History
Appomattox Court House was established August 3, 1935. The village was made a National Monument in 1940 and a National Historical Park in 1954.
Specialties
Beginning Peace and Reunion 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 end of the nation's largest war. Two important questions about its future were answered. Could the nation survive a civil war intact, and would that nation exist without slavery? The answer to both was yes and a new nation was born.