As General Robert E. Lee’s retreat from the collapsed Confederate defensive lines around Petersburg and Richmond reached Appomattox Station it was almost at its end. Pursuing Union forces were closing in not only from behind, but from all sides. On April 8, 1865, Union cavalry captured three trains of badly needed food supplies here along the tracks of the South Side Railroad, then went on to overrun the Confederate reserve artillery under General R. Lindsay Walker. Lee’s surrender to Grant would come the next day.
Markers around the Appomattox Visitors Information Center:
Battle of Appomattox Station – Lee’s Retreat marker
Battle of Appomattox Station – Final Blow – wayside marker
Battle of Appomattox Station K159 Virginia historical marker
Nearby marker at Appomattox:
The Last Positions – Virginia historical marker MG2
Location
The Appomattox Visitors Information Center is in the restored train station at the corner of Main and Church Streets.