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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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.

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  • proper noun A river in Virginia, USA.
  • proper noun A town in Virginia, USA.

Etymologies

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The river was named after the Appamatuck tribe of Native Americans. The town was named after the river.

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Examples

  • APPOMATTOX -- Kenny Scott, star quarterback for the Raiders 'state championship football team, had seven of his team-high 16 points in the third quarter as Appomattox overcame a 22-19 halftime deficit.

    The Roanoke Times: Home page 2010

  • APPOMATTOX - In the coming days, the company that operates three natural gas pipelines through Appomattox expects to get federal approval to restore one of those lines to normal service.

    News for Lynchburg News Advance 2008

  • Why not celebrate April 9th as a sort of holiday and hold events in Appomattox to celebrate the restoration of the United States?

    Think Progress » Both Mississippi And Georgia Have Confederate History Proclamations Without Any Mention of Slavery 2010

  • On Sept. 14, 2008, a 30-inch span of the Transco pipeline ruptured in Appomattox County, Va., creating a fireball that destroyed two homes and caused five injuries.

    Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010

  • On Sept. 14, 2008, a 30-inch span of the Transco pipeline ruptured in Appomattox County, Va., creating a fireball that destroyed two homes and caused five injuries.

    Development in once-rural areas put populations closer to natural gas pipelines Kimberly Lankford 2010

  • She will raise no money, will not get a dime from the caucus once they see her sinking, and will NEVER crack 20% in Appomattox, 30% in Buckingham, 35-40% in Cumberland, and will barely win Albemarle, Fluvanna, and maybe Prince Edward (doubt it in PE, she might get crushed).

    Dirty Dozen- House of Delegates- Edition 2 2007

  • Appomattox is not about poetry as much as it is about ideas and the weight of history.

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • Appomattox is not about poetry as much as it is about ideas and the weight of history.

    On the courthouse lawn 2007

  • The railway bridge across the Appomattox is seen towards the left, and a large factory beyond.

    The War in America: The Town of Petersburg, Virginia 1864

  • March 12, 2007 at 10: 44 AM asmith, as for what I think, I think it can only help take down Abbitt - but this R-I will not polls more than 10% (~2000, as opposed to the maybe 25% or ~4500 votes a Republican running as a R might get), so Brennan will still have heavy lifting to do ... and after seeing her sink like a stone today in Appomattox (like 7 people at her speech, one of them Watkins himself, there to intimidate her no doubt) I can't keep keeping my hopes up ... but God bless her for trying.

    5th House District 2007

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