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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
Appomattox
 
SYLLABICATION:Ap·po·mat·tox
PRONUNCIATION:  p-mtks
A town of south-central Virginia east of Lynchburg. Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War. The site is now a national historical park. Population: 1,345.
 
 
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