While I cannot answer the question I can suggest a map of Appomattox as a starting point.
This manuscript, or hand drawn map, is to be included in the Library of Congress "Civil War in America" exhibit opening on November 12, 2012. (See http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-159.html for press release)
The map is entitled "Memoranda, April 9, 1865, 10 o'clock A.M., Clover Hill (Appomattox Court House) Virginia" and is attributed to a Union soldier. The map identifies various buildings including the "house where Gen'l Lee received Gen'l Sheridan, afterwards Lee, where agreement was signed."
See http://www.loc.gov/item/99446513
Ed Redmond
Geography and Map Division
Library of Congress
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Subject: [VA-HIST] After the Surrender
As I was driving back through Appomattox yesterday, it occurred to me that while the big picture was the surrender and effective end of the Civil War took place there. What happened then? The Union Army had administrative control of its troops because they were in the army and it was responsible for their care and feeding. But what of the CSA folks who had no effective governmental unit to take care of them and to provide them transport home. If I remember correctly, the US Army fed the, but then what? How did these thousands upon thousands of people (not just Lee's Army folks, but the entire CSA contingent all over the South at the various surrender points) get home? One foot in front of the other? Train transport? Was there anything organized for them by the USA? Also, for the former POW's, once released, how were they able to return home?
Any info for a thought provoked by driving by in comfort on a paved road seeing the open fields and signage would be gratefully received.
Lyle Browning
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