Appomattox Court House National Historical Park

Appomattox Court House, Spring by William Blake (Appomattox Court House National Historical Park)   Appomattox Court House, Va., date and creator unknown (Library of Congress)   This hand-drawn map shows Appomattox Court House and vicinity, along with troop positions, at the time of Robert E. Lee‘s surrender on April 9, 1865. The Library of Congress [...]  

The first major engagement of the US Civil War was the First Battle of Bull Run, fought in 1861 partly on the farm of Wilmer McLean in Manassas, Virginia. A few years later, McLean moved to Appomattox Court House, a town which, coincidentally, would soon be the site of the war's effective end. It was there that Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant in McLean's parlor. Why did Grant stop Union troops...  

Brigham Young University's TV network first started airing the show last year. Season one focused on the original 13 colonies. Now, Ellsworth is exploring Civil War sites like the Appomattox Court House. "Telling the story about Appomattox is a deeply ...  

Filed under: History, Learning, North America, United StatesAs we reported a year ago, a new Civil War museum has been under construction at Appomattox, Virginia. It is a branch of Richmond's Museum of the Confederacy and will commemorate the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the aftermath of the Civil War. Now the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox is almost complete and will open March 31. Among the...  

Appomattox, VA - Civil War history buffs got to see what life looked like after the war ended. It's part of the 147th anniversary when Lee surrendered to Grant. Several events took place at Appomattox Court House National Historic Park for the past week.