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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCDQ_battle-of-five-forks_Church-Rd-VA.html
Four miles south is the battlefield of Five Forks. To that point Pickett retired from Dinwiddie Courthouse in the night of March 31, 1865. Sheridan, following, attacked him in the afternoon of April 1, 1865. The Confederates, outnumbered and surro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O2_battle-of-five-forks_Church-Rd-VA.html
Here at Five Forks on April 1, 1865 10,000 Confederates, commanded by General Pickett, were overwhelmed by about 50,000 Federal troops, led by General Sheridan, thereby opening the way to the Southside Railroad making further defense of Petersburg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NU_crawfords-sweep_Church-Rd-VA.html
The decisive Union movement at the Battle of Five Forks was, for the Federals, a fortunate mistake. While one Union division struck the Confederate left at the Angle, Brig. Gen. Samuel W Crawford's division passed too far north and missed the Conf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NT_a-final-stand_Church-Rd-VA.html
With their left at the Angle crashed and their center near the Five Forks intersection overrun, the Confederates made a final stand here, in and around Gilliam's field. Across the open ground to your right, Brig. Gen. George Armstrong Custer led t…