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Appomattox
Appomattox, a river flowing east into the James river, Virginia, U.S.A., and giving its name to a county in the centre of the State. It has an area of 326 square miles. Appomattox Courthouse, a village in the county, witnessed the surrender (1865) of General Lee with the army of Northern Virginia to General Grant.