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|name=Battle of Amelia Springs
|image=
|begin=April 5, 1865
|end=Same day
|place=Amelia Springs, Virginia
|theater=Eastern Theater
|campaign=Appomattox Campaign
|result=Inconclusive
|combatants1=
|combatants2=
|commanders1=[[George Crook]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Fitzhugh Lee]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=
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On April 5, Confederate cavalry under Fitzhugh Lee and Rosser assaulted Union cavalry under George Crook as they returned from burning Confederate wagons at Painesville. This running fight started north of Amelia Springs and pushed through and beyond Jetersville. (''NPS summary'')

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