The Civil War, Appomattox, Virginia

Last Saturday, we toured downtown Appomattox and saw the Court House as well as some of downtown and then had dinner at the Rail Yard Restaurant. The town isn't very big and has a population of 1916 according to the 2021 census. The town was named for the Appomattox River and the river was named after the Appomattoc Native American tribe. The town was the site of Appomattox Station and is located three miles west of the restored historic village of Appomattox Court House which we toured two weeks ago. 

Henry D. Flood's final resting place. He was elected Commonwealth's 

Attorney for Appomattox County in 1891, 1895 and 1899.

Pretty stained glass window.

The statue at the Court House. The Court House grounds had 

a tribute to their fallen soldiers in every war.

The old Court House, not the original, it burned in 1892.

Information about the old and new Court House.

At the time of the Civil War, the present community of Appomattox was the site of a railroad depot on the line between Petersburg and Lynchburg. Near the end of the war, Robert E. Lee made a last attempt to reach the depot, hoping to transport the Army of Northern Virginia south by railroad to meet Joseph E. Johnston's larger Army of Tennessee, located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The arrival of Federal troops and their blocking Lee's army from the depot led to Lee's surrender.

Information about Lee's plans not going his way.

The Depot.

We walked a little bit before dinner, and I really enjoyed seeing some of the older homes in town. Not sure when they were built, but they sure were cute. I also enjoy looking at old churches, so I had to take a picture to share.

Nice home with a cute front porch.

I like the blues and the pinks on this house. 

Sorry I didn't take a better picture.

This reminds me of a Gingerbread House.

Appomattox Court House Presbyterian Church. Circa 1867.

Sunday was a fun day. We toured the Civil War Museum, went out to lunch and then to a local brewery. The museum wasn't that large but had a lot of interesting Civil War items. Including the Confederate United States money. Jefferson F. Davis was an American politician who served as the first and only president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. We toured the Confederate White House last year in Macon, Georgia. He was a very busy man in his first 90 days in office and that included creating the Confederate money.

Here's the money.

 Battle flag received December 1, 1861 by the 18th Virginia Infantry.

The South had no plans surrendering.

Virginia with its state motto below.

I found this very interesting.

Uniforms of the time.

He didn't want to surrender.

Lee's foe (Grant) offered an honorable answer 

and treated Lee and his men with respect and dignity. 

On the grounds was homestead that we were able to look at as well as a garden. A gardener was even there, he was working on the grounds. Since it is so early in the season, I only saw green onions starting to grow in the garden. One side is planted with domestic crops delivered from South, Central, North America while the other side is planted with African crops delivered during the Atlantic Slave Trade. 

This is our Virginia State picture for the map. Behind us is the Jones Family Homestead. 

It was given to the museum in memory of HL (Buddy) ad Elizabeth Jones 

by Diana Davis and Donald Jones.

Tuesday, we went to the Holliday Lake State Park. It is a cute park located within the confines of Appomattox-Buckingham State Forest. The land was cleared as farmland in the 1880's before being returned to the forested state in the mid-20th century. Today, the park is known for its fishing opportunities. The laker is a 150-acre man-made lake. 

Hubby commented that if we camped here we probably 

wouldn't have any satellite with so many beautiful trees around.

Welcome to the park.

Area for swimming.

Across the lake there looks to be a 

gazebo or an amphitheater.

The goose is watching us.

The water was so beautiful.

"Two bears in one cave will not end well." 

Mongolian Proverb

Can you spot the fish? 

We had a great time exploring.

Fun fact: Virginia is the 30th state we have been to in the RV spending at least one night in each state. I can't believe in a little over two years we have had on the road, how much God has blessed us on our amazing journey. "They said to him, "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether our way on which we are going will be prosperous." The priest said to them, "Go in peace; your way in which you are going has the Lord's approval."" Judges 18:5-6 (NASB).

Our map. Can't wait to show you what it will be like at the end of the year.

"Keeping it real" many of the RV parks/resorts we have stayed in have sounds of traffic, trains, and sounds that could keep us up at night if it wasn't for our sound machine or the a/c going in our bedroom. Some places have school buses that pick up children for school and bring them home. This park has a very loud school bus that picks up the children at 7:30am and drops them off about 3:45pm. The bus is right outside our rig and as it backs up it beeps something fierce. Hubby is already up at that time and someone else I know (up close and personal) isn't. Funny, the first week we were here I didn't hear the beeping sound, this past week has been a different story.

It rained last night didn't finish until this afternoon, hubby saw 15 children get on the bus this 

morning. Parents were waiting for the bus in their cars so their babies wouldn't get all wet.

Yesterday, we left Virginia and headed to West Virginia. Can't wait to share all about our newest state.

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