Appomattox Court House

Cultural  

1. A village in Virginia where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.

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Example Sentences

When Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant after the Battle of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the South’s defeat in the Civil War had been all but assured.

From Los Angeles Times

“You were birthed in the heat of revolution, from the Battle of Bunker Hill to the bitter winter quarters of Valley Forge — and finally victorious at Yorktown. You became a nation on battlefields from Shiloh to Vicksburg to Gettysburg, and showed amazing grace at Appomattox Court House,” Mr. Cohen said.

From Washington Times

The sign had asserted that after his surrender at Appomattox Court House, Lee returned to his boyhood home and climbed the wall “to see if the snowballs were in bloom.”

From Washington Post

At the Appomattox Court House in 1865, Grant and Lee brokered a deal in which Lee would surrender his troops in exchange for pardons, Union rations, and assurance that Confederate men would be able to keep their private property.

From Salon

The timing was significant: the date for the banner’s unveiling was to be Friday, the anniversary of the day Robert E. Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House.

From Slate