Battle of Appomattox Station

April 8, 1865 · Appomattox County

Result Union victory

Union cavalry under George Custer captured Confederate supply trains at Appomattox Station and blocked Lee's line of retreat. Lee surrendered the next day.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Philip Henry Sheridan military commander

George Armstrong Custer military commander

E. O. C. Ord military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 4,000c. 4,000
Killed: 5–32
Wounded: 40–86
Missing: 3

Strength: 3,000c. 3,000

Units

Army of the James Army of the Potomac Army of the Shenandoah (Union) 11th Maine Infantry Regiment 185th New York Infantry Regiment 199th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment 1st Maine Infantry Regiment 1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 2nd New York Cavalry Regiment 2nd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 39th Illinois Infantry Regiment 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment 62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 67th Ohio Infantry Regiment 87th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

Army of Northern Virginia 12th Virginia Cavalry Regiment 24th Virginia Infantry Regiment 4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment