Here, on April 6, 1865, Union general Philip Sheridan cut off and beat back about a quarter of Lee's depleted army.

The battle was the last major engagement of the war in Virginia; Lee's surrender at Appomattox occurred three days later.

[1][4] The park is located on Virginia routes 617, 618, and 619 between Farmville and Burkeville, in Amelia and Prince Edward counties.

These are indicated on topographical maps included in the version of the NRHP documents provided by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.

Some official records called it Sailor, the spelling that the Commonwealth of Virginia uses in its name for the related park.