associated with High Bridge Trail State Park

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The Battle of High Bridge was a late Civil War engagement in April 1865 near Farmville, Virginia, in which Union and Confederate forces fought over a strategic railroad bridge during the Appomattox Campaign.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
associatedEvent retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
associatedWith Appomattox Campaign retreat route ⓘ
High Bridge Trail State Park ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
combatant Confederate States ⓘ
Union ⓘ
commander Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ
George Crook ⓘ
Theodore Read ⓘ
Thomas L. Rosser ⓘ
William Mahone ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentSiteUse rail-trail within High Bridge Trail State Park ⓘ
date April 6–7, 1865 ⓘ
endDate 1865-04-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Appomattox Court House ⓘ
Battle of Appomattox Station ⓘ
Battle of Cumberland Church ⓘ
hasMemorial interpretive signs at High Bridge Trail State Park ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century ⓘ
location Cumberland County, Virginia ⓘ
Prince Edward County, Virginia ⓘ
near Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
near Farmville, Virginia ⓘ
notableFeature one of the highest railroad bridges in the United States at the time ⓘ
objective control of High Bridge railroad crossing ⓘ
destruction or preservation of the South Side Railroad bridge ⓘ
partOf Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Sailor's Creek ⓘ
preservedAt High Bridge Trail State Park ⓘ
railroadBridge High Bridge ⓘ
relatedInfrastructure South Side Railroad ⓘ
result inconclusive ⓘ
tactical Confederate success, strategic Union advantage ⓘ
river Appomattox River ⓘ
startDate 1865-04-06 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicImportance key crossing over the Appomattox River ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
tookPlaceAt High Bridge ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Battle of High Bridge → hasHeritage → associated with High Bridge Trail State Park ⓘ