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- Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
- LEERET_030426_12.JPG: This little mortar was used in the siege of Petersburg. It's in front of the Amelia County Court House.
- LEERET_030426_32.JPG: We're at the Lockett House in Sailor's Creek. The house shows bullet holes and such from the battle. It is owned by a rather wealthy family that was given land grants by the king a long time ago and owns some of the James River plantations.
- Description of Subject Matter: As 1865 began, Ulysses Grant continued to tighten the noose around the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee based around Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia. After the victory at Five Forks, Ulysses Grant ordered a massive assault on the Confederate defenses to the west of Petersburg. This assault began at 4:30am on April 2 1865 and the Confederate line began to unhinge.
Robert E Lee ordered the evacuation of Petersburg while 500 Confederate troops at Fort Gregg fought desperately to give him time to build some new defensive lines to cover his retreat. The men valiantly protected the fort until Union troops found another way in and finally seized it.
Lee's army retreated from Petersburg and Richmond, moving west to try to merge with Joseph Johnston's army in North Carolina. Desperate for food and supplies, they found their way halted by bureaucratic screw-ups and Union cavalry under Philip Sheridan. Various engagements happened throughout, with a major engagement at Little Sailor's Creek on April 6. Lee lost one quarter of his force in that engagement, leading him to ask "My God, has the army been dissolved?" His men continued to fall back, finally being trapped in Appomattox. There on April 9, Lee signed the surrender papers from Grant and the Army of Virginia disappeared.
There are separate entries for the big items along the retreat -- Five Forks, Sailor's Creek, and Appomattox. The "Lee's Retreat" entry covers the lesser items such as:
Sutherland's Station: At the same time, Nelson Miles' division within Andrew Humphrey's II Corps, was ordered to move on Henry Heth's division which was regrouping at Sutherland's Station, sitting along the Southside Railroad. At 3pm, Miles attacked and the Confederates broke. Miles' men captured 1000 prisoners and two cannon. The Fork Inn was one of the landmarks of the fighting at Sutherland's Station.
There was a flag flying here that said "Rebel blood in my veins; Yankee blood in my yard."
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April 2, 1865:
Union columns converged on Petersburg on April 2. part Mile's force struck north from White Oak Road meeting elements of four Confederate brigades (Cooke, Scales, MacRae, McGowan) attempting to defend the South Side Railroad. The Confedeerates placed their left flank on Ocran Methodist Church, where it was overun by three Union brigades commanded by Miles. The Confederate defenders were scattered and driven northwestward. With this victory, the Federals possessed the South Side Railroad, Gen. Robert E. Lee's last supply line into Petersburg.
The above was from http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va090.htm
April 3 1865:
Description: Rearguard cavalry action. A brigade of Union cavalry under Col. William Well's (Custer's Division) attacked Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry near Namozine Church on April 3. Confederate Gen. Rufus Barringer was captured nearby.
The above was from http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va124.htm
April 5, 1865:
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.
The above was from http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va091.htm
April 6-7, 1865:
On April 6, the Confederate cavalry fought stubbornly to secure the Appomattox River bridges. Confederate general Dearing was mortally wounded. On April 7, elements of the II Corps came up against Longstreet’s rear guard attempting to fire the High Bridge and wagon bridge. Union forces were able to save the wagon bridge over which the II Corps crossed in pursuit of Lee’s army. Failure to destroy this bridge enabled Union forces to catch up with the Confederates at Farmville.
The above was from http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va095.htm
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