Five Forks Battlefield is a battlefield of the American Civil War, the location of the Battle of Five Forks (April 1, 1865), in which Union Army forces broke through Confederate Army lines, opening the way to gain control of the last rail line to besieged Petersburg.

Final surrender of the Confederate forces would occur at Appomattox Courthouse eight days later.

[4] General Robert E. Lee had ordered George Pickett's infantry and several units of cavalry to hold Five Forks at all costs.

In the battle on April 1, 1865, Union troops under Gouverneur K. Warren broke through Pickett's lines, while Philip H. Sheridan personally led the cavalry charge, all of which overwhelmed the Confederate forces.

[1] It includes the location of a shad bake (a fish feast), where General Pickett, unaware of the battle going on, was entertained.