Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is located in South Central Virginia. The park interprets the final even ...

In fairness to Gen. Ulysses Grant, Lee was offered strikingly lenient terms of surrender at Appomattox. Lee’s troops were allowed to keep their side arms.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – The sword Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had at his side when he surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is returning to Appomattox as the centerpiece of a new museum ...