Appomattox

/ˌæpəˈmætɑks/ noun

A town in Virginia famous as the site where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant, ending the American Civil War in 1865.

From Powhatan (Algonquian) origin meaning likely 'double stream' or similar. The name became historically significant and standardized after the Civil War surrender.

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