Why is the appomattox court house important?

I would say is Wilmer McLean moved to Appomattox Court House to avoid the war. ... After the battle, McLean began selling sugar to the Confederate Army, and moved toAppomattox Court House where he believed he would be able to avoid the fighting and the Union occupation, which impeded his work.

In 911, a group of vikings lead by rollo besieged paris and chartres. after a victory near chartres on 26 august, charles decided to negotiate with rollo. the talks were led by hervé, the archbishop of reims. this resulted in the treaty of saint-clair-sur-epte, which granted rollo and his soldiers all the land between the river epte and the sea. it also granted him brittany, "for his livelihood". at the time, brittany was an independent land which france had not been able to conquer. in exchange, rollo promised the king his loyalty and military assistance when needed. also rollo also agreed to be baptised and to marry gisela, the king's daughter. the territory given rollo is about the same as upper normandy.