March to Appomattox

March to Appomattox is a Virginia historical marker in Buckingham County, dedicated 2017.

Buckingham County · dedicated 2017 · Rte. 15, at intersection with Old Curdsville Road

Get directions ↗Start a road trip Historical trails

Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's surplus artillery and wagon trains, under Brig. Gen. Reuben Lindsay Walker, passed here on the night of 7 April 1865, retreating westward along the Buckingham Plank Road. Lee, traveling with Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s combined First and Third Corps, followed the next day. The Federal Sixth Corps under Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright was in close pursuit. The columns proceeded through the small village of New Store, about five miles west of here. On 9 April, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.

TodayHistorical map

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Example

under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1777 to 1789, overlapping William Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

Upload your family tree and TreeAlive finds the markers near where your own ancestors lived.

See your family's markers

Start with a tree file, a FamilySearch sign in, or a WikiTree ID.

Report a problem with this page

The marker isn't at this spotOur pin may be off. If you know where it stands, tell us.I couldn't find the markerWe record what the source recorded. We have not been to look.The sign reads differentlyThat would be an error, and we can pass it to the program.The historical map looks wrongThe period map behind the pin, not the marker itself.Something else

We may pass what you report to the state's marker program. Please don't include personal details.

Marker program managed by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

March to Appomattox

More markers nearby