Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Host Civil War Encampment

Appomattox Court House National Historical Park Host Civil War Encampment

By Staff Reports on April 9, 2009

[ 18 April 2009 to 19 April 2009. ] Appomattox Court House National Historical Park is pleased to announce that on April 18 and 19, the park will have a living history encampment. Visitors will have a chance to visit a Confederate campsite and learn about the life of a common Civil War soldier.

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Appomattox County: Patrick Schroder’s Photographic Journey

Appomattox County: Patrick Schroder’s Photographic Journey

By Ronnie Lankford on March 30, 2009

When we think about the local history of Appomattox - or any history - it’s easy to think about the written word; or, if you visit the Surrender Grounds at the National Park, history as represented by architecture and the surrounding land. But history also can be effectively told with photographs, or least history from the last 150 years or so since the invention of the camera. If you don’t think this is true, take a quick peek at Patrick A. Schroeder (pictured here) and Scott Frantel’s Appomattox County from Arcadia Publishing’s Images of America series.

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Today in History: 24 April 1800

Today in History: 24 April 1800

By Linda Goin on April 24, 2009

Today in 1800, the Library of Congress was born when President John Adams approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of “such books as may be necessary for the use of congress.” According to the Library of Congress:

Today in History: 23 April 1887

By Linda Goin on April 23, 2009

Today in 1887, the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern out of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, published a piece that denied a rumor that General Lee and his family were impoverished after the Civil War ended. The short article, reprinted below, offers a quote by then-Governor of Virginia, Fitzhugh Lee.

Today in History: 22 April 2009

By Linda Goin on April 22, 2009

On this day in 1966, emergency crew workers found a “pretty remarkable catch” in the Appomattox River. On the front page of The Progress-Index out of Petersburg, a photograph showed these emergency workers poking, rather than fishing, at an object in the river. According to the headline, the “fish” had large shining eyes and did not resemble any known form of sea life.

Today in History: 21 April 1896

By Linda Goin on April 21, 2009

When I’m searching for articles about Appomattox, I often give up and just relax with a newspaper’s front page. Such is the situation with this day in 1896 with The Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. But, to stay within this topic’s reach, the front page of this newspaper did carry information about Virginia and about Appomattox in two separate opinion blurbs.

Today in History: 20 April 1871

By Linda Goin on April 20, 2009

On this day in 1871, The Petersburg Index remarked on the fine fishing in the Appomattox River the previous day

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