Table Of ContentThe Appomattox Campaign : March 29-
title:
April 9, 1865 Great Campaigns
author: Calkins, Chris.
publisher: Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 0938289543
print isbn13: 9780938289548
ebook isbn13: 9780585116136
language: English
subject Appomattox Campaign, 1865.
publication date: 1997
lcc: E477.67.C34 1997eb
ddc: 973.7/38
subject: Appomattox Campaign, 1865.
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Appomattox Campaign
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GREAT CAMPAIGN SERIES
The Antietam Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign
The Chancellorsville Campaign
The First Air Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign
Jackson's Valley Campaign
The Little Bighorn Campaign
MacArthur's New Guinea Campaign
The Midway Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign
The Petersburg Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign
Rommel's North Africa Campaign
The Second Bull Run Campaign
The Shiloh Campaign
The Vicksburg Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign
The Wilderness Campaign
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Appomattox Campaign
March 29 - April 9, 1865
Chris M. Calkins
COMBINED BOOKS
Pennsylvania
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Contents
Acknowledgments 7
I 9
The Beginning of the Appomattox Campaign, March 29 -
April 1
II 43
Fall of Petersburg, April 2
III 63
Rendezvous at Amelia Court House, April 3 - 4
IV 85
A Roadblock at Jetersville Causes a Change in Plans,
April 4 - 5
V 97
The Race for Farmville: High Bridge and Sailor's Creek,
April 6
VI 123
A Fatal Mistake: High Bridge and Cumberland Church,
April 7
VII 147
The Final Days' March and the Battle of Appomattox
Station, April 8
VIII 159
Last Bloodshed: Battle of Appomattox Court House, April
9
IX 185
Epilogue: The Final Bivouac, April 10 - 12
Order of Battle 213
Bibliography 229
Index 233
Sidebars
The Warren Court of Inquiry for the Battle of Five Forks 38
The Death of Confederate General Ambrose P. Hill 60
The Geography of Southside, Virginia 80
The Capture of Confederate General Rufus Barringer Near 82
Namozine Church
The Almost Battle of Jetersville 94
Sayler's, Sailor's or Sailer's Creek 118
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Lieutenant George Peck, 2nd Rhode Island, and His 119
Experiences in the Battle of Little Sailor's Creek
The History of the South Side Railroad and High Bridge 139
Generals Thomas Smythe and James Dearing: The Last 140
Union and Confederate General to Die in the War
Capture of Union General J.Irvin Gregg near Farmville 143
"Lee's Retreat"Was It Actually One? 180
Black Troops in the Union and Confederate Armies 181
During the Last Campaign
Lt. Col. Briscoe G. Baldwin's Report to Lee on the 196
Ordnance Department State of Affairs
The Danville Expedition, April 23-27, 1865 198
Numbers and Losses in the Appomattox Campaign 200
Medal of Honor Recipients in the Appomattox Campaign 203
Arms and Artillery in the Appomattox Campaign 207
Lee's Retreat Today 209
Maps
Map Symbol Key 8
The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House 23
Battle of Five Forks, April 1, 1865 31
The Petersburg Front, April 2, 1865 44
Sutherland Station, April 2, 1865 47
Battle of Fort Gregg, 1:00 p.m., April 2, 1865 50
Richmond-Petersburg to Burkeville Jct. 56
Amelia Court House to Appomattox Station 57
Action at Namozine Church, April 3, 1865 72
Troop Movements, Morning April 6, 1865 98
Cavalry Battle for High Bridge, April 6, 1865 102
Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, Noon to 4 p.m. 106
Little Sailor's Creek, Ewell's Counterattack 110
Little Sailor's Creek, April 6, 1865, 5 p.m. to Night 111
Cumberland Church, April 7, 1865, 4 p.m. to Night 132
Appomattox Station, April 8, 1865 152
Appomattox Court House, April 9, 1865 160
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