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.

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

Example Sentences

Ten years after the surrender at Appomattox, the Southern leaders in Congress, state houses, and police forces looked the same as they did before the war.

From Time

In 2015, the city ended its practice of occasionally hanging three Confederate flags from traffic-light poles near “Appomattox,” a statue of a Confederate soldier.

From Washington Post

After Appomattox, many Union soldiers of both races believed their sweat and blood had purchased equality for formerly enslaved people.

From Washington Post

A decade and a half after Appomattox, biracial democracy collapsed in the South.

From Washington Post

In June, “Appomattox,” the 131-year-old Confederate statue that stood in the middle of Alexandria’s main artery, was removed.

From Washington Post

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

From Project Gutenberg

The scouts up the Appomattox reported the rumbling of heavy trains along the Richmond and Petersburg railroad.

From Project Gutenberg

Engineers hurried up with pontoons, strung them across the Appomattox, and Grant began the pursuit.

From Project Gutenberg

We are correctly told that the ancient doctrine of State rights ended at Appomattox.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg