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Fiction Ulysses S. Grant > Chapter LXVI. Ulysses S. Grant Battle
of Sailors CreekEngagement at FarmvilleCorrespondence with
General LeeSheridan Intercepts the Enemy going westward, takes a
long sweep to the south-west from the neighborhood of the
Richmond and Danville Railroad bridge, and then trends north-
westerly. Sailors Creek, an insignificant stream, running
northward, empties into the Appomattox between the High Bridge
and Jetersville. Near the High Bridge the stage road from
Petersburg to Lynchburg crosses the Appomattox River, also on a
bridge. The railroad runs on the north side of the river to
Farmville, a few miles west, and from there, recrossing,
continues on the south side of it. The roads coming up from the
south-east to Farmville cross the Appomattox River there on a
bridge and run on the north side, leaving the Lynchburg and
Petersburg Railroad well to the left. Lee, in