What is Battle of Five Forks?
{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Battle of Five Forks | image = Battle of Five Forks Kurz & Allison.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = Sheridan's charge at Five Forks<br />(lithograph published c.1886) | partof = the [[American Civil War]] | date = {{Start date|1865|4|1}} | place = Five Forks, [[Dinwiddie County, Virginia]] | coordinates = {{coord|37|08|22|N|77|37|22|W|display=inline,title}} | result = [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory | combatant1 = {{flagicon|USA|1865}} United States ([[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]) | combatant2 = {{flagicon|CSA|1865}} [[Confederate States of America|Confederate States (Confederacy)]] | commander1 = [[Philip Sheridan]]<br />[[Gouverneur K. Warren]] | commander2 = [[George Pickett]] | units1 = [[V Corps (Union Army)|V Corps]] | units2 = Units<ref>See [[Five Forks Confederate order of battle]]</ref> from [[Army of Northern Virginia]] | strength1 = 22,000<ref name=cwsac>[http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/CWSII/VirginiaBattlefieldProfiles/Elthams%20Landing%20to%20Five%20Forks.pdf CWSAC Report Update]</ref> | strength2 = 10,600<ref name=cwsac/> | casualties1 = '''830'''<ref name=NPS>[http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va088.htm National Park Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030402031837/http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va088.htm |date=2003-04-02 }}</ref> | casualties2 = '''2,950'''<ref name=NPS/> | campaignbox = }} The '''Battle of Five Forks''' was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of [[Petersburg, Virginia]], near the Five Forks, at the end of the [[Siege of Petersburg]], and at the end of the [[American Civil War]]. == References == {{Reflist}}{{History-stub}}{{Military-stub}} [[Category:American Civil War battles]] [[Category:1865 in the United States]]