Places

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

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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 village area. 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.