Appomattox Court House

• Target Property at Appomattox Court House

  

  The Civil War Trust is currently working to save this xx-acre portion of the Appomattox Court House battlefield.

  Ernie Price

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• The Union artillery position looking towards Appomattox

  

  Union cannoneers faced down the approach of John B. Gordon's corps from this spot.

• "Soldiers' Tribute"

  

  Don Troiani's painting depicts Lee's last meeting with his men before the surrender.

  Image courtesy Don Troiani, Historical Art Prints

• The McLean House in a post-war painting

  

  George L. Frankenstein used oil on canvas to create this picture of the McLean House months after the war ended.

  Image courtesy of the National Park Service

• The McLean House today

  

  Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia in the parlor of the McLean House.

• The McLean Parlor

  

  Lee surrendered to Grant in the McLean parlor. The parlor continues to house replicas of the actual desk and chairs where the two generals negotiated--the originals are in the Smithsonian.

• Lee's Surrender

  

  This painting depicts Robert E. Lee signing the surrender documents. Before meeting Grant, Lee claimed that he would "rather die a thousand deaths."

  Image courtesy Bridgeman Art Library

• The Clover Hill Tavern c. 1913

  

  This 1913 photograph depicts the Clover Hill Tavern and its outbuildings.

  Image courtesy National Park Service

• The Clover Hill Tavern today

  

  Union soldiers printed 30,000 parole documents for the Army of Northern Virginia at the Clover Hill Tavern

• The Stacking of Arms

  

  This drawing depicts the Army of Northern Virginia stacking their weapons in surrender.

  Image courtesy National Park Service

• "Last Salute"

  

  Don Troiani's painting depicts Union soldiers drawing up their weapons in salute as the surrendered Confederates march past.

  Image courtesy Don Troiani, Historical Art Prints

• The Lynchburg Road

  

  The Lynchburg Road was Appomattox's main thoroughfare. Lee's army performed the stacking of arms ceremony on this road.

• Robert E. Lee's coat

  

  Robert E. Lee's coat is on display at the Appomattox Museum of the Confederacy

  Image courtesy Appomattox Museum of the Confederacy

• The Confederate Cemetery at Appomattox Court House

  

  Nineteen Confederate soldiers are buried at this battlefield cemetery. Only eight of them have been identified.

• The grave of Lafayette Meeks

  

  Lafayette Meeks was a Confederate cavalryman who died of typhoid fever in 1861. He was buried at Appomattox years before the war ended in his hometown.

• Raine Monument

  

  The 30-foot tall Raine Monument on the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park honors Charles Raine, killed at Mine Run in 1864, and the other members of the Raine family buried in the cemetery.