Battle of Five Forks Monument

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Visitor Center • Stop 1 • Stop 2 • Stop 3 • Stop 4 • Stop 5

The monument to the Battle of Five Forks is at Stop Three on the Auto Tour. (37°08’24.1″N 77°36’39.0″W; map) It is across the road from the ‘Digging In ‘ and ‘Death of Pegram’ wayside markers.

Battle of Five Forks monument on the Five Forks battlefield near Petersburg, Virginia

From the monument:

Battle of Five Forks

Here at Five Forks on April 1, 1865 10,000 Confederates, commanded by General Pickett, were overwhelmed by about 50,000 Federal troops, led by General Sheridan, thereby opening the way to the Southside Railroad making further defense of Petersburg and Richmond impossible. Withdrawal to Appomattox followed.

Dedicated to the memory of the valiant Dinwiddie soldiers, as well as to all soldiers of the South and North, taking part in this encounter.

Presented by the Dinwiddie Confederate Memorial Association and erected by the Dinwiddie Civil War Centennial Commission April 1, 1965