Five Forks Battlefield

	Five Forks Battlefield
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	Battle of Five Forks
Location	Five Forks, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, USA
Nearest city	Petersburg, Virginia
Coordinates	37°8′29″N 77°36′48″W
Area	1,215 acres (4.92 km2)
NRHP reference No.	66000830
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	December 19, 1960

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. The Confederate loss caused them to abandon that city, which undermined the defense of Richmond, the Confederate capital. Final surrender of the Confederate forces would occur at Appomattox Courthouse eight days later.

Part of the battlefield site is a unit of Petersburg National Battlefield, with public access that includes access trails to points of interest in the area. An area of more than 1,200 acres (490 ha) around Five Forks was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. The Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 419 acres (1.70 km²) of the battlefield.

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