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Appomattox , town (1990 pop. 1,707), seat of Appomattox co., central Va.; inc. 1925. Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at nearby Appomattox Courthouse on Apr. 9, 1865. After Gen. Philip Sheridan's victory over the Confederates at Five Forks on Apr. 1, Lee abandoned Petersburg and Richmond and retreated westward. Grant pursued, pressing Lee's flank and rear, while Sheridan cut off further retreat at Appomattox Courthouse. Severed from supplies and surrounded by Union forces, Lee was forced to surrender. This marked the virtual end of the war, as the remaining Confederate armies, on hearing of Lee's act, followed suit. The site has been made a national historical park (see National Parks and Monuments , table).

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Appomattox the court house at Appomattox, Virginia, was the site on 9 April 1865 of the end of the American Civil War, with the formal surrender of the Confederate forces.

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Appomattox A village in Virginia, USA, scene of the surrender of the CONFEDERACY Army of Northern Virginia to the Union Army of the Potomac on 9 April 1865. The surrender terminated Confederate resistance in the east and marked the effective end of the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

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