Appomattox Campaign facts for kids
The Appomattox Campaign was a military campaign during the American Civil War. It happened in 1865 in Virginia. At the start of the campaign from March 30–April 1, 1865, Union general U.S. Grant captured Petersburg, Virginia. Confederate general Robert E. Lee tried to get the Army of Northern Virginia moved to North Carolina, so he could fight along with other Confederate soldiers. But Grant surrounded Lee's army at Appomattox Courthouse and forced Lee to surrender. After Lee's surrender, other Confederate armies started to surrender too.
Images for kids
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Major General John B. Gordon
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Major General John G. Parke
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The Peacemakers by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1868, depicts the historic 1865 meeting on the River Queen
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Opposing commanders: Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, at Cold Harbor, photographed by Edgar Guy Fawx in 1864; Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, photographed by Mathew Brady in 1865
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Actions at Petersburg before and during the Battle of Five Forks
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Brigadier General Joshua Chamberlain
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Brigadier General (Brevet Major General) George Armstrong Custer
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Brigadier General W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee
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Colonel Thomas T. Munford
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Major General Philip Sheridan
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Major General George Pickett
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Major General Gouverneur K. Warren
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Major General Fitzhugh Lee
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Grant's assault on the Petersburg line and the start of Lee's retreat.
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Major General Horatio G. Wright
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Lieutenant General A.P. Hill
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Major General Cadmus Wilcox
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Major General John Gibbon
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Major General Henry Heth
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Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles
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Brigadier General John R. Cooke
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Thomas Wallace House at Petersburg, Virginia
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Lee's retreat and Grant's pursuit, April 2–9, 1865
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Brigadier General Rufus Barringer
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Captain Thomas Custer
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Davies captures the wagon train
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High Bridge Picture by Timothy H. O'Sullivan, 1865
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Brigadier General Thomas Alfred Smyth
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Colonel Ely S. Parker
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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
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Colonel Charles Marshall
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General Robert E. Lee
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Union soldiers at the courthouse in April 1865.
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Appomattox Centennial, 1965 issue.
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Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright -
Maj. Gen. John G. Parke -
Maj. Gen. John Gibbon -
Maj. Gen. Godfrey Weitzel -
Maj. Gen. Wesley Merritt -
Lt. Gen. James Longstreet, First Corps -
Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon -
Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill -
Lt. Gen. Richard H. Anderson -
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee -
Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell -
Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise -
Fascine Trench Breastworks, Petersburg, Va. – NARA – 524792. Although identified as Confederate Trenches this is actually Union Fort Sedgwick aka "Fort Hell" which was opposite Fort Mahone aka "Fort Damnation"
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Confederate defenses at Petersburg, Virginia, 1865 showing the site of "Fort Mahone"
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Union Army 9th Corps attacking Fort Mahone aka "Fort Damanation" sketch by Alfred Ward.
