On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles north of White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
One of the Confederates trying to stem Gen. Crawford's Union troops was James Breckenridge. Born in Fincastle, Virginia he graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and the law school at the University of Virginia. At the outbreak of the war . . . — — Map (db m180070) HM
On Courthouse Road (Route 627) at White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling south on Courthouse Road.
Confederate General George Pickett's infantry and General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry were ordered to protect the last remaining supply line, the South Side Railroad, coming into Petersburg. The infantry dug a line of entrenchments along White Oak . . . — — Map (db m180065) HM
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613) at Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627), on the left when traveling west on White Oak Road.
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 . . . — — Map (db m180073) HM
On Cox Road at Courthouse Road, on the right when traveling west on Cox Road.
Four miles south is the battlefield of Five Forks. To that point Pickett retired from Dinwiddie Courthouse in the night of March 31, 1865. Sheridan, following, attacked him in the afternoon of April 1, 1865. The Confederates, outnumbered and . . . — — Map (db m18860) HM
On Courthouse Road (Virginia Route 627) 0.5 miles north of White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling north.
The decisive Union movement at the Battle of Five Forks was, for the Federals, a fortunate mistake. While one Union division struck the Confederate left at the Angle, Brig. Gen. Samuel W Crawford’s division passed too far north and missed the . . . — — Map (db m6217) HM
On White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613), on the right when traveling west on White Oak Road. Reported permanently removed.
“Hold Five Forks at all hazards…” Just before noon on April 1, 1865, 10,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. George E. Pickett arrived here at Five Forks. They immediately started digging and by mid-afternoon had constructed a rough earthwork . . . — — Map (db m6226) HM