• The village of Appomattox Court House from the west, the McLean House is on the right.

    Appomattox Court House

    National Historical Park Virginia

Appomattox Podcast Tour

The McLean House was the site of the surrender meeting between Generals Lee and Grant.

The McLean House was the site of the surrender meeting between Generals Lee and Grant.

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The Appomattox Podcast is a five-mile walking tour narrated by Appomattox Court House NHP historian, Patrick Schroeder. Note: the website you will linking to may take several minutes to load.

If you are new to Podcasting, there is instructional information on the Civil War Traveler website under "Multimedia."

Did You Know?

Lt. Colonel Charles Marshall (left), Chief Justice John Marshall (right)

Colonel Charles Marshall, Lee's aide-de-camp, was the great-nephew of Chief Justice John Marshall.  Charles Marshall chose the site of the surrender meeting and was the only Confederate present in the McLean House besides General Lee.