Table of Data Points
1865-04-09 | Appomattox Court House | Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia after the Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina | Read about 'Appomattox Court House' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Appomattox Court House' | ||
1865-04-08 | Appomattox Station | Gen George Armstrong Custer's Union cavalry, en route to Appomattox Station, clashed with the reserve artillery of the Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, under Colonel Lindsay Walker | Read about 'Appomattox Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Appomattox Station' | ||
1865-04-06 | 1865-04-07 | High Bridge | On April 6, the Confederate cavalry fought stubbornly to secure the Appomattox River bridges | Read about 'High Bridge' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'High Bridge' | |
1865-04-06 | 1865-04-07 | Farmville | Union General Philip Sheridan cut off and beat back about a quarter of Lee's army. Eight Confederate generals surrendered, and 7,700 men were lost. | Read about 'Farmville' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Farmville' | |
1865-04-06 | Rice's Station | Confederate Gen James Longstreet's command reached Rice's Station, only to discover that it was blocked by Union troops led by Gen John Gibbon. | Read about 'Rice's Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Rice's Station' | ||
1865-04-06 | Hillsman Farm | Robert Lee's army was retreating from the Richmond to Petersburg line | Read about 'Hillsman Farm' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hillsman Farm' | ||
1865-04-05 | Amelia Springs | The immediate prelude to the Battle of Sayler's Creek | Read about 'Amelia Springs' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Amelia Springs' | ||
1865-04-03 | Namozine Church | As Robert Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia retreated from Richmond, rear guard dismounted cavalry units often paused to block the roads from pursuing Union cavalry | Read about 'Namozine Church' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Namozine Church' | ||
1865-04-02 | Sutherland's Station | Maj Gen Miles's Union division battered Henry Heth's Confederates near Sutherland's Station and drove them off the field. The Confederate defenders were scattered and driven northwestward. Union forces now held Lee's last supply line into Petersburg. | Read about 'Sutherland's Station' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Sutherland's Station' | ||
1865-04-02 | The Breakthrough | The Union IX Corps under Gen John Parke occupied the original trenches captured by the Union army in June 1864 | Read about 'The Breakthrough' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'The Breakthrough' |
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