Lee and Grant: The Surrender at Appomattox Court House In the spring of 1865, the American Civil War reached its dramatic conclusion. From the fall of Richmond and Petersburg to the final surrender at Appomattox Court House, this full animated battle map traces the desperate final march of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia and the relentless pursuit of Ulysses S. Grant’s Union forces across central Virginia. Follow the campaign day by day as Lee’s starving army evacuates Richmond, regrou

On April 9, 1865, the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia in the village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia signaled the end of the Civil War. The landscape at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park marks the beginning of the country's transition to peace and reunification following four years of war. The rural landscape is also significant in areas of architecture and conservation, containing late 18th and early 19th century structures that represent the use and commemoration o