This is the home where Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant on April 9, 1865
On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the effective end of the nation's largest war. Questions remained: could the nation reunite as one? How would emancipation be realized?
Join Appomattox Court House National Historical Park and the Liberty Rifles for living history programming on Saturday, June 8 and Sunday, June 9. The event will interpret the forming of the Appomattox Liberty Guard, an infantry unit, mustered into Confederate service in June 1861.