Battle of Amelia Springs
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The Battle of Amelia Springs, Virginia was an engagement between the Union Army and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia that occurred on April 5, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. It was followed by a second rear guard action near the same location on the night of April 5, 1865 and morning of April 6, 1865 during the Union Army pursuit of the Confederate forces which were fleeing westward after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia at the Third Battle of Petersburg on April 2, 1865. The actions took place just prior to the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865. That battle would be the last major engagement between the Union Army under the overall direction of Union General-in-Chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before that Confederate army's surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
1865
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United States,
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Location: 37.3344, -78.079, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
5 places
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1865 | Battle of Amelia Springs | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1865 | Battle of High Bridge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1865 | Battle of Rice's Station | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1865 | Battle of Sailor's Creek | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1865 | Battle of Cumberland Church | battle | Wikidata |