Appomattox

[ ap-uh-mat-uhks ]

noun
  1. a town in central Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.

  2. a river flowing E from E central Virginia to the James River. 137 miles (220 km) long.

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How to use Appomattox in a sentence

  • Butler was to move up the James and seize Richmond, or cut the railroads south of the Appomattox.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • The scouts up the Appomattox reported the rumbling of heavy trains along the Richmond and Petersburg railroad.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • Engineers hurried up with pontoons, strung them across the Appomattox, and Grant began the pursuit.

    The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.
  • We are correctly told that the ancient doctrine of State rights ended at Appomattox.

  • About noon the regiment was detached to capture a force of the enemy said to be at one of the crossings of the Appomattox.

    Last Days of the Rebellion | Alanson M. Randol

British Dictionary definitions for Appomattox

Appomattox

/ (ˌæpəˈmætəks) /


noun
  1. a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War

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