The large structure (center right) is the Clover Hill Tavern where paroles were printed for 28,231 Confederate soldiers. This ca. 1937 image shows the tavern, slave quarters (behind), and tavern kitchen (center left). Buildings built ca. 1819.
Designations National Historical Park - April 15, 1954
National Historical Monument - August. 13, 1935
U. S. War Department Battlefield Site - June 18, 1930
Did You Know?
Theodore Lyman of General Meade's staff collected this centipede while at Appomattox in April 1865. Lyman, a student of Natural History was fourth in the class of 1855 at Harvard University. *Centipede image courtesy of Harvard University.