The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina.

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  • The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina. His final stand was at Appomattox Court House, where he launched an attack to break through the Union force to his front, which he assumed consisted entirely of cavalry. When he realized that the cavalry was backed up by two corps of Union infantry, he had no choice but to surrender. The signing of the surrender documents occurred in the parlor of the house owned by Wilmer McLean on the afternoon of April 9. On April 12, a formal ceremony marked the disbandment of the Army of Northern Virginia and the parole of its officers and men, effectively ending the Civil War.
  • Das Gefecht bei Appomattox Courthouse war die letzte militärische Aktion der Nord-Virginia-Armee unter General Robert E. Lee, bevor dieser vor den Armeen Generalleutnant Ulysses S. Grants kapitulierte. Diese Kapitulation gilt als das nominelle Ende des Sezessionskrieges.
  • Bitva u Appomattoxu se odehrála 9. dubna 1865 a byla poslední bitvou Americké občanské války. Generál Lee kapituloval před generálem Grantem (Unie). První boje začaly již 8. dubna u vlakového nádraží u Appomattoxu, kdy Unie přepadla a spálila Konfederační vlaky se zásobami čekajícími na příchod armády. Pronásledovaný generál Lee se plánoval dostat do Lynchburgu pro další zásoby, v cestě mu však bránila kavalerie Unie. Za úsvitu Konfederace zahájila útok proti kavalerii, které během noci přispěchala na pomoc XXIV. armáda. V průběhu bojů nezbyla Konfederaci jiná možnost, než se vzdát přesile.
  • La bataille d'Appomattox est le dernier engagement de l'Armée de Virginie du Nord du général confédéré Robert E. Lee avant qu'il ne se rende au lieutenant-général Ulysses S. Grant à la fin de la guerre de Sécession.
  • La Battaglia di Appomattox Courthouse, durante la guerra civile americana, rappresentò l'impegno finale dell'Armata della Virginia Settentrionale del gen. Robert E. Lee prima della sua resa a Ulysses S. Grant.
  • アポマトックス・コートハウスの戦い（アポマトックス・コートハウスのたたかい、英:Battle of Appomattox Courthouse）は、南北戦争の最終盤1865年4月9日にアポマトックス方面作戦の最後としてバージニア州アポマトックス郡で行われた戦いである。この戦闘での敗北の結果、南軍ロバート・E・リー将軍の北バージニア軍は、北軍ユリシーズ・グラントに降伏し、南北戦争を事実上終わらせることになった。
  • De Slag bij Appomattox Courthouse vond plaats op 9 april 1865 tijdens de Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Het was de laatste slag van de Army of Northern Virginia onder leiding van Robert E. Lee voor het leger zich overgaf aan Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Bitwa pod Appomattox Court House to ostatnia bitwa wojny secesyjnej w Wirginii. Starcie miało miejsce 9 kwietnia 1865 roku w pobliżu miejscowości Appomattox Court House w Wirginii. Dowodzona przez generała Ulyssesa Granta armia Unii otoczyła oddziały Skonfederowanych Stanów Ameryki pod dowództwem generała Roberta E. Lee i zmusiła go do kapitulacji. Obie strony straciły w bitwie łącznie około 700 żołnierzy.
  • Bătălia de la Appomattox a fost ultima luptă la care a participat generalul confederat Robert E. Lee cu Armata Virginiei de Nord înainte de capitularea în faţa armatelor uniunii conduse de generalul Ulysses S. Grant spre sfârşitul războiului civil american.
  • Slaget vid Appomattox var ett slag under det amerikanska inbördeskriget.
