Battle of Appomattox Station--1865

Battle of Appomattox Station--1865 is a Virginia historical marker in Appomattox, Appomattox County, dedicated 1974.

Appomattox County · dedicated 1974 · 214 Main Street, Appomattox

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Near this building stood the station of the South Side Railroad where, on April 8, 1865, three trains unloading supplies for the Army of Northern Virginia were captured by units of Sheridan's Union Cavalry under Gen. Geo. Custer. Significant for its relationship to the surrender by Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, this action also marked the last strategic use of rail by Confederate forces.

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