Appomattox Court House
/ˌæpəmætɪks ˈkɔːt haʊs/
/ˌæpəmætɪks ˈkɔːrt haʊs/
- a former small community in the US state of Virginia where the American Civil War ended. General Robert E Lee of the Confederate States surrendered on 9 April 1865 to General Ulysses S Grant in a private house. The area is now a national historical park.
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Appomattox Court House