The stories of Appomattox Court House go far beyond the final significant battles of this nations bloody Civil War. Beyond the surrender meeting between Generals Lee and Grant and speak to the very soul of America.
Joel Sweeney of Appomattox County, Va. Joel Sweeney is often credited as the inventor of the modern banjo more...
Did You Know?
Libby Custer's will states: “the table on which the surrender of General Lee to General Grant was written...and now located in the... War Department Building in Washington, D. C., I give and bequeath to the United States Government...” Sections on exhibit at Appomattox Court House N.H.P.