Battle of Five Forks
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The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, near the concl
Sheridan's charge at Five Forks (lithograph published c. 1886)
Major General Fitzhugh Lee
Major General George Pickett
Major General W. H. F. "Rooney" Lee
Third Battle of Petersburg
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The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest Virginia in the area of Petersburg, Virginia, a
Battle of Five Forks
…On April 2, Union attacks, especially the successful assault by Major General Horatio G. Wright's VI Corps, broke through the Confederate lines at the Third Battle of Petersburg, putting the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia to flight toward Appomattox Court House and surrender on April 9, 1865. The Union Army soldiers…
The battle of Petersburg Va. April 2nd 1865, lithograph by Currier and Ives
Major General Horatio G. Wright
Lieutenant General A. P. Hill
Major General Cadmus Wilcox