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		BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA--A GALLANT CHARGE--COMPLETE ROUT OF THE ENEMY--PURSUIT OF THE CONFEDERATES--GENERAL BRAGG--REMARKS ON CHATTANOOGA.
		In the battle of Chattanooga, troops from the Army of the Potomac, from the Army of the Tennessee, and from the Army of the Cumberland participated.
		The road had been cut up to as great a depth as clay could be by mules and wagons, and in that condition frozen; so that the ride of six days from Strawberry Plains to Lexington over these holes and knobs in the road was a very cheerless one, and very disagreeable.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/5/8/6/5863/5863.txt (22218 words)

	Appomattox Campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Appomattox Campaign (March 29 – April 9, 1865) was a series of battles fought in Virginia that culminated in the surrender of Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and the effective end of the American Civil War.
		The Appomattox campaign was preceded by the unsuccessful Battle of Fort Stedman on March 25, the concluding battle in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.
		Warren assaulted Confederate trenches along White Oak Road, but was repulsed temporarily by a counterattack from Bushrod Johnson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Appomattox_Campaign (1439 words)

	Dixie Outfitters
		The battle raged for over 20 hours along the center of the Confederate line—the top of the inverted U—which became known as the "Bloody Angle." Lee's men eventually constructed a second line of defense behind the original Rebel trenches, and fighting ceased just before dawn on May 13.
		Battle of New Market, Virginia: Students from the Virginia Military Institute take part in the Battle of New Market, part of the multipronged Union offensive in the spring of 1864 designed to take Virginia out of the war.
		The courage of the VMI cadets at the Battle of New Market became legendary, and the pressure was temporarily off of the Rebels in the Shenandoah Valley.
	www.dixieoutfitters.com /heritage/tl4.shtml (2355 words)

	Chapter LXIII. Grant, Ulysses S. 1885–86. Personal Memoirs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The overcoat extended nearly to his feet, and was so large that it gave him the appearance of being an average-sized man. He took this off when he reached the cabin of the boat, and I was struck with the apparent change in size, in the coat and out of it.
		They, too, were waiting for dry roads, or a condition of the roads which would make it possible to move.
		The night of the 24th of March was fixed upon for this assault, and General Gordon was assigned to the execution of the plan.
	www.bonus.com /contour/bartlettqu/http@@/www.bartleby.com/1011/63.html (3279 words)

	PERSONAL MEMOIRS U. S. GRANT, Part 6.
		These roads were so important to his very existence while he remained in Richmond and Petersburg, and of such vital importance to him even in case of retreat, that naturally he would make most strenuous efforts to defend them.
		Parke's corps followed by the same road, and the Army of the James was directed to follow the road which ran alongside of the South Side Railroad to Burke's Station, and to repair the railroad and telegraph as they proceeded.
		That road was a 5 feet gauge, while our rolling stock was all of the 4 feet 8 1/2 inches gauge; consequently the rail on one side of the track had to be taken up throughout the whole length and relaid so as to conform to the gauge of our cars and locomotives.
	www.gutenberg.org /dirs/5/8/6/5865/5865-h/5865-h.htm (21725 words)

	The Five Forks Campaign
		The Battle of Five Forks is the most well-known of the later battles of the siege, and also the most controversial.
		Both arteries were vital to Lee's communications, as the White Oak Road was the only direct route between Petersburg and Pickett's force opposing Sheridan, and the Boydton Plank Road was a necessary part of Lee's fragile communications with the rest of the Confederacy.
		To compound the problem, Warren had decided that withdrawing from close contact with the Confederates along White Oak Road required the corps commander's personal attention, and so he he was at the rear of the column of march, decidedly not where Sheridan thought he should be.
	members.aol.com /siege1864/five.html (4212 words)

