appomattox

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a town in Virginia, US, where General Robert E. Lee, the leader of the Confederate army, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, the leader of the Union army, and therefore ended the American Civil War
{i} city in Virginia (USA); river in Virginia (USA)

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Appomattox Court House
Former town, southern central Virginia, U.S., site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. It was virtually deserted after the removal of the county seat to the new town of Appomattox in 1892. It became a national historical monument in 1940 and a national historical park in 1954
Appomattox River
A river rising in south-central Virginia and flowing about 220 km (137 mi) eastward to the James River near Petersburg