USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR(1861 1865)

APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE

[SOURCES]
Location of the battle? More than one answer.

(A) ** Appomattox Virginia

(B) Mount Vernon

(C) Applexamx Courthouse

(D) ** Appomattox Courthouse

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -After an engagement with Federal cavalry, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was surrounded at Appomattox, seat of Appomattox county, Virginia, 25 miles east of Lynchburg. Three miles to the northeast, at the former county seat, known as Appomattox Court House, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S.

Concept note-2: -Appomattox County, VA | Apr 9, 1865. Trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union general Ulysses S. Grant, precipitating the capitulation of other Confederate forces and leading to the end of the bloodiest conflict in American history.

Concept note-3: -The Battle of Appomattox Court House started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant.

Concept note-4: -The site is historically significant for its association with the final battle of the Civil War and Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.