The Last Positions
Lee, retreating from Petersburg, reached the hills to the northeast, only to find Grant in position here across his line of retreat, April 8, 1865. The Confederates made an attack early in the morning of April 9. John B. Gordon broke through the opposing cavalry but was stopped by the infantry. Some hours later Lee rode along this road to meet Grant for surrender.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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