BATTLE OF DINWIDDIE COURTHOUSE WAR MEMORIAL
THE LAST REBEL YELLS WERE HEARD HERE. GENERAL SHERIDAN RALLIED WITH REINFORCEMENTS THE NEXT DAY, APRIL 1ST, TO PRACTICALLY END THE WAR WHEN THE UNION WON OVERWHELMINGLY AT NEARBY FIVE FORKS, SOMETIMES CALLED THE "WATERLOO OF THE CONFEDERACY." THIS LED TO THE EVACUATION OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND ON APRIL 2, 1865 WITH THE SURRENDER COMING A FEW DAYS LATER AT APPOMATTOX, ON APRIL 9, 1865.
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Cemetery Stones
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1972
Photograph By:
BERNARD FISHER
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