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Battle of Five Forks (view source)
Revision as of 14:44, December 25, 2010
, 14:44, December 25, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Five Forks |image= |begin=April 1, 1865 |end=Same day |place=Dinwiddie County, Virginia |theater=Eastern Theater |campaign=Appomattox Campaign |result..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Five Forks
|image=
|begin=April 1, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Dinwiddie County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Appomattox Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=V Corps<br/>Sheridan's Cavalry Corps
|combatants2=Pickett's Division
|commanders1=[[Philip Sheridan]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[George E. Pickett]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=5,000
|casualties1='''830'''
|casualties2='''2,950'''
}}
Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Pickett with his infantry division and Munford's, W.H.F. Lee's, and Rosser's cavalry divisions to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks at all hazard. On April 1, while Sheridan's cavalry pinned the Confederate force in position, the V Corps under Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren attacked and overwhelmed the Confederate left flank, taking many prisoners. Sheridan personally directed the attack, which extended Lee's Petersburg lines to the breaking point. Loss of Five Forks threatened Lee's last supply line, the South Side Railroad. The next morning, Lee informed Jefferson Davis that Petersburg and Richmond must be evacuated. Union general Winthrop was killed; Willie Pegram, beloved Confederate artillery officer, was mortally wounded. Dissatisfied with his performance at Five Forks, Sheridan relieved Warren of command of the V Corps. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Appomattox}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Five Forks
|image=
|begin=April 1, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Dinwiddie County, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Appomattox Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=V Corps<br/>Sheridan's Cavalry Corps
|combatants2=Pickett's Division
|commanders1=[[Philip Sheridan]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[George E. Pickett]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=5,000
|casualties1='''830'''
|casualties2='''2,950'''
}}
Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered Pickett with his infantry division and Munford's, W.H.F. Lee's, and Rosser's cavalry divisions to hold the vital crossroads of Five Forks at all hazard. On April 1, while Sheridan's cavalry pinned the Confederate force in position, the V Corps under Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren attacked and overwhelmed the Confederate left flank, taking many prisoners. Sheridan personally directed the attack, which extended Lee's Petersburg lines to the breaking point. Loss of Five Forks threatened Lee's last supply line, the South Side Railroad. The next morning, Lee informed Jefferson Davis that Petersburg and Richmond must be evacuated. Union general Winthrop was killed; Willie Pegram, beloved Confederate artillery officer, was mortally wounded. Dissatisfied with his performance at Five Forks, Sheridan relieved Warren of command of the V Corps. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Appomattox}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1865}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]