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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN1K_the-last-fight_Appomattox-VA.html
Two miles north, at sunrise of April 9, 1865, Fitz Lee and Gordon, moving westward, attacked Sheridan's position. The attack was repulsed, but a part of the Confederate cavalry under Munford and Rosser broke through the Union line and escaped. Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3Q_appomattox-county-prince-edward-county_Pamplin-VA.html
(East Side):Appomattox CountyArea 342 Square MilesFormed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell, and named for an Indian tribe. This country was the scene of Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865.
(West Side):Prince Edward Coun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3M_clay-smoking-pipes_Pamplin-VA.html
According to local tradition, residents of this region were making clay smoking pipes here by the mid-eighteenth century. By 1879 the Pamplin Pipe Factory was in operation. Machines there were used to mold clay into pipes, which were then allowed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK3I_education-in-1800s-rural-virginia_Appomattox-VA.html
Before and during the Civil War, educational opportunities in Rural Virginia were often limited. The wealthier families employed a tutor or sent their children to boarding academies such as the nearby Union Academy. In such schools students learne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK39_sears-lane_Appomattox-VA.html
General Grant used this lane to reach the McLean House where General Lee was waiting to discuss the turns of surrender.April 9, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK32_historic-vegetation-1865_Appomattox-VA.html
Most fields that surrounded Appomattox Court House were cleared of trees and were used for small grain or tobacco cultivation.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2Q_lees-apple-tree_Appomattox-VA.html
Near this spot stood the apple tree under which General Robert E. Lee rested while awaiting the return of a flag of truce sent by him to General U.S. Grant on the morning of April 9, 1865.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2P_popularizer-of-the-banjo_Appomattox-VA.html
Nearby is buried Joel Walker Sweeney (ca. 1810-1860), the musician who redesigned this African instrument into the modern five-string banjo that is known today. Although slaves apparently added the fifth string to what had been a four-strong instr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK2N_county-jail_Appomattox-VA.html
The county jail in 1865 stood just beyond this marker. Shortly after the war it burned. The jail across the road replaced it in 1870.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1U_battle-of-appomattox-station_Appomattox-VA.html
One of the last battles of the Civil War took place one mile west of here. After capturing Confederate supplies, General George Custer's cavalry charged through the woods into the cannon fire of Confederate General Reuben Lindsay Walker's troops. …