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The Appomattox Campaign, March 29–April 9, 1865, consisted of a series of engagements south and west of the Confederate capital at Richmond that ended in the surrender by Robert E. Lee of the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War (1861–1865). During his Overland Campaign the previous spring, Union general-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant had relentlessly pursued Lee before settling into a ten-month siege of the Confederate transportation hub at Petersburg, south of Richmond. Grant was finally able to dislodge Lee’s army at the Battle of Five Forks (1865), allowing him to take Petersburg and then Richmond. The Confederates fled to Southside Virginia in an attempt to unite with Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee, but Grant maneuvered Lee into a trap near the village of Appomattox Court House. There, on April 9, the Confederate general received terms of surrender from Grant. In short order, the remaining Confederate armies also laid down their arms
Groundbreaking ceremony to be held for expansion of Virginia Veterans Cemetery Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia Court House. (Source: NBC12) By NBC12 Newsroom | December 16, 2020 at 4:48 PM EST - Updated December 16 at 4:48 PM
AMELIA Co., Va. (WWBT) - A special groundbreaking ceremony will take place on Thursday morning for the expansion of the Virginia Veterans Cemetery in Amelia Court House.
Governor Ralph Northam and other officials will attend, announcing a $5.23 million grant to the Commonwealth from the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs National Cemetery Administration to fund the project.
“Funds will be used to add 3,600 new pre-placed burial crypts for Virginia veterans and eligible spouses,” a release said.