Battle of Dinwiddie Court House

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Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
Began:

March 31, 1865

Ended:

Same day

Location:

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Theater:

Eastern Theater

Campaign:

Appomattox Campaign

Outcome:

Confederate victory

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Combatants
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Commanders

Philip Sheridan
Major General, USA

George Pickett
Major General, CSA
Fitzhugh Lee
Major General, CSA

Strength

45,247

20,030

Casualties

354

760

  

On March 29, with the Cavalry Corps and the II and V Corps, Sheridan undertook a flank march to turn Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Petersburg defenses. A steady downpour turned the roads to mud, slowing the advance. On March 31, Maj. Gen. W.H. Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry and Pickett’s infantry division met the Union vanguard north and northwest of Dinwiddie Court House and drove it back, temporarily stalling Sheridan’s movement. With Union infantry approaching from the east, Pickett withdrew before daybreak to entrench at the vital road junction at Five Forks. Lee ordered Pickett to hold this intersection at all hazard. (NPS summary)

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Appomattox Campaign, March-April 1865
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American Civil War battles within the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Aldie -- Amelia Springs -- Appomattox Court House -- Appomattox Station -- Aquia Creek -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Ball's Bluff -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Berryville -- Bethel Church -- Blackburn's Ford -- Boydton Plank Road -- Brandy Station -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- 1st Bull Run / 1st Manassas -- 2nd Bull Run / 2nd Manassas -- Cedar Creek -- Cedar Mountain -- Chaffin's Farm -- Chancellorsville -- Chantilly -- Chester Station -- Cloyd's Mountain -- Cockpit Point -- Cold Harbor -- Cool Spring -- Cove Mountain -- Crater -- Cross Keys -- Cumberland Church -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- 1st Deep Bottom -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Dinwiddie Court House -- Dranesville -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Eltham's Landing -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Fisher's Hill -- Five Forks -- Fort Stedman -- Fredericksburg -- Front Royal -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's & Golding's Farm -- Glendale -- Globe Tavern -- Guard Hill -- Hampton Roads -- Hanover Court House -- Hatcher's Run -- Haw's Shop -- High Bridge -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- Kelly's Ford -- 1st Kernstown -- 2nd Kernstown -- Lewis's Farm -- Lynchburg -- Malvern Hill -- Manassas Gap -- Manassas Station Operations -- Marion -- 2nd Marye’s Heights -- McDowell -- Middleburg -- Mine Run -- Morton's Ford -- Namozine Church -- New Market -- North Anna -- Oak Grove -- Old Church -- Opequon -- Peebles' Farm -- 1st Petersburg -- 2nd Petersburg -- 3rd Petersburg -- Piedmont -- Port Republic -- Port Walthall Junction -- Proctor's Creek -- 1st Rappahannock Station -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- 1st Ream's Station -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Rice's Station -- Rutherford's Farm -- Saint Mary's Church -- Salem Church -- 1st Saltville -- 2nd Saltville -- Sappony Church -- Savage's Station -- Sayler's Creek -- Seven Pines -- Sewell's Point -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Staunton River Bridge -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Suffolk (Norfleet House) -- Sutherland's Station -- Swift Creek -- Thoroughfare Gap -- Tom’s Brook -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Trevilian Station -- Upperville -- Walkerton -- Ware Bottom Church -- Waynesboro -- White Oak Road -- Wilderness -- Williamsburg -- Wilson's Wharf -- 1st Winchester -- 2nd Winchester -- Yellow Tavern -- Yorktown
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