Appomattox

[ ap-uh-mat-uh ks ]

/ ˌæp əˈmæt əks /

noun

a town in central Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War.

a river flowing E from E central Virginia to the James River. 137 miles (220 km) long.

Example sentences from the Web for appomattox

He assaulted Lee's works, north of the James—but it was south of the Appomattox that he was looking.

Mohun, or, The Last Days of Lee and his Paladins |John Esten Cooke
A portion of the division escaped with General Pickett and reached Appomattox.

The Story of a Confederate boy in the Civil War |David E. Johnston
We are correctly told that the ancient doctrine of State rights ended at Appomattox.

Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress |Various
Here is the voice of the plain men of Middlesex, promising Yorktown, promising Appomattox.

Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. |Calvin Coolidge

We had arrived at the cavalry corps hospital on the bank of the Appomattox, just above City Point.

A Boy Trooper With Sheridan |Stanton P. Allen

British Dictionary definitions for appomattox

Appomattox

/ (ˌæpəˈmætəks) /

noun

a village in central Virginia where the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant's Union forces on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War

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