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Battle of Five Forks

Name: Battle of Five Forks
Start: 1865-04-01
Location: Five Forks

When: April 1, 1865
Where: Five Forks
Part of: Collapse of the Confederacy and end of the American Civil War, March–May 1865

Union victory at Five Forks forced the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.

The Battle of Five Forks was fought southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, around the road junction of Five Forks. It occurred at the end of the Siege of Petersburg. Wright's VI Corps broke through Confederate lines, putting the Army of Northern Virginia to flight.

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