Holt's Corner

Shortly before noon on April 6, 1865, elements of Union Gen. George Crook's cavalry division attacked Confederate Gen. Richard H. Anderson's infantry corps as it marched through Holt's Corner. While most of the Army of Northern Virginia continued marching straight ahead to Rice's Depot on the South Side Railroad after crossing Little Sailor's Creek, part of Anderson's corps quickly dug in there to repel Crook's attack. As a result, a gap opened in the Confederate column. After Crook's cavalrymen withdrew, the rest of Anderson's corps continued southwest toward Rice's Depot but found the way blocked at Marshall's Crossroads. Confederate Gen. Richard S. Ewell then ordered the main wagon train following Anderson to turn northwest at that crossroads onto Jamestown Road. Gen. John B. Gordon's corps followed the train, and Union Gen. Andrew A. Humphrey's 2nd Corps followed Gordon in close pursuit.

Virginia · United States