11) Chapter LXIX. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs
...WHEN I left Appomattox I ordered General Meade to proceed leisurely back to Burkesville Station with the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the James, and to go...
12) Chapter LXV. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs
...there. As we would occasionally look around the corner we could see the streets and the Appomattox bottom, presumably near the bridge, packed with the Confederate...
13) Petersburg. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Petersburg, city (1990 pop. 38,386), politically independent and in no county, SE Va., on the Appomattox River; inc. 1850. A port of entry and an important tobacco...
14) Chesdin, Lake. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...E central Va., on Chesterfield-Dinwiddie co. line, extending into Amelia co., formed in Appomattox R. by George F. Brasefield Dam 10 mi/16 km W of Petersburg; c.13...
15) Petersburg. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Petersburg, independent city (23 sq mi/60 sq km; 1990 pop. 38,386), SE Va., on Appomattox R., separate from adjacent Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, and Prince George cos.;...
16) His Speech Nominating Grant for a Third Term by Roscoe Conkling. America:
III. (1861-1905). Vol. X. Bryan, William Jennings, ed. 1906. The World's
Famous Orations
...WHEN 1 asked whence comes our candidate, we say, from Appomattox. 2 Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction,...
17) Pamplin City. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Pamplin City, town (1990 pop. 208), Appomattox and Prince Edward cos., S central Va., 27 mi/43 km ESE of Lynchburg; 37°15'N 78°40'W. RR junction; mfg. (clothing);...
18) Concord. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...Concord, uninc. village, Campbell and Appomattox cos., SW central Va., 11 mi/18 km ESE of Lynchburg. Mfg. (wood prods., crushed stone, wine); agr. (dairying, livestock;...
19) Buckingham. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
...pop. 12,873), central Va.; Buckingham; 37°34'N 78°31'W. Bounded NW and N by James R., S by Appomattox R.; drained by small Slate and Willis rivers. Agr. (mainly tobacco;...
20) Petersburg. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An independent city of southeast Virginia on the Appomattox River south of Richmond. A prolonged siege (June 15, 1864-April 3, 1865) during the Civil War led to the...
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