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Appomattox Court House |
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Appomattox Court HouseFormer town, southern central Virginia, U.S., site of the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War. It was virtually deserted after the removal of the county seat to the new town of Appomattox in 1892. It became a national historical monument in 1940 and a national historical park in 1954. |
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It was "a Greek Gettysburg; it was not Appomattox Court House," Strauss writes. The book is cleverly structured: four sections, each taking its title from a photographer's process ("Preparation of the Plate," "Exposure," "Developing the Image," and "Fixing the Image"), take readers from the war's outbreak to Appomattox Court House. Highlights include George Washington's commission as the first Commander in Chief, a regimental flag of Civil War black troops, the surrender furniture from Appomattox Court House, and a World War II Jeep. |
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