Appomattox

While I was back in Lexington, Va., getting a crown – that is, for my tooth – I drove to Appomattox, where General Robert E. Lee officially surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. In March of this year they opened the Museum of the Confederacy-Appomattox. It is well worth a look. Among its exhibits is the death mask of Robert E. Lee.

After visiting the museum I drove to Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, where Lee surrendered to Grant, in the McLean House.