Bob Hix gave us a fine Power Point presentation on the Appomattox Campaign, with a number of maps and pictures. He carefully covered the period from General Lee's March 25, 1865 attack on the Federal position at Fort Stedman (Petersburg); Grant's April 1st counterattack at Five Forks, where Lee's thin Confederate line snapped; Lee's attempt to use the Richmond & Danville Railroad; Lees 24 hour wait at the Amelia Court House for supplies; the capture of about 10,000 of Lee's men on April 6th at Sayler's Creek Lee's various losses and correspondence through the final surrender on April 12th at Appomattox.

He also gave us a tour of the Appomattox village including the Courthouse, the McLean House, the Clover Hill Tavern, the new jail, the Woodson Law Office and many of the other restored buildings in the village. Bob is quite interested in the village since that is where some of his family, the Hix branch, comes from.