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Monday, September 3, 2012

Appomattox Court House

This morning we drove 25 miles up to Appomattox Court House. We had visited Appomattox Court House about 20 years when we rode up here on the Harley. We arrived at the entrance to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park at 10:45.

From Appomattox Court House

Our first stop was at the site of General Grant's Headquarters that was on this little rise.

From Appomattox Court House

A little farther on we saw the Confederate Cemetery where 18 Confederate soldiers are buried who died in the battle here on April 8 and April 9, 1865. Many years later the remains of a Union soldier were discovered and he is buried in the Confederate Cemetery with an American flag by his gravestone (American flag isn't visible in our photo).

From Appomattox Court House

We drove on to the Appomattox Court House, parked our car and then