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Appomattox
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A river in Virginia, United States; in full, the Appomattox River.
Other meanings
2. proper noun
A town, the county seat of Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, formerly known as Nebraska and Appomattox Station
3. proper noun
A historic village in Appomattox County, Virginia, United States, formerly the county seat, also known as Clover Hill and Appomattox Court House
4. proper noun
The 1865 surrender of Robert E. Lee's Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant's Union army, which occurred at Appomattox Court House at the end of the American Civil War.
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