Appomattox
Court House National Historic Park
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After four years of war and over 630,000 casualties Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant met in the parlor of the McLean Home in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia and agreed to terms which would make reunification of the Nation possible On Palm Sunday, 1865 Lee's surrender here signaled the end of the Southern States' attempt to create a separate nation. It set the stage for the emergence of an expanded and more powerful Federal government. In a sense the struggle in Philadelphia, over how much power the central government would hold, had finally been settled. |
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The location of General Robert E Lee's Confederate Command Headquarters at the northern end of the park. This spot is accessed by a very brief walk from the Lee's HQ parking lot. |
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Official NPS website of Appomattox Court House National Historic Park