Appomattox Court House
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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 • Jan. 17, 2023
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 • Nov. 5, 2021
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 • Apr. 12, 2021
Today Appomattox Court House is a national historic park, with a huddle of red-brick buildings restored to their 1865 heyday.
From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2019
By a great twist of fate, the house belongs to a grocer named Wilmer McLean, who moved to Appomattox Court House to escape the war.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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