Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (2 sq mi/5.2 sq km), Appomattox co., S central Va., 5 mi/8 km NE of Appomattox, 37°22'N 78°47'W. Site of surrender, April 9, 1865, of Confederate general Robert E. Lee to Union general Ulysses S. Grant. Authorized 1930.