BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Lee's Retreat -- Sayler's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park

VA -- Lee's Retreat -- Sayler's Creek Battlefield Historical State Park:

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1. SAYLER_030426_11.JPG: This is a rural part of the country where shooting at signs is considered sport. Very few ever shoot back.
2. SAYLER_030426_21.JPG: This cannon and caisson are outside of the Hillsman House
3. SAYLER_030426_46.JPG: A doctor's operation kit. The saws got heavy use in this war.
Wikipedia Description: Battle of Sayler's Creek
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Creek – Rice's Station – High Bridge – Cumberland Church – Appomattox Station – Appomattox Courthouse

The Battle of Sayler's Creek (also known as Sailor's Creek, Hillsman Farm, or Lockett Farm) was fought April 6, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, as part of the Appomattox Campaign, in the final days of the American Civil War.

After Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant broke the Confederate defenses at the Siege of Petersburg, Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia began a retreat in hopes of linking up with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army in North Carolina.

On April 6 at Sayler's Creek, nearly one fourth of the retreating Confederate army was cut off by Union cavalry forces under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan and elements of the II and VI Corps. Two Confederate divisions fought VI Corps along the creek. The Confederates attacked but were driven back. (Union artillery deployed at the Hillsman Farm played a key role in this repulse.) The Union cavalry cut through the right of the Confederate lines. Most Confederates surrendered, including generals Richard S. Ewell, Seth M. Barton, James P. Simms, Joseph B. Kershaw, Custis Lee (Robert E. Lee's son), Dudley M. Du Bose, Eppa Hunton, and Montgomery D. Corse. Also present at this battle was Commander John Randolph Tucker and his naval squadron (300–400 strong), and so sailors were fighting at Sayler's Creek. Farther away, II Corps pushed back John Brown Gordon, who had mistakenly been on a different road.

Sayler's Creek was considered the death knell of the Army of Northern Virginia. Upon seeing the survivors streaming along the road, Lee exclaimed, "My God, has the army dissolved?"

Naming the battle:

The National Park Service and the Commonwealth of Virginia both use the more recent name "Sailor's Creek" for this battle, but the historic name was "Sayler's", presumably named for a local property owner. Many prominent Civil War historians (James M. McPherson, Shelby Foote, Bruce Catton, Douglas Southall Freeman, etc.) use the historic spelling. Published in the early 1900s, the New International Encyclopedia calls the battle "Sailor's Creek".
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