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