Appomattox

American  

[ap-uh-mat-uhks] / ˌæp əˈmæt əks /

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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Appomattox British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

It’s Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox treating Robert E. Lee with perfectly calibrated respect, letting Lee’s officers keep their sidearms and his men their personal horses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another just opened in February, owned by the former head of the Appomattox County GOP.

From Slate

This hulk of metal, a deepwater platform called Appomattox and owned by Shell, collects the oil and gas that rigs tap from reservoirs thousands of feet below the seafloor.

From New York Times

Even after the Appomattox surrender, the secessionist undersheriff, King, went on insisting, “We have been and are yet secessionist.”

From Los Angeles Times

Within five years of Appomattox, Robert E. Lee’s former lieutenant was leading Black militiamen into battle against white insurrectionists—his own onetime comrades in arms.

From Slate