Places Beyond the Village

Explore beyond the village! Take the Appomattox Court House Driving Tour or stroll along the park's 10 miles of hiking trails.

Sites beyond the village include:
 
Gravestones with Confederate Battle Flags
The Confederate Cemetery

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Confederate Cemetery

The Confederate Cemetery was established in 1866 by the Ladies Memorial Association of Appomattox. One Federal and eighteen Confederate soldier are buried here, casualties of the battles fought around Appomattox Court House. Eleven of the men buried here remain unknown. The unidentified Federal soldier was found in a wooded lot after the Federal dead had been removed in 1866 and 1867.

West of the Confederate Cemetery is a three inch ordnance rifled cannon which marks Lieutenant James Lord's two gun Federal artiller battery on the morning of April 9, 1865.

The Confederate Cemetery is located near the Confederate Cemetery parking area. The Confederate Cemetery is owned and maintained by the Appomattox Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

 
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North Carolina Monument

North Carolina Monument

The North Carolina Monument is the only monument dedicated to a state or unit in the park. The mounment was erected in 1905 by North Carolina veterans on the site where the last volley fired by the Army of Northern Virginia took place. The monument recognizes the service of North Carolina troops throughout the war, proclaiming them "First at Bethel, farthest to the front at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, and last at Appomattox."

To visit the monument, park in the North Carolina Monumnet parking area and follow the trail signs to the right to reach the monument and interpretative signs about the marker and the battles fought around Appomattox Court House.

 
A small 1830s wooden cabin with a stone chimney
Charles H. Sweeney Cabin

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Charles Sweeney Cabin

Charles and Martha Sweeney, part of the local musical Sweeney family, owned this cabin. Charles joined Company H of the 2nd Virginia Calvary regiment in March 1862. After returning to service from wounds received in the Battle of Second Manassas, Charles transferred to Shoemaker's Battery of Stuart's Horse Artillery in June 1863. He recieved his parole at Appomattox Court House on April 12, 1865.

Originally built in the 1830's, the restored cabin is a fine example of a vernacular "hall" type cabin common in rural Virginia at the time of the Civil War. The cabin is located along the Sweeney Hiking Trail.

Charles cousin, Joel Sweeney, lived nearby. In the 1820s, unknown enslaved African American musicians taught young Joel Sweeney to play an African instrument called the "banjar." Sweeney toured America and Europe, popularizing the instrument before his death in 1860.

 
An 1790s wooden building with a red metal roof and stone chimney
Sweeney Prizery

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Sweeney Tobacco Prizery

Built in the 1790s, the Sweeney Prizery is believed to be one of the oldest structures in the Appomattox area. The process of packing tobacco leaf into large barrels, known as hogsheads, was called prizing and barns used to store the hogsheads were called prizeries.

The Sweeney Prizery is located along the Tobacco Prizery Nature Trail.

Last updated: November 10, 2024

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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
P.O. Box 218

Appomattox, VA 24522

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