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Five Forks
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: April 24, 2007
Caption: Five Forks
Additional Description: On April 1, 1865, Union Gen. Philip Sheridan successfully broke the Confederate line at Five Forks. The Confederates fell back to the South Side Railroad, but were eventually driven away. The fall of the South Side Railroad, Lee's last supply line, forced the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.
Submitted: March 15, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p18571
File Size: 3.123 Megabytes

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