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Five Forks Intersection
Photographer: Bill Coughlin
Taken: April 24, 2007
Caption: Five Forks Intersection
Additional Description: The Five Forks intersection was the objective of the Union attack on April 1, 1865. With its fall, and the subsequent fall of the South Side Railroad, Lee was forced to evacuate Petersburg and Richmond, and begin his retreat to Appomattox.
Submitted: March 15, 2008, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.
Database Locator Identification Number: p18589
File Size: 3.569 Megabytes

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