after the battle, griffin's division moved up to occupy the junction of the quaker road and boydton plank road near the end of the confederate white oak road line. late in the afternoon of march 29, 1865, sheridan's cavalry occupied dinwiddie court house on the boydton plank road without opposition. the union forces had cut the boydton plank road in two places and were close to the confederate line and in a strong position to move a large force against both the confederate right flank and the crucial road junction at five forks in dinwiddie county to which lee was just sending defenders. the union forces were also nearly in position to attack the two remaining confederate railroad connections with petersburg and richmond, if they could take five forks.