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The Appomattox campaign was a series of American Civil War battles fought March 29 – April 9, 1865, in Virginia that concluded with the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia to forces of the Union Army (Army of the Potomac, Army of the James and Army of the Shenandoah) under the overall command of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, marking the effective ...
Battle of Appomattox Court House Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; [ a ] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States , serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War .
The final campaign for Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States, began when the Union Army of the Potomac crossed the James River in June 1864. The armies under the command of Lieutenant General and General in Chief Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) laid siege to Petersburg, south of Richmond, intending to cut the two cities' supply lines and force the Confederates to evacuate.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Appomattox campaign of the American Civil War. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the campaign. [1] [2] The Confederate order of battle is shown separately.
George Edward Pickett was born in his grandfather's shop in Richmond, Virginia, on January 16, 1825, and raised on his family's plantation at Turkey Island.He was the first of the eight children of Robert and Mary Pickett, [3] a prominent old Virginia family of English and French Huguenot origins.
Engaged with his newly reconstituted regiment in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, he then fought in the battles of Poplar Springs Church (September 29-October 2, 1864), Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865) and Dinwiddie Court House (March 30-31) before entering the war-ending Appomattox Campaign and the Battle of Five Forks (April 1).
Friends of the Lower Appomattox River 16th Annual Paddle Battle is Saturday, September 21, 2024. Event proceeds support FOLAR's conservation and stewardship programs to conserve, protect, and ...
All the Fighting They Want: The Atlanta Campaign from Peachtree Creek to the City's Surrender, July 18 – September 2, 1864. Emerging Civil War Series. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2017. ISBN 978-1-61121-319-5. Evans, David. Sherman's Horsemen: Union Cavalry Operations in the Atlanta Campaign. (Indiana University Press, 1996).