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the South Side Railroad, linking Petersburg to Lynchburg prior to the Civil War, bypassed Appomattox Court House
Source: Library of Congress, A map of the state of Virginia by Herman B e (1826), updated by Lewis von Buchholtz (1859)
the 1865 surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia did not occur in the county courthouse; Wilmer McLean's home was a more-impressive structure
Source: National Park Service, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park (photo by NPS/Victoria Stauffenberg)
the east-facing side of the Appomattox Court House, as reconstructed by the National Park Service