Union troops seize the South Side Railroad
April 2, 1865, Sutherland's Station, Virginia.
- Date
- April 2, 1865
- Where
- Sutherland's Station, Virginia
- What happened
- Cut
- Event
- 160 of 174
Miles's division drove off the Confederates at Sutherland's Station and took the South Side Railroad, Lee's last supply line into Petersburg. Lee evacuated Petersburg and Richmond that night.
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