Places

Appomattox Campaign Trail

Explore places along the highway from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House followed by General Lee and General Grant
the historic nine days in April 1865.

 

Clover Hill Tavern, built in 1819 and the oldest structure within the village at Appomattox Court House NHP.

NPS staff

In 1930 Congress passed a bill providing for a monument at the site of the old Appomattox courthouse. The monument was never built, but the idea of memorializing the surrender events that occurred in the small village stayed alive. Today the structures in the village look much as they did in 1865.

 

General Grant's Headquarters

Though the park consists of nearly 1700 acres, most visitors focus on the old village. Explore the places beyond the village core that teach about military activities that occurred here in 1865 and about the people and county that played host to these events. General Grant's Headquarters is the first stop in learning what happened here in Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

 

The Historic Land Brochure

Appomattox Court House
land management

"The Historic Land Brochure" by Brian Eick describe Appomattox Court House as it was and as it is today.

 

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