Appomattox Court House, a village, capital of Appomattox county, Va. (locally called ! Clover Hill), 20 m. E. of Lynchburg. On April 9, 1865, Gen. Lee here surrendered the army of northern Virginia to Gen. Grant. Of this army only 27,805 remained. The rest had been killed and taken prisoners, or had deserted, during the battles around Richmond, and after its evacuation on the 2d. There were delivered 350 wagons, about 10,000 muskets, and 30 pieces of artillery.