Former town, southern central Virginia, U.S., site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S.
Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. It was virtually deserted after the removal of the county seat to the new town of Appomattox in 1892. It became a national historical monument in 1940 and a national historical park in 1954.
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