Five Forks Battlefield

Five Forks Battlefield

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caption =
nearest_city= Petersburg, Virginia
locmapin = Virginia
area =
built =1865
architect=
architecture= No Style Listed
designated= December 19, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=634&ResourceType=Site
title=Five Forks Battlefield |accessdate=2008-02-21|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000830

Five Forks Battlefield is the area where, in the American Civil War, General Grant's troops broke the extended lines of General Lee's Confederate forces, leading to collapse of the Confederate defense of Richmond and to surrender at Appomatox Courthouse in just a few days.

Battle

In the battle, Union troops under Hancock and others broke through Pickett's lines.

Commemoration

The battle area was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000830.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: ] |32 KB|date=, 19 |author= |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000830.pdf "Accompanying photos, exterior and interior, from 19."] |32 KB]

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