	Trust Preserves Portion of White Oak Road Battlefield
		DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va. - The White Oak Road battlefield, whose preservation was cited by the federal government as a "top priority," has come a step closer to that goal with the acquisition of 29.7 acres that include Confederate earthworks.
		The newly preserved land, at the intersection of White Oak and Claiborne roads, lies just east of another 30 acres that was saved in 1989 by the Association for the Preservation for Civil War Sites, a predecessor of the Trust.
		The 1989 purchase preserved a portion of the Confederate earthworks on White Oak Road.
	www.civilwarnews.com /archive/articles/white_oak_preserved.htm (334 words)

	Battle of Wilson's Creek
		The hill overlooked a wilderness of rambling streams, rocky outcroppings and heavy growths of brush and scrub oak.
		Over the din of battle, a Confederate commander shouted to his troops to aim for the belly; a man died slowly from such a wound, giving him time to meet his maker.
		The battle was counted a victory for the Confederates, for they remained in possession of the field.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/1117/oakhill.html (1782 words)

	Battle of White Sulphur Springs
		The road to Huntersville was taken on the 21st as far as Gibson's Store, my advance, conducted by Lieutenant Rumsey, aide-de-camp, driving about 300 of the enemy before it, during the march, to within 5 miles of Huntersville.
		The ambulances loaded with wounded, the caissons, wagons, and long columns of horses were placed in proper order upon the road, details made for the attendance of the wounded, trees prepared to fall across the gorge when our artillery should have passed, and commanding officers received their instructions.
		Chapman's battery of four pieces now came up at a gallop, and immediately formed battery to the left of the Huntersville road in rear of Colonel Edgar's battalion and on a knoll, and opened fire upon the road along which the enemy was advancing and upon his reconnoitering parties, which had now appeared.
	www.wvculture.org /history/civilwar/whitesulphur01.html (7331 words)

	Appomattox Campaign Home Page
		The campaign opened with a victory for General Robert E. Lee and his Confederate Army in the Battle of White Oak Road.
		Battles between Lee's retreating army and the Grant's pursuers continued westward through Amelia to Rice to the bloody Saylor's Creek battlefield, around, and then past Farmville, through Cumberland until it all came to an end in the village of Appomattox.
		At the Battle of Five Forks, Warren's V Corp had broken through the Dinwiddie woods past the end of Lee's forces, and the Battle of Sutherland Station broke Lee's supply line from Richmond and Petersburg to the west.
	www.pen.k12.va.us /Pav/Academy1/fiveforks/appmcamp.html (370 words)

	Battle of White Oak Road site photos
		The rural road is not very crowded with cars, but the high speed at which the cars travel and small shoulder with steep ditch makes this a road to cross very carefully.
		Note the small shoulder and ditch next to the White Oak Road (Virginia Route 613).
		This is the first interpretive sign along the walking trail on the land purchased by the Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) at White Oak Road.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc4/whiteoakroad1.htm (408 words)

	Five Forks
		On March 29th, Warren's V Corps advanced on the Quaker Road north toward the Confederate position on the White Oak Road.
		This is photograph from the location of a Confederate gun battery along the line of the White Oak Road near the intersection with the Claiborne Road.
		The Ayres division of V Corps attacked directly down this road, and were not visible until they rounded the bend in the road visible in the distance.
	johnsmilitaryhistory.com /fiveforks.html (947 words)

	Newbury Bypass Factfile: Third Battle of Newbury: A34 road campaign protest Berkshire, England
		Local campaigners battled against the road throughout the 1980s, their efforts culminating in a public inquiry in 1988 (with a minor follow-up inquiry in 1992).
		End of the Road: Managing Newbury's traffic to reduce congestion and pollution without a western bypass: An alternative to the Newbury bypass produced by Friends of the Earth, WWF UK, and the Third Battle of Newbury.
		Roads minister John Watts is criticized for saying he would be happy to see "Swampy" buried in concrete in an interview with a student.
	newburybypass.ukrivers.net /factfile.html (10905 words)

	White Oak
		A small church, its sides made of logs, marks the entrance to White Oak along Route 3 between Beckley and Whitesville.
		church to the Battle Ridge mine (on left) that is taking the top of the mountain behind the far end of the community.
		Memories of the flood remain for the residents of White Oak.
	www.wvcoalfield.com /newpage17.htm (658 words)

