Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is located in South Central Virginia. The park interprets the final events of the Civil War. In early April 1865, Confederate General Robert E.

The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart ... tiny crossroads town called Appomattox Court House. There the dramatic and ...

America must take a look at the ongoing racial violence and the monuments we build in service or resistance to it.

His career steadily declined. At the end of the war, Pickett and his remaining troops served at the Battle of Appomattox Court House and surrendered with Lee's army. Pickett worked as an insurance ...