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Appomattox meaning

Alternative form of Appomattoc.

Using Appomattox

  • The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of Appomattoc.
  • In the example corpus, appomattox often appears in combinations such as: at appomattox, appomattox court, to appomattox.

Context around Appomattox

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

court 6× thinking 1× destroyed 1× memoirs 1×

Sentence patterns with Appomattox

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

wilderness to appomattox 2× air at appomattox and i 1× army at appomattox court house 1× at appomattox court house 1× concord and appomattox 1× grant at appomattox and the 1× grant at appomattox court house 1× home in appomattox court house 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

on april 9 2× a devastating fire 1× at appomattox court 1× from manassas to 1× from that date 1× i ve breathed 1×

Common sentence endings:

april 9 1865 2× wilderness to appomattox 2× a few months 1× a graduation present 1× armies moved south 1× by the war 1×

Words around Appomattox

Just before it in the word index:

appolonia 4 appold 2 appoints 185 appointments 1.418 appointment 3.340 appointive 7

Just after it in the word index:

apponyi 2 apportion 25 apportioned 43 apportioning 18 apportionment 40 apportionments 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaon 20 abbv 20 abdalla 20 abdirahman 20 abdulmalik 20 abhimanyu 20

Corpus analysis for Appomattox

  • In this selection, "appomattox" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, court, thinking and destroyed stand out and add context to how "appomattox" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include wilderness to appomattox and air at appomattox and i. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "appomattox" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with appomattox

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

With Grant and Meade: From the Wilderness to Appomattox. (9 words)

From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America. (11 words)

Later, he moved to Appomattox, thinking he would be safe from the war. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

A devastating fire on April 9, 1889 (the 24th anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox) destroyed his house and many of his personal possessions, including his personal Civil War documents and memorabilia. (33 words)

At Appomattox Court House in Virginia in April 1865, the 75th North Carolina Regiment, a cavalry unit, fired the last shots of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War. (32 words)

When David McCullough graduated from Yale with a degree in English in 1955, someone thought to give him Bruce Catton’s recently published A Stillness at Appomattox for a graduation present. (31 words)

Example sentences (16)

On April 9, 1865, in the living room of the McLean family home in Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered to Grant.

The president announced the details to a joint session of Congress on 15 March, equating Selma’s significance with that of Lexington, Concord and Appomattox.

From that date until after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House, Va. On April 9, 1865 Clarendon residents would be greatly affected by the war.

Later, he moved to Appomattox, thinking he would be safe from the war.

When David McCullough graduated from Yale with a degree in English in 1955, someone thought to give him Bruce Catton’s recently published A Stillness at Appomattox for a graduation present.

I’ve breathed the weighty air at Appomattox, and I’ve walked the grounds at the Bennet Place in Durham, where the Civil War ended.

A devastating fire on April 9, 1889 (the 24th anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox) destroyed his house and many of his personal possessions, including his personal Civil War documents and memorabilia.

At Appomattox Court House in Virginia in April 1865, the 75th North Carolina Regiment, a cavalry unit, fired the last shots of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the Civil War.

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From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America.

Lee and his army surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

Lee's Miserables: Life in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox.

Little came of these plans before Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.

On April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox and the war was effectively over.

The Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox before this plan could be implemented.sfn The great majority of the 4 million slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, as Union armies moved south.

The Confederate capital was abandoned in April 1865 and Lee subsequently surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House ; all other Confederate armies surrendered within a few months.

With Grant and Meade: From the Wilderness to Appomattox.

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Common combinations with appomattox

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "appomattox" in a sentence?
An example: "On April 9, 1865, in the living room of the McLean family home in Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered to Grant." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "appomattox" from authentic English texts.
What does "appomattox" mean?
Appomattox means: Alternative form of Appomattoc.
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