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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H4_lee-and-grant-meet_Appomattox-VA.html
On the knoll before you, Lee and Grant held the second of their two meetings at Appomattox Court House. They met here on the morning of April 10. Grant hoped to enlist Lee's support in urging the surrender of other Confederate armies, and Lee was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H3_the-surrender-ceremony_Appomattox-VA.html
"As my decimated and ragged band with their bullet torn banner marched into its place, someone in the blue line?called for three cheers for the last brigade to surrender? [F]or us this soldierly generosity was more than we could bear. Many of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3H1_mclean-house_Appomattox-VA.html
At midday on April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee rode into this yard, dismounted, and disappeared into the McLean House. Grant, surrounded by generals and staff officers, soon followed. Dozens of officers, horses, and onlookers waited outside. Af…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3GZ_lees-last-headquarters_Appomattox-VA.html
A short distance inside these woods stood Robert E. Lee's last headquarters. Here on April 8, 1865, he held his final council of war. Here on April 10 he issued his farewell order to his army. And from here, on April 12, he departed for home - acr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FS_message-of-peace_Appomattox-VA.html
From near his headquarters atop the rise in front of you, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant sent a message that jolted a nation. After finishing his meeting with Lee at the McLean House, Grant paused along the road and scribbled an unassuming note announc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YV_battle-of-appomattox-station_Appomattox-VA.html
You are standing near the site of Appomattox Station Depot on the South Side Railroad. Here, on the afternoon of April 8, 1865, Union cavalrymen under Gen. George A. Custer dealt the Army of Northern Virginia a final blow. First, they captured tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T0_battle-of-appomattox-station-1865_Appomattox-VA.html
Near this building stood the station of the South Side Railroad where, on April 8, 1865, three trains unloading supplies for the Army of Northern Virginia were captured by units of Sheridan's Union cavalry under Gen. Geo. Custer. Significant for i…