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The Battle of Appomattox Station was fought between a Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the James, Army of the Shenandoah) cavalry division under the command of Brigadier General (Brevet Major General) George Armstrong Custer and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia artillery units commanded by Brigadier General Lindsay Walker with support from some dismounted cavalrymen, artillerymen ...
Appomattox Station was located in the town of Appomattox, Virginia (at the time, known as, West Appomattox) and was the site of the Battle of Appomattox Station on the day before General Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War.
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought in Appomattox County, Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last, and ultimately one of the most consequential, battles of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
At the Battle of Appomattox Station on April 8, the regiment, advancing at the head of Pennington's Brigade, captured three Confederate railroad trains loaded with supplies at the station. To secure the trains from nearby Confederate cavalry, Randol ordered the trains crewed with soldiers who were former railwaymen, who drove the trains toward ...
The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the final military encounter of the American Civil War, the 1865 Appomattox campaign, which lasted from March 29 to April 9 and resulted in Confederate surrender on April 9 at the Appomattox Court House. Order of battle has been compiled from the army organization during the ...
Battle Flag No. 356" (image of the Confederate battle flag captured by Thomas A. Anderson during the Battle of Appomattox Station on April 8, 1865"), in "The History of the Flags in Lee Chapel and Museum Archived August 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine", in "About the Chapel", in "Lee Chapel and Museum". Lexington, Virginia: Washington and Lee ...
Battle of Appomattox Station Battle of Appomattox Court House: The 2nd Ohio Cavalry Regiment was a cavalry regiment that served in the Union Army during the ...
Morton A. Read (c. 1843 – 10 July 1921) was a first lieutenant in the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the American Civil War.On 8 April 1865, during the Battle of Appomattox Station, Read captured the flag of the 1st Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army.