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Lee's army, retreating toward Danville, reached this place on April 4-5, 1865, only to find that the supplies ordered here had gone on to Richmond. The famished soldiers were forced to halt to forage. As a result, when Lee resumed the march in the afternoon of April 5, he found that Sheridan was at Jetersville blocking the way south.
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Amelia Court House, Virginia · United States
