Battle of Five Forks

Battle of Five Forks
Part of the American Civil War
Sheridan's charge at Five Forks (lithograph published c.1886)
Date April 1, 1865 (1865-04-01) Location Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Virginia 37°08′22″N 77°37′22″W / 37.13944°N 77.62278°W / 37.13944; -77.62278 Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Philip Sheridan Gouverneur K. Warren	George Pickett
Units involved
V Corps	Units[1] from Army of Northern Virginia
Strength
22,000[2]	10,600[2]
Casualties and losses
830[3]	2,950[3]

The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, near the Five Forks, at the end of the Siege of Petersburg, and at the end of the American Civil War.

1. ↑ See Five Forks Confederate order of battle
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} CWSAC Report Update
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} National Park Service Archived 2003-04-02 at the Wayback Machine