James Bowen's photos with the keyword: Appomattox Court House VA

The surrender of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia occured in this bulding.

I always assumed that the Lee surrender to Grant occured at the court house in Appomattox. Sadly I was wrong. Viriginians used to call all their county seats court house, so the town was actually called Appomattox Court House because it's the Appomattox county seat and has the local courthouse there. Technically then, I suppose that that makes this the Appomattox Court House Court House