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Appomattox

Ap·po·mat·tox [ àppə máttəks ] 

1. 
river in southeastern Virginia that flows eastward into the James River at Hopewell.
Length: 217 km (135 mi)


2. 
city in central Virginia. The courthouse there was the site of the 1865 Confederate surrender to the Union Army that ended the Civil War.
Population: 1,732 (2006).
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