American Civil War: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sailor's_Creek" id="mwiw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Sailor's Creek">Battle of Sailor's Creek</a>: Confederate General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Robert E. Lee">Robert E. Lee</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_Northern_Virginia" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Army of Northern Virginia">Army of Northern Virginia</a> fights and loses its last major battle while in retreat from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond, Virginia</a>, during the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appomattox_Campaign" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Appomattox Campaign">Appomattox Campaign</a>.