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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 .
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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.
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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.
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Why not celebrate April 9th as a sort of holiday and hold events in Appomattox to celebrate the restoration of the United States?
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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
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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
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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).
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Appomattox is not about poetry as much as it is about ideas and the weight of history.
Archive 2007-10-01 2007
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Appomattox is not about poetry as much as it is about ideas and the weight of history.
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The railway bridge across the Appomattox is seen towards the left, and a large factory beyond.
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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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