Battle of Dinwiddie Court House

March 31, 1865 · Dinwiddie County

Result Inconclusive

Confederate infantry under George Pickett pushed back Philip Sheridan's Union cavalry at Dinwiddie Court House, Virginia. The next day Sheridan defeated Pickett at Five Forks.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Philip Henry Sheridan military commander

George Pickett military commander

Fitzhugh Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 9,00045,247, 45,247
Casualties: 354
Killed: 67
Wounded: 354
Missing: 583

Strength: 10,60020,030, 20,030
Casualties: 760