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H7_final-combat_Appomattox-VA.html
"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 April 9, 1865, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H5_salute-of-arms_Appomattox-VA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H4_lee-and-grant-meet_Appomattox-VA.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H3_the-surrender-ceremony_Appomattox-VA.html
"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 of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H1_mclean-house_Appomattox-VA.html
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. Af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GZ_lees-last-headquarters_Appomattox-VA.html
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 - acr…