Battle of Five Forks

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The Battle of Five Forks was a decisive American Civil War engagement in April 1865 in Virginia, where Union forces broke Confederate lines, leading directly to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond and the surrender at Appomattox.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Five Forks canonical 22
Five Forks 1
Five Forks Battlefield Unit 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Five Forks ⓘ
associatedWith Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Robert E. Lee ⓘ
South Side Railroad ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commander Fitzhugh Lee ⓘ
George Armstrong Custer ⓘ
George E. Pickett ⓘ
linked to: George Pickett

George G. Meade ⓘ
Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
linked to: Philip Sheridan

Thomas L. Rosser ⓘ
confederateForces Cavalry under Fitzhugh Lee ⓘ
Pickett’s Division ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1865-04-01 ⓘ
endDate 1865-04-01 ⓘ
followedBy Appomattox Campaign retreat of Confederate forces ⓘ
Fall of Richmond ⓘ
Third Battle of Petersburg ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
historicalReputation Known as the "Waterloo of the Confederacy" by some historians ⓘ
locationDescription Intersection of five roads known as Five Forks ⓘ
notableEvent Relief of Gouverneur K. Warren from command of V Corps by Philip H. Sheridan ⓘ
objective Cut the South Side Railroad ⓘ
partOf Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
place Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dinwiddie Court House ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1865-04-01 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicSignificance Broke the end of the Confederate defensive line protecting Petersburg ⓘ
Contributed to the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House ⓘ
Directly preceded the fall of Petersburg ⓘ
Directly preceded the fall of Richmond ⓘ
Forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate line at Five Forks collapsed ⓘ
Union forces overwhelmed the Confederate flank ⓘ
unionForces Army of the Potomac V Corps ⓘ
linked to: Union V Corps

Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Appomattox Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Philip Sheridan → notableBattle → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Gouverneur Kemble Warren → participantIn → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Dinwiddie County, Virginia → contains → Five Forks, Virginia ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Five Forks
Dinwiddie County, Virginia → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
George Pickett → participatedIn → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Petersburg National Battlefield → hasPart → Five Forks Battlefield Unit ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Five Forks
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road → followedBy → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → followedBy → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of Five Forks → alsoKnownAs → Five Forks ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Five Forks
Battle of Appomattox Court House → precededBy → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Wesley Merritt → participantIn → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Union V Corps → engagedInBattle → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Gouverneur K. Warren → participantIn → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of Sailor Creek → precededBy → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Romeyn B. Ayres → foughtIn → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Lewis Farm → relatedEvent → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Bushrod Johnson’s division → engagement → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of Quaker Road → followedBy → Battle of Five Forks ⓘ