MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 1
THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 1
April 1 in history
1865 — Five Forks
1 Apr 1865 — Sheridan crushes Pickett at the crossroads guarding the last railroad into Petersburg. The next morning Grant attacks along the whole line, and the ten-month siege ends in a day.
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