Appomattox Station was located in the town of
Appomattox, Virginia
Appomattox ( ) is a town in Appomattox County, Virginia, Appomattox County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,733 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. It is the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia, Appomattox County.
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(at the time, known as, West Appomattox) and was the site of the
Battle of Appomattox Station on the day before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the
Civil War
A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...
. That station was destroyed by fire in 1898 and its replacement by fire in 1923. The current railway station, built within a block of the original location, is the Appomattox Depot (1923), a contributing property to the
Appomattox Historic District.
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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a general officers in the Confederate States Army, Confederate general during the American Civil War, who was appointed the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate ...
at the Battle of Appomattox Station, 1865:
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The Battle of Appomattox Station
{{National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
Former Norfolk and Western Railway stations
Historic district contributing properties in Virginia
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Appomattox County, Virginia
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1923
Brick buildings and structures in Virginia