	Isaac Shaw's Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The 2nd Division (Ayres,es) advanced nearest to the White Oak Road, and the rebel defences, and after some sharp fighting were driving back in confusion through Crawford's 3rd Division, which stood its ground and fought harde untill flanked and it was also forced back in disorder.
		In this battle (Five Forks) the 5th Corps captured 3244 men with their arms, 11 regimental colors, and one four gun battery with their caissons.
		It certainly was the last battle for me for I was sent to the First Corps Hospital at City Point, with a bad wound in the right hand.
	members.aol.com /ny91st/diary.html (5238 words)

	Clarion Chapter 28 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Before embarking for White House the regiment, on the 30th of January, 1863, took a prominent part in the battle of Deserted House or Kelly’s store.
		The regiment reached White House on the 25th of June, and on the 26th it captured General William F.H. Lee and eighty-four men, five hundred mules and horses, also a wagon train and ammunition.
		On the 4th of July, 1863 the company was engaged at Hanover Junction, and on the 28th of July it was hotly engaged at Jackson, N.C. The company was with the regiment in the fight at Bottom’s Bridge on the Chickahominy, Sunday, February 7, 1864.
	www.accessible.com /amcnty/PA/Clarion/Clarion28.htm (4174 words)

	Veterans of the 188th
		He was hit by a musket ball in the chest during the battle of Hatcher's Run but his life was spared by a bible and pocket watch in his jacket pocket.
		Was hit twice in the Battle of Hatcher's Run but neither broke the skin, one going through his pants and one stopping in his blanket.
		Edwin was wounded in action during the Battle of Hatcher's Run, October 28, 1864 by a mini ball "carrying away the second finger and dislocating the third and fourth fingers" of his left hand.
	home.swbell.net /jcanders/veterans.html (1719 words)

	Colonel Joshua Chamberlain & the 20th Maine at Gettysburg
		The 20th Maine Infantry was held in reserve during the Battle of Antietam on September 17, though Chamberlain witnessed first-hand the horrors of the battlefield and its aftermath.
		His color-staff planted in the ground at his side, the upper part clasped in his elbow, so holding the flag upright, with musket and cartridges seized from the fallen comrade at his side he was defending his sacred trust in the manner of the songs of chivalry.
		On June 18, 1864, Chamberlain was seriously wounded at the Battle of White Oak Road outside of Petersburg.
	www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/sidebar/chambln.htm (1843 words)

	88th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
		Based on different battle records given for the 88th, the 88th was involved in action at two battles that were considered part of the Richmond-Petersburg campaign, and the Appomattox campaign.
		The line of march was along the Halifax road parallel to the Weldon Railroad, beyond the breastworks turning sharply westward and crossing Rowanty Creek at Monk's Neck Bridge and road, then north on the Quaker road, finally reaching Boydton plank road near the junction of the two roads, where the corps halted and entrenched.
		About noon a general advance was made against the Southern works along the White Oak road, defended by the brigades of Hunton, Wise, McGowan, and Gracie; but the assault was repelled, the enemy advancing and, flanking Crawford and Ayres, forced them back upon Griffin, where the broken battalions reformed.
	www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/history/american/88th.htm (8082 words)

	Virginia Historical Markers
		In the field a short distance north of this road, the Confederate General A.P. Hill was killed, April 2, 1865.
		Named for the Whitworth family of Mayfield, the farm on which it was built, this outpost (a quarter-mile east) and Fort Gregg, 400 yards to the south, were constructed to protect the western approaches to Petersburg during the 1864-1865 siege.
		Battersea was the home of Colonel John Banister, a member of the House of Burgesses, the Revolutionary conventions, and the Continental Congress, as well as a framer of the Articles of Confederation and the first mayor of Petersburg.
	www.historical-markers.org /distance/index.cgi?mid=153_5376 (4123 words)

