The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, at...
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Five Forks may refer to: The Battle of Five Forks, a battle of the American Civil War in Dinwiddie County, Virginia Places in the United States Five Forks...
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order of battle for the Battle of Five Forks includes: Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Confederate Battle of Five Forks order of battle: Union...
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defeats and the collapse of Confederate lines at the Battle of Five Forks on the following day, April 1, 1865, and the Third Battle of Petersburg (also known...
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George Pickett (category American people of English descent)
overwhelmed and defeated at the Battle of Five Forks. Following the war, Pickett feared prosecution for his execution of deserters and temporarily fled...
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fortifications after the Union victory at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865. As a result of that battle the Confederate right flank and rear were...
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Gouverneur K. Warren (category Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences)
remaining military career were ruined during the Battle of Five Forks, when he was relieved of command of the V Corps by Philip Sheridan, who claimed that...
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units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is listed separately. MG = Major General...
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Confederate defensive lines at the Battle of Five Forks on the following day, April 1, 1865, and at the Third Battle of Petersburg (also known as the Breakthrough...
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Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Five Forks of the American Civil War. The Union order of battle is listed separately. MG = Major General...
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Samuel W. Crawford (category Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania alumni)
battlefield after the war is due in large part to his efforts. During the Battle of Five Forks, his division went astray which caused his corps commander, Maj....
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Five Forks Battlefield is a battlefield of the American Civil War, the location of the Battle of Five Forks (April 1, 1865), in which Union Army forces...
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Ranald S. Mackenzie (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
appointment, Mackenzie assumed command of the Cavalry Division in the Army of the James, which he led at the battles of Five Forks and Appomattox Courthouse. Ulysses...
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Joshua Chamberlain (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
fought at the Battle of Five Forks and was given the honor of commanding the Union troops at the surrender ceremony for the infantry of Robert E. Lee's...
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146th New York Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from New York (state))
decisive Battle of Five Forks where their commander, Colonel James G. Grindlay captured two battle flags. Grindlay was awarded the Medal of Honor along...
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William Pegram (category People of Virginia in the American Civil War)
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in the Battle of Five Forks. He was the younger brother of Confederate...
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Western Front Battles, September 1864–April 1865, says this battle should be considered "the first battle of what should be viewed as the Five Forks Campaign...
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Dinwiddie County, Virginia (redirect from History of Dinwiddie County, Virginia)
House. Battle of Peebles' Farm Battle of Lewis's Farm Battle of Dinwiddie Court House Battle of White Oak Road Battle of Five Forks Battle of Sutherland's...
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11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania)
Reed earned his at the Battle of Globe Tavern on August 21, 1864, and Sergeant Hiram H. De Lavie at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865. William...
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Bushrod Johnson (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
Two brigades of the division were detached to Pickett at Five Forks, and largely destroyed in that battle on April 1. Johnson led the rest of the division...
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The community was the site of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House, the Battle of Five Forks as well as the Battle of Sutherland's Station during the Appomattox...
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Appomattox campaign (category Battles commanded by Ulysses S. Grant)
of Petersburg and cut their supply lines to Petersburg and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. Union victories at the Battle of Five Forks...
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Wesley Merritt (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
the Battle of Five Forks and the Appomattox Campaign. In June 1865, Merritt was appointed command of Cavalry Forces of the Military Division of the Southwest...
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Appomattox Court House. After the Battle of Five Forks, with the war's end literally days away, General Warren was relieved of command by Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan...
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1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from West Virginia)
fighting that continued until after dark. The Battle of Five Forks occurred on April 1, 1865. Five Forks is a small community in Dinwiddie County, located...
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Charles Griffin (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
service at the Battle of Five Forks and the United States Senate confirmed the appointment on July 23, 1866. Griffin mustered out of the volunteer service...
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James W. Forsyth (category American murderers of children)
1865 (for action at Five Forks) Forsyth remained in the Regular Army after the end of the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade of cavalry for two years...
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Samuel P. Spear (category American military personnel of the Mexican–American War)
25, 1864, the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road, October 27–28, 1864 and the Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865, during the Siege of Petersburg. Spear...
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118th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (category Units and formations of the Union army from Pennsylvania)
war including the Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Petersburg, and escorted the truce flag of Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Five Forks. The regiment was...
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George Crook (category People of the Great Sioux War of 1876)
took a prominent role in the battles of Five Forks, Amelia Springs, Sayler's Creek and Appomattox Court House. At the end of the Civil War, George Crook...
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