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{{American Civil War

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| image       =Lovellsurrenderatappomattox.jpg

| conflict    =  

|image=[[File:Lovellsurrenderatappomattox.jpg|300px]]

| partof      =Appomattox Campaign

|begin=April 9, 1865

| date        =April 9, 1865

|end=Same day

| location    =Appomattox Court House<br/>Virginia

|place=Appomattox County, Virginia

| combatant1  =Army of the Potomac

|theater=Eastern Theater

| combatant2  =Army of Northern Virginia  

|campaign=Appomattox Campaign

| commander1  =[[Ulysses S. Grant]]<br/>Lt. General, USA

| commander2  = [[Robert E. Lee]]<br/>General, CSA

|combatants1=Army of the Potomac

| strength1   =  

|combatants2=Army of Northern Virginia

| strength2   =  

|commanders1=[[Ulysses S. Grant]]

| casualties1 =  

|commanders2=[[Robert E. Lee]]

| casualties2 =  

|strength1=

|strength2=

|casualties1='''164'''

|casualties2='''~500'''<br/>Paroled: 27,805

}}

}}

Lee took the starving remains of his still-proud army west, hoping to feed them from supplies which he believed will arrive at Amelia Court House; when they don't he's forced to feed them from the countryside, all the while warding off Union attacks there and at Tabernacle Chruch.  Sheridan sets his cavalry across the Danville Railroad at Jetersburg, cutting off an escape route and forcing Lee to move towards Farmville and skirmishes at Amelia Springs and Paine's Cross Roads on April 5.  An accidental dividing of his army is an advantage for the Federals at Saylers Creek; Lee loses more than 8,000 men - one third of his army - to capture.  The forced delay also benefitted the Federals in another way: they captured Lee's supply train.

Lee took the starving remains of his still-proud army west, hoping to feed them from supplies which he believed will arrive at Amelia Court House; when they don't he's forced to feed them from the countryside, all the while warding off Union attacks there and at Tabernacle Chruch.  Sheridan sets his cavalry across the Danville Railroad at Jetersburg, cutting off an escape route and forcing Lee to move towards Farmville and skirmishes at Amelia Springs and Paine's Cross Roads on April 5.  An accidental dividing of his army is an advantage for the Federals at Saylers Creek; Lee loses more than 8,000 men - one third of his army - to capture.  The forced delay also benefitted the Federals in another way: they captured Lee's supply train.

27,805 Confederate soldiers passed by that day, stacked their arms, and went home.

27,805 Confederate soldiers passed by that day, stacked their arms, and went home.

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