Appomattox Court House is located about 190 kilometers west of Richmond.
General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865 after defeats at Vicksburg, Richmond, and Petersburg.
Appomattox Court House, near Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, near Richmond, Virginia
Appomattox Court House, after the Confederates abandoned Petersburg and Richmond.
Appomattox Court House was created in 1892.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
Appomattox Court House is a national historic site, because the Confederacy (south) surrendered here. They surrendered shortly after the Union (north) invaded and captured their capitol, which was Richmond, Virginia.
Appomattox Court House
Because that was where the Army of Northern Virginia ran out of steam after abandoning Richmond and trying to escape.
The surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia under Lee at Appomattox Court House.
GETTYSBURG No. He escaped with his army after losing at Gettysburg. The place where he surrendered (to U.S.Grant) was Appomattox Court House, near Richmond.
Appomattox County Appomattox, Virginia