Battle of Five Forks | Wikipedia audio article
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Battle of Five Forks


00:01:46 1 Background
00:01:55 1.1 Military situation
00:02:04 1.2 Siege of Petersburg
00:05:47 2 Beginning of Appomattox Campaign
00:05:57 2.1 Grant's orders
00:07:49 2.2 Lee's orders
00:08:42 2.3 Union troop movements
00:09:27 2.4 Battle of Lewis's Farm
00:11:24 2.5 Battle of White Oak Road
00:13:54 2.6 Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
00:18:12 3 Opposing Forces
00:18:21 3.1 Union
00:18:29 3.2 Confederate
00:18:38 4 Battle
00:18:46 4.1 V Corps and Mackenzie's division join Sheridan
00:26:33 4.2 Pickett withdraws to Five Forks
00:29:18 4.3 Disposition of Confederate force
00:32:19 4.4 Pursuit of Pickett's force
00:36:17 4.5 Grant sends Sheridan permission to relieve Warren
00:37:07 4.6 Sheridan's plan of attack; V Corps called up
00:42:06 4.7 Mackenzie disperses Roberts's cavalry
00:43:57 4.8 Pickett, Fitzhugh Lee away at shad bake
00:46:16 4.9 Ayres starts V Corps attack; Sheridan at front
00:51:25 4.10 Warren searches for Griffin, Crawford
00:53:39 4.11 Griffin joins the main attack
00:55:19 4.12 Second Confederate left flank line breached
00:57:15 4.13 Sheridan orders Ayres, Griffin, Chamberlain forward
00:58:16 4.14 Crawford moves forward; Warren searches again
00:59:46 4.15 Pickett learns of attack; rides back to battle
01:01:29 4.16 Third Confederate left flank formed, collapses
01:02:57 4.17 Corse, Rooney Lee cover Confederate withdrawal
01:04:28 4.18 Union cavalry attack
01:06:27 4.19 Five Forks taken; Pegram killed
01:08:02 4.20 Miles blocks White Oak Road
01:08:25 4.21 Custer held off; pursues Fitzhugh Lee
01:09:44 4.22 Warren leads a final charge
01:11:54 4.23 Casualties
01:13:12 5 Aftermath
01:13:21 5.1 Confederate survivors move toward railroad
01:13:55 5.2 Sheridan relieves Warren of command
01:15:43 5.3 Porter reports victory to Grant; Grant orders general assault
01:17:20 5.4 Grant sends Confederate flags to Lincoln
01:18:04 5.5 Lee learns of defeat, sends troops west to railroad
01:19:10 5.6 Grant sends Miles division to Sheridan; Sheridan's plan
01:20:27 5.7 Medal of Honor recipients
01:21:03 6 Footnotes



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The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, near the conclusion of the American Civil War. 
The Union Army commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan defeated a Confederate 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 up to 4,000 prisoners while seizing Five Forks, the key to control of the South Side Railroad, a vital supply line and evacuation route.
After the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House (March 31st) at about 10:00 p.m., V Corps infantry began to arrive near the battlefield to reinforce Sheridan's cavalry. Pickett's orders from his commander General Robert E. Lee were to defend Five Forks "at all hazards" because of its strategic importance.
At about 1:00 p.m., Sheridan pinned down the front and right flank of the Confederate line with small arms fire, while the massed V Corps of infantry, commanded by Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, attacked the left flank soon afterwards. Owing to an ‘acoustic shadow’ in the woods, Pickett and cavalry commander Major General Fitzhugh Lee did not hear the opening stage of the battle, and their subordinates couldn’t find them. Although Union infantry could not exploit the enemy’s confusion, owing to lack of reconnaissance, they were able to roll up the Confederate line by chance, helped by Sheridan’s personal encouragement. After the battle, Sheridan controversially relieved Warren of command of V Corps, largely due to private enmity. Meanwhile the Union held Five Forks and the road to the South Side Railroad, causing General Lee to abandon Petersburg and Richmond, and begin his final retreat.