Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Prior to leaving Appomattox Court House National Historic Park, we stopped by the Confederate Cemetery to pay our respects. The cemetery is located within the boundary of the park...
Buried here are nineteen men (out of perhaps 100) killed during the last two days of war in Virginia. These men were at first buried where they died -- at hospitals or in farm fields and woodlots around Appomattox Court House. In 1866 the Ladies Memorial Association of Appomattox recruited volunteers to collect the eighteen Confederate bodies for reburial. The lone Union soldier was later found nearby and reburied here. The identities of just seven of the dead are known. One, Alabamian Jesse H. Hutchins, enlisted just three days after the firing on Fort Sumter. He had survived 1,454 days of service, only to die in the wars last 24 hours. He was killed battling Union cavalry just a few yards from the courthouse on the evening of April 8, 1865.
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| a peaceful place |
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| a holy place to be sure |
Directly across the street from the RV park where we are staying is the
Museum of the Confederacy...
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| the museum is good sized |
The museum is good sized, filled with many interesting artifacts. We spent a good part of our day here...
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| uniform frock coat; belonged to Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne. Cleburne, whose nickname was "Stonewall Jackson of the West", commanded one of the most effective divisions in the Army of Tennessee. |
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| battle flag, 18th Virginia Infantry |
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| portrait of Bella Jenkins (from a reproduction of a tintype). Bella was sold by Mary Sessions to Samuel Pope in 1854. she was sold again within the Pope family in 1864 |
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| original slave receipt for Bella, February 28, 1854. it was very sobering to view these actual documents |
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| terms of surrender |
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| dress uniform Gen. Lee wore to the signing of the surrender |
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| side view |
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| dress gloves Gen. Lee wore to the signing |
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| printing press (one of several) used for printing the documents of parole |
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| original parole document |
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| another original parole document |
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| Sgt. T .J. Duckett |
Located on the grounds of the museum is a reproduction of a typical family's homestead...
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| reproduction of the Jones family homestead. in this reproduction, the logs, walls, roof were all done by hand as it would have been done on the homestead |
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| love the chimney |
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| vise that was used in the building of this homestead |
We saw many things and learned many things during our time here in Appomattox. It's time to move on...
Til next time,
Dawn, Ron & Coop
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