Battle of Five Forks 1865
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Battle of Five Forks 1865

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Battle of Five Forks 31st March and April 1st 1865. Copy of official plan by Col. W. H. Paine U.S. Engineers; area five Forks, Va., near Hatcher's Run in Dinwiddie County. March 30, 1865 General Sheridan's troops engaged Pickett's army at Dinwiddie courthouse and the next day pursued General Pickett who was withdrawing to Five Forks. The Federal attacks overwhelmed the entrenchments, and the Confederates abandoned their efforts to protect the Southside Railroad.


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