The hundred-mile journey is an absolute must for anyone with an interest in the Civil War and this updated map should enhance the great public history work already done for the Appomattox campaign. He understood that Lee’s situation was extremely desperate. The Appomattox Campaign was an example of masterful, relentless pursuit and maneuver by Grant and Sheridan, skills that had been in short supply by previous generals, such as Meade after Gettysburg and McClellan after Antietam.
What was to become the final campaign for Richmond began when the Federal Army of the Potomac crossed the James River in June 1864. Grant pursued Lee aggressively and captured Richmond on April 3.
It was time to strike.On March 31 Federals attacked and captured Confederate positions along White Oak Road. Wasting no time, Grant attacked Lee’s main lines in the early hours of April 2. Howard series might contain more information and rosters for the Virginia units, not sure if there’s more for the Georgia battalions.Great service to bring together so many sources for those who have followed miles of these roads to locate where their ancestors fought and were captured (in my case at Namozine Church).
Mailing Address: Appomattox Court House National Historical Park P.O. Lee did the best he could under the circumstances, but his supplies, soldiers, …
He understood that Lee’s situation was extremely desperate. Supplies were scarce, troops were deserting in larger numbers, and Lee’s lines were frighteningly thin. Home › Learn › Civil War › Appomattox Campaign. NPS. On March 31 Federals attacked …
Unhappily the link above (“Check out their online brochure here”) connected me to their brochure but with no numbers—only ‘red stars’. The same volume has the report of Major William Starr Basinger, commanding the 18th Georgia Battalion Heavy Artillery, on pages 38-44. In order, they are:Ed your maps are fantastic. The American Battlefield Trust and our members have saved more than 52,000 acres in 24 states!Show your pride in battlefield preservation by shopping in our store. Blue and gray soldiers raced westward during the first week of April 1865.
As damaging as Sailor’s Creek was, however, the Confederate failure to burn High Bridge was more so. Under Lieutenant General U.S. Grant's command, Federal troops applied constant pressure to the Confederate lines around Richmond and Petersburg, and by autumn, three of the four railroads into Petersburg had been cut.
After spending forty-one weeks around Petersburg, Robert E. Lee hoped the Army of Northern Virginia could leave its adversaries behind. You can pick up a copy of this map at the Visitor's Center when you visit the park.
On the morning of April 9, Lee attempted a final breakthrough but the effort failed and he surrendered his army, marking the beginning of the end of the war. Appomattox Campaign Map . This map shows all of the battles that occurred from the Fall of Petersburg through the Surrender at Appomattox Court House. You’re rapidly solidifying yourself as the next generation’s cartographer for Civil War topics.great map! Readers are encouraged to dig into William Marvel’s Calkins spearheaded the creation of the Lee’s Retreat Driving Tour, a self-guided route that roughly follows the Army of Northern Virginia from Petersburg to Appomattox. Supplies were scarce, troops were deserting in larger numbers, and Lee’s lines were frighteningly thin. Civil War Trails maintains this self-guided route today and the organization has placed additional wayside exhibits along the many roads taken westward.
Constantly harassed by Federal cavalry during the retreat, Lee changed the route of his march several times to avoid forces blocking his path. The South Side Railroad remained the only means of rail trans…
Can you help me locate the Number Keys?Thanks for commenting Gene, I based the numbers off the suggested order of visiting the sites, similar to one of the early Lee’s Retreats brochures – I can’t speak for Civil War Trails, but I’d imagine they dropped the number format because it constrains expansion.Gene, send me an email and I can help you find the sites you are looking for.
(Update) The numbers listed on the map correspond with a suggested order of visiting the sites, as originally designated by the first Lee’s Retreat maps. He managed to avoid disaster until a portion of his army was attacked and defeated at Sailor’s Creek on April 6. Many are also open to visitors by national, state and local battlefield park organizations. I looked through my Calkin’s 1983, 1997 and 2000 publications but could not match the Numbers attributed to VA Civil War Trails Markers. Appomattox Campaign Driving Tour Map. where is the best info on Crutchfield’s brigade at Sailors creek?Captain Thomas Ballard Blake, 10th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion, has two articles in Volume 25 of the Southern Historical Society Papers, pages 139-145 and 285-287. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643.Many battlefields are already preserved and restored to their 18th and 19th Century state.
Posted on April 9, 2019 by Edward S. Alexander. Blake wrote another reminiscence in Confederate Veteran, Volume 28, 213-216.The H.E. Ulysses S. Grant’s strategic and personnel decisions enabled his armies to intercept Lee multiple times … Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and Maj. Gen...Five days after Robert E. Lee's men retreated from the trenches of Petersburg, cavalry under Maj...By late March 1865, the battle lines surrounding Petersburg had extended west into Dinwiddie County... …