Junction of Walker Church Road and the Lynchburg Turnpike in Appomattox Court House, Virginia

LIBI_00019_00242; This item is silver gelatin print postcard of Appomattox Court House. The postcard is 3 1/2 x 5 1/2" and was produced circa 1914, commissioned by A.L. Cheney. This item is part of a photographic series and on the front bottom center, a handwritten notation in blue ink reads, "No. 5." On the verso, a handwritten notation reads: "Appomattox C.H./This shows the junction of the Walker Church road & the Lynchburg Pike in the center of Appomattox C.H. Lt. Col. Root, 15th N.Y. Cav., on the ever of Apr. 8/65 fell as he charged into the hamlet at the point in the immediate foreground. Under the elm tree over the white horse & back of the house whose roof is just discernible is a tablet marking the spot where 2 Confederate cannon discharged the last shots at Appomattox, one of which according to Gen. Morris Schaff killed Lt. Clark, 185th N.Y. At about the same time Wm. Montegomery, 155th Penn, but 16 yrs old, was killed by a musket shot. These were the last two men killed. Just at the edge o