Appomattox Court House, VA

Place: Appomattox Court House, VA
Weather: Partly Cloudy, 47/66F
Route: From Richmond 90 miles west on VA-76 W, US-60 W, and VA-24 W.

Significance: On April 9, 1865 General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant. The surrender brought to end the Civil War after 4 years and 620,000 deaths. If we had a war today with the same percentage of the population dying there would be 6 million dead.
Website: National Park Service.

Images:

Painting by Louis Guilaumme

McLean House (from nps.gov)

Video:
Link to Appomattox section of Ken Burns PBS Civil War documentary.