Skyline Drive to Appomattox Court House, Virginia. At the McLean house in the
village of Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865 General Robert E.
Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Lynchburg, Virginia, Fort Early and Sandusky Mansion in Lynchburg, Virginia. In
June, 1864 Lynchburg, Virginia was attacked by the Union army under the command
of General David Hunter but a local Confederate defense force held them off
until reinforcements from the regular Confederate army in the Richmond defenses
under the command of Gen. Jubal Early could arrive and drive them back into the
Shenandoah Valley thereby saving Lynchburg from certain destruction.
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