<P> The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1 , 1865 , southwest of Petersburg , Virginia , around the road junction of Five Forks , Dinwiddie County , Virginia , during the end of the Richmond -- Petersburg Campaign ( sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg ) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War . A mobile task force of combined infantry , artillery and cavalry from the Union Army commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan defeated a Confederate States Army combined task force from the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Major General George Pickett . The Union force inflicted over 1,000 casualties on the Confederates and took between 2,400 and 4,000 prisoners while seizing Five Forks , the key to control of the South Side Railroad ( sometimes shown as Southside Railroad ) , a vital Confederate supply line to , and retreat line from , Petersburg . </P>
<P> The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1 , 1865 , southwest of Petersburg , Virginia , around the road junction of Five Forks , Dinwiddie County , Virginia , during the end of the Richmond -- Petersburg Campaign ( sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg ) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War . A mobile task force of combined infantry , artillery and cavalry from the Union Army commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan defeated a Confederate States Army combined task force from the Army of Northern Virginia commanded by Major General George Pickett . The Union force inflicted over 1,000 casualties on the Confederates and took between 2,400 and 4,000 prisoners while seizing Five Forks , the key to control of the South Side Railroad ( sometimes shown as Southside Railroad ) , a vital Confederate supply line to , and retreat line from , Petersburg . </P>
where did the battle of five forks take place
where did the battle of five forks take place
southwest of Petersburg , Virginia , around the road junction of Five Forks , Dinwiddie County , Virginia
southwest of Petersburg , Virginia , around the road junction of Five Forks , Dinwiddie County , Virginia