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![[Map of Lee's retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House, Va.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvbWFwLW9mLWxlZXMtcmV0cmVhdC1mcm9tLXBldGVyc2J1cmctdG8tYXBwb21hdHRveC1jb3VydC1ob3VzZS12YS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/215/jpg "[Map of Lee's retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox Court House, Va.]")
![[Map of northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia showing movement of Union troops under the command of Gen. Edward M. McCook].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTkvbWFwLW9mLW5vcnRoZWFzdGVybi1hbGFiYW1hLWFuZC1ub3J0aHdlc3Rlcm4tZ2VvcmdpYS1zaG93aW5nLW1vdmVtZW50LW9mLXVuaW9uLTRhZTk2Yi02NDAuanBn/40/34/webp "[Map of northeastern Alabama and northwestern Georgia showing movement of Union troops under the command of Gen. Edward M. McCook].")
![[Map of Spotsylvania Court House]., Confederate States of America](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjQvMDEvMDEvbWFwLW9mLXNwb3RzeWx2YW5pYS1jb3VydC1ob3VzZS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "[Map of Spotsylvania Court House]., Confederate States of America")
![[Petersburg, Virginia Courthouse] - 19th century Virginia.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1jb3VydGhvdXNlLTItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia Courthouse] - 19th century Virginia.")
![[Map of the environs of Petersburg from the Appomattox River to the Jerusalem Plank Road showing entrenchments occupied by Federal forces] /](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvbWFwLW9mLXRoZS1lbnZpcm9ucy1vZi1wZXRlcnNidXJnLWZyb20tdGhlLWFwcG9tYXR0b3gtcml2ZXItdG8tdGhlLWplcnVzYWxlbS0xNDM1NzMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Map of the environs of Petersburg from the Appomattox River to the Jerusalem Plank Road showing entrenchments occupied by Federal forces] /")
![[Petersburg, Virginia Mills on the Appomattox River near Campbell's Bridge]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1taWxscy1vbi10aGUtYXBwb21hdHRveC1yaXZlci1uZWFyLWNhbXBiZWxscy1icmlkZ2UtMS02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia Mills on the Appomattox River near Campbell's Bridge]")
![[Broadway Landing, Virginia Pontoon bridge across the Appomattox]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvYnJvYWR3YXktbGFuZGluZy12YS1wb250b29uLWJyaWRnZS1hY3Jvc3MtdGhlLWFwcG9tYXR0b3gtMS02NDAuanBn/40/40/webp "[Broadway Landing, Virginia Pontoon bridge across the Appomattox]")
![[Petersburg, Virginia Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy12YS1yb3ctb2Ytc3RhY2tlZC1mZWRlcmFsLXJpZmxlcy1ob3VzZXMtYmV5b25kLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Petersburg, Virginia Row of stacked Federal rifles; houses beyond]")