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  • Joshua L. Chamberlain
  • Passing of the Armies, pp. 260-61
  • The momentous meaning of this occasion impressed me deeply. I resolved to mark it by some token of recognition, which could be no other than a salute of arms. Well aware of the responsibility assumed, and of the criticisms that would follow, as the sequel proved, nothing of that kind could move me in the least. The act could be defended, if needful, by the suggestion that such a salute was not to the cause for which the flag of the Confederacy stood, but to its going down before the flag of the Union. My main reason, however, was one for which I sought no authority nor asked forgiveness. Before us in proud humiliation stood the embodiment of manhood: men whom neither toils and sufferings, nor the fact of death, nor disaster, nor hopelessness could bend from their resolve; standing before us now, thin, worn, and famished, but erect, and with eyes looking level into ours, waking memories that bound us together as no other bond;—was not such manhood to be welcomed back into a Union so tested and assured? Instructions had been given; and when the head of each division column comes opposite our group, our bugle sounds the signal and instantly our whole line from right to left, regiment by regiment in succession, gives the soldier's salutation, from the "order arms" to the old "carry"—the marching salute. Gordon at the head of the column, riding with heavy spirit and downcast face, catches the sound of shifting arms, looks up, and, taking the meaning, wheels superbly, making with himself and his horse one uplifted figure, with profound salutation as he drops the point of his sword to the boot toe; then facing to his own command, gives word for his successive brigades to pass us with the same position of the manual,—honor answering honor. On our part not a sound of trumpet more, nor roll of drum; not a cheer, nor word nor whisper of vain-glorying, nor motion of man standing again at the order, but an awed stillness rather, and breath-holding, as if it were the passing of the dead!
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  • The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the end of the American Civil War. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia, after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina.
  • Das Gefecht bei Appomattox Courthouse war die letzte militärische Aktion der Nord-Virginia-Armee unter General Robert E. Lee, bevor dieser vor den Armeen Generalleutnant Ulysses S. Grants kapitulierte. Diese Kapitulation gilt als das nominelle Ende des Sezessionskrieges.
  • Bitva u Appomattoxu se odehrála 9. dubna 1865 a byla poslední bitvou Americké občanské války. Generál Lee kapituloval před generálem Grantem (Unie). První boje začaly již 8. dubna u vlakového nádraží u Appomattoxu, kdy Unie přepadla a spálila Konfederační vlaky se zásobami čekajícími na příchod armády. Pronásledovaný generál Lee se plánoval dostat do Lynchburgu pro další zásoby, v cestě mu však bránila kavalerie Unie.
  • La bataille d'Appomattox est le dernier engagement de l'Armée de Virginie du Nord du général confédéré Robert E. Lee avant qu'il ne se rende au lieutenant-général Ulysses S. Grant à la fin de la guerre de Sécession.
  • La Battaglia di Appomattox Courthouse, durante la guerra civile americana, rappresentò l'impegno finale dell'Armata della Virginia Settentrionale del gen. Robert E. Lee prima della sua resa a Ulysses S. Grant.
  • De Slag bij Appomattox Courthouse vond plaats op 9 april 1865 tijdens de Amerikaanse burgeroorlog. Het was de laatste slag van de Army of Northern Virginia onder leiding van Robert E. Lee voor het leger zich overgaf aan Ulysses S. Grant.
  • Bitwa pod Appomattox Court House to ostatnia bitwa wojny secesyjnej w Wirginii. Starcie miało miejsce 9 kwietnia 1865 roku w pobliżu miejscowości Appomattox Court House w Wirginii. Dowodzona przez generała Ulyssesa Granta armia Unii otoczyła oddziały Skonfederowanych Stanów Ameryki pod dowództwem generała Roberta E. Lee i zmusiła go do kapitulacji. Obie strony straciły w bitwie łącznie około 700 żołnierzy.
  • Bătălia de la Appomattox a fost ultima luptă la care a participat generalul confederat Robert E. Lee cu Armata Virginiei de Nord înainte de capitularea în faţa armatelor uniunii conduse de generalul Ulysses S. Grant spre sfârşitul războiului civil american.
  • Slaget vid Appomattox var ett slag under det amerikanska inbördeskriget.
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