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William Swinton, Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac, chapter 13 (search)
he Union forces was conducted by two lines: the troops of the Army of the James, under General Ord, by the line of the Southside or Lynchburg Railroad, towards Burkesville, and Sheridan, with the cavalry and Fifth Corps, followed by the Second and Sixth corps of the Army of the Potomac, by routes near the Appomattox, to strike the Danville Railroad north of Burkesville. Lee's march led by the north bank of the Appomattox for thirty miles west, when it was necessary to cross that stream at Goode's bridge in order to strike the Danville road at Amelia Courthouse, thirty-eight miles west of Richmond and Petersburg. Pushing the advance vigorously during the 3d, Lee next day reached Amelia Courthouse. Here a dire and unlooked—for anguish befell him. When Lee determined to abandon Petersburg and Richmond, he dispatched orders that large supplies of commissary and quartermasters' stores should be sent forward from Danville to Amelia Courthouse, there to await the arrival of his colu