Appomattox
Civil War's end
Appomattox is a town in Virginia where Confederate General Robert E.
Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S.
Grant in 1865, effectively ending the American Civil War.
The name has become shorthand for decisive surrender or the end of a long conflict: The treaty was their Appomattox.
Complete yielding to demands
- McLeanVirginia suburb, spy headquarters
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- LeeProtected from wind
- GrantFunds given officially
terms · parole · laying down arms · defeat · concession · cessation · white flag · armistice
Combat engagement area
- UnionNamed political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- cavalryMounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
artillery · campaign · siege · casualties · trenches · rebellion · secession · Army of the Potomac
Mid-Atlantic American state
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- villageSmall rural community
- hamletTiny rural settlement
- countyLocal administrative division
rural · Piedmont · historic site · national park · tavern · crossroads · monument · memorial
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
commemoration · historical significance · museum · heritage · symbolism · closure · new beginning · reunification
Freedom from disturbance
- reunionGathering after separation
- healingRestoration of health
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
- amnestyGroup pardon from authorities
clemency · handshake · honor · dignity · national unity · mercy · forgiveness · reintegration
capitulation
Complete yielding to demands
- McLeanVirginia suburb, spy headquarters
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- LeeProtected from wind
Grant · terms · parole · laying down arms · defeat · concession · cessation · white flag · armistice · yielding
battlefield
Combat engagement area
- UnionNamed political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- cavalryMounted military force
infantry · artillery · campaign · siege · casualties · trenches · rebellion · secession · Army of the Potomac · muskets
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic American state
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- villageSmall rural community
- hamletTiny rural settlement
county · rural · Piedmont · historic site · national park · tavern · crossroads · monument · memorial · preservation
emancipation
Release from legal bondage
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
remembrance · commemoration · historical significance · museum · heritage · symbolism · closure · new beginning · reunification · American history
peace
Freedom from disturbance
- reunionGathering after separation
- healingRestoration of health
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
amnesty · clemency · handshake · honor · dignity · national unity · mercy · forgiveness · reintegration · homecoming
- 1860sAbraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate States, Emancipation Proclamation
- VirginiaJamestown, Monticello, Roanoke, Charlottesville, Colonial Williamsburg
- battlefieldsGettysburg, Waterloo, front lines, Antietam, frontline
- Civil War battlesBattle of Gettysburg, Antietam, Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Manassas
- Civil War VirginiaRobert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Petersburg
- Surrenderscapitulation, unconditional surrender, formal surrender, surrender ceremony, white flag
- Appomattox Court HouseCivil War's final scene