	Civil War Battle History of White Oak Road, Virginia
		Control of this road was of strategic value, as it provided the main route for supplies from North Carolina to Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
		On March 31, General Robert E. Lee was visiting the White Oak Road lines when informed that Federal forces were forming in his front to gain control of the road.
		An interpretive trail with wayside exhibits and markers was completed in March 1998 and a brochure of the battle and the site is available at the trailhead near the parking area.
	www.civilwar.org /historyclassroom/hc_whiteoakrdhist.htm (523 words)

	Battle Summary: White Oak Road, VA
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		Warren pushed the V Corps forward and entrenched a line to cover the Boydton Plank Road from its intersection with Dabney Mill Road south to Gravelly Run.
		Philip Sheridan’s thrust via Dinwiddie Court House, Warren directed his corps against the Confederate entrenchments along White Oak Road, hoping to cut Lee’s communications with Pickett at Five Forks.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/va087.htm (197 words)

	On The Road: Rowan Oak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		When I walked up to the house, students from the university were scattered around the grounds and the porches, each with a drawing pad, sketching.
		Even now, it's odd how small the sign is at Rowan Oak, how difficult it was to find his grave site.
		The Lafayette County Courthouse, with the statue of a Confederate solidier on the north west side and a flag pole on the south east side (with an American and Confederate flag).
	www.garymkatz.com /OnTheRoad/rowanoak.htm (1427 words)

	Visit American Civil War Battle sites - White Oak Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		General Description: The Property at White Oak Road is comprised of 60 acres.
		Control of this road was of strategic value, as it provided the main route for supplies from North Carolina to General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
		On the north side of the road are trenches and a well-preserved one-gun battery facing in the direction of the battlefield.
	www.civilwar.org /travelandevents/t_vs_whiteoakrd.htm (722 words)

	Classic Book Library - Personal Memoirs Of U. S. Grant (Complete) by U. S. Grant
		Headquarters Moved To Memphis--On The Road To Memphis--Escaping Jackson--Complaints And Requests--Halleck Appointed Commander-In-Chief--Return To Corinth--Movements Of Bragg--Surrender Of Clarksville--The Advance Upon Chattanooga--Sheridan Colonel Of A Michigan Regiment.
		Battle Of Spottsylvania--Hancock's Position--Assault Of Warren's And Wright's Corps--Upton Promoted On The Field--Good News From Butler And Sheridan.
		Battle Of Sailor's Creek--Engagement At Farmville --Correspondence With General Lee--Sheridan Intercepts The Enemy.
	classicbook.info /books/personal-memoirs-of-u-s-grant-complete- (1066 words)

	Siege of Petersburg
		The Battle of Fort Stedman illustrated the extent of Lee's folly.
		Although the Confederate force took the fort and rolled up the flanks of the Union line, they were easily turned back by a counterattack on the banks of Harrison Creek, which runs behind the fort.
		Grant attacked at White Oak Swamp Road, gaining a foothold on the Boydton Plank Road and severing Lee's supply line.
	blueandgraytrail.com /event/Siege_of_Petersburg (712 words)

	Battle of Lewis Farm, Virginia site photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This interpretive marker is the second on the path at the Battle of White Oak Road park.
		The marker interprets the Battle of Lewis' Farm (Quaker Road) fought March 29, 1865.
		Since the Battle of Lewis' Farm set the stage for the Battle of White Oak Road, it is located just after the marker indicating the walking trail route
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc4/whiteoakroad2.htm (105 words)

	Virginia Civil War Battle White Oak Swamp
		The Union rearguard under Major General William Franklin stopped Jackson's divisions at the White Oak Bridge crossing, resulting in an artillery duel, while the main battle raged two miles farther south at Glendale or Frayser's Farm.
		White Oak Swamp can be considered part of the Glendale engagement.
		Filmed on location, the reenactors depict the violent mayhem of the hornet's nest at Shiloh, the valiant charge on the sunken road at Antietam, the carnage in the wheat field at Gettysburg, and the brutal fighting at Cold Harbor.
	americancivilwar.com /statepic/va/va020a.html (302 words)

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