Clover Hill Tavern - Appomattox Court House
by Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Clover Hill Tavern - Appomattox Court House
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Susan Rissi Tregoning
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Photograph - Photography
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The Clover Hill Tavern, at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, played an important role during the Civil War. It is one of only two buildings in town to be used during the surrender process. On April 10, 1865, Union soldiers set up printing presses and started printing paroles for the surrendered Confederate troops. More than 30,000 parole documents were printed here.
The Battle of Appomattox Station took place on the land surrounding the sleepy little village of Appomattox Court House. Robert E. Lee hoping to transport his troops south by railroad into North Carolina, was trying to reach Appomattox Station, the train depot, located three miles west in what is current day Appomattox, Virginia. Ulysses S. Grant and his Union forces successfully block the Confederates. On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the home of Wilmer McLean in the village Appomattox Court House effectively ending the American Civil War.
The tavern was built in 1819, to serve travelers along the Richmond – Lynchburg Stage Road. The first building in what would eventually become the Village of Appomattox Court House, its presence is what helped to prompt the Virginia legislature to locate the county seat here. By 1865, the tavern had fallen on hard times; it was “bare and cheerless,” according to one of the Union Generals.
Copyright 2020 Susan Rissi Tregoning
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March 16th, 2020
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