Battle of Fort Stedman

Lee’s failure at Fort Stedman and a spectacular defeat at Five Forks on April 1 forced Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia to evacuate Richmond and Petersburg on the night of April 2, 1865.

…were driven back at the Battle of Fort Stedman, leaving Lee with 50,000 troops as opposed to Grant’s 120,000. Soon after, Grant crushed a main Southern force under General George E. Pickett and General Fitzhugh Lee at the Battle of Five Forks (April 1); the next day the defenders were…