On April 1 of this year, Five Forks crossroads became the site of the last important battle of the Civil War
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Battle of Five Forks - April 1, 1865 - Civil War Trust  Map of the April 1, 1865 battle of Five Forks, one of the crucial battles of the Appomattox ... at Petersburg by threatening its last supply line, the South Side Railroad. ... on the railroad by way of an important road junction known as Five Forks. ... W.H.F. Lee, and Thomas Rosser to hold the vital crossroads "at all hazards.
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Battle of Five Forks Civil War Virginia Battlefield Map Army  Battle of Five Forks, Civil War Battle of Five Forks Virginia Map, Battlefield Five Forks ... It represented the last remaining Confederate supply line, critical to Lee's defense of ... a cavalry assault at Five Forks on April 1, 1865 with the objective of obtaining the South ... A new year dawns, the third in the service of my country.
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Battle of Five Forks - Wikipedia  The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around ... Part of the American Civil War ..... That night Confederate Major General George Pickett reached Five Forks with about 6,000 .... When Pickett became aware that Union infantry divisions were arriving near his flank at about...
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Free Flashcards about CIVIL WAR - StudyStack  ONE OF THE LAST CIVIL WAR BATTLES TOOK PLACE NEAR WHAT IS NOW ... ON APRIL 1 OF THIS YEAR, FIVE FORKS CROSSROADS BECAME THE SITE OF ... APRIL 1 IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, THE LAST ... LEW WALLACE SERVED AS A UNION MAJOR GENERAL IN THE CIVIL...
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The Battle of Five Forks: April 1, 1865 - The Siege of Petersburg Online  Jul 19, 2011 ... Union Advance on Five Forks: Afternoon April 1, 1865 .... Three of his battalion's guns were stationed at and left of the all-important crossroads. ... limited as the Siege of Petersburg, and the Civil War, wound inexorably to a close. ..... The CWSAC site classifies the final battles around Petersburg after Fort...
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Battle of Chancellorsville - Wikipedia  The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, ... The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Hooker's timid decision making, was tempered by heavy...
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List of American Civil War battles - Wikipedia  The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 1213, ... In 1993, the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) reported to Congress and the ABPP on their ... D. Union victory: Union forces rout a small Confederate detachment in Western Virginia. Battle .... Siege of Yorktown (1862)
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Vicksburg Campaign - Wikipedia  The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the ... On April 29 and April 30, 1863, Grant's army crossed the Mississippi and ... Pemberton's army surrendered on July 4 (one day after the Confederate ... Mississippi; together with control of the mouth of the Red River and of Port...
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Decision at The Battle of Five Forks - 1865 | HistoryNet  ... and upcoming  Battle of Black Jack Battlefield 155th Anniversary Events Planned ... The Battle of Five Forks, Virginia, on April 1, 1865, is both militarily significant and historically notorious. ... Warren had failed to deliver a decisive blow against the enemy's lines. ... The Arab-Israeli War of 1973: Honor, Oil, and Blood.
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Tennessee in the American Civil War - Wikipedia  The largely-divided state of Tennessee was the last of the Southern states to declare secession from the Union. Its rivers were key arteries to the Deep South, and the Union armies fought hard to secure control of them, as well as major roads and mountain passes such as the Cumberland Gap. ... Although the state became a part of the Confederacy, East Tennessee had...
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The Civil War | HistoryNet  Northerners have also called the Civil War the War to Preserve the Union, .... On September 10, a Union victory at Carnifax Ferry in the Big Kanawha .... Counties of western Virginia had refused to leave the Union when the state seceded in 1861. ... Sherman's men entered Atlanta after the Confederate army, now under the...
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The American Civil War - Approaching the Surrender at Appomattox  Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia - April 1865 ... I have done my best for you; my heart is too full to say more," he bade them good-bye and told them to...
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The Road to Appomattox [ushistory.org]  On April 9, the remaining Confederate Army, under John Gordon, drove back Union cavalry blocking the road near the village of Appomattox Court House. ... a note to Grant, and later that afternoon they met in the home of Wilmer McLean. ... General Lee surrendered to General Grant on April 9th, 1865, at the McLean home...
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Horseshoe Bend National Military Park--Places Reflecting America's ...  A defining moment in American history, the Battle of Horseshoe Bend provided a ... Military Park preserves the site of the last battle of the Creek Indian War of ... of southwest Indians, who eventually migrated to the present States of Alabama,...
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Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ...  May 24, 1861- Union forces cross the Potomac River and occupy Arlington Heights, ... A Confederate defeat, the battle resulted in Union occupation of eastern .... the Union column in the dense woods and underbrush of an area known as the...
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Surrender at Appomattox, 1865 - EyeWitness to History  Eyewitness account of the surrender that led to the end of the Civil War. ... 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. ... On April 3, Richmond fell to Union troops as Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern .... He had no sword, and a pair of shoulder-straps was all there was about him to...
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1862: A Country Torn Asunder - The Civil War in 500 Photographs  On the eve of the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant was peddling firewood on a street corner .... River, Fort Donelson was a well-built and well-guarded Southern fortress. ... Many Union troops abandoned their camps in panic and ran for the rear. ... is the backbone of the Confederacy, President Lincoln observed early in the war.
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Vicksburg During the Civil War (1862-1863): A Campaign; A Siege ...  When Vicksburg fell to Union troops on July 4, 1863, the Confederacy lost its last chance ... Control of the Mississippi River during the American Civil War was an economic ... When the Union navy gave up and departed, life returned to normal.
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Little Bighorn Reborn - Manataka American Indian Council  New Indian memorial draws descendants of victors and vanquished alike ... gathered on Last Stand Hill on the 128th anniversary of the West's most famous battle. ... 42 of the Seventh Cavalry soldiers fell that June 25, 1876, some having held out ... corner of Montana had been the scene of desperate hand-to-hand combat,...
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Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ...  A time line of important events during the American Civil War. ... June 10, 1861- Battle of Big Bethel, the first land battle of the war in Virginia. June 20 ... The Mississippi River is now in Union control except for its course west of Mississippi where the city of Vicksburg stands as the last southern stronghold on the great river.
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Civil War Timeline - Gettysburg National Military Park (U.S. National ...  A time line of important events during the American Civil War. ... The Confederate victory emphasizes the strong southern presence west of the Mississippi River. ... December 31-January 3, 1863- Battle of Stones River, Tennessee. .... out of the city's defenses to attack the approaching Federal troops under George Thomas.