Qualla: Battle of Lewis's Farm https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:07 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Lewis's Farm https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm Battle of Lewis's Farm: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Joshua Chamberlain's horse was bleeding to death under him when a Confederate soldier came out of the brush and ordered his surrender. The brigadier general from Maine was already wounded, a Minie ball having passed through his sleeve, hit his bridle hand, struck his chest, and lodged in the lining of his coat without quite breaking the skin. He had been knocked off the horse, climbed back on, and kept moving forward. Lewis's Farm was the opening fight of what is now called the Appomattox Campaign. The National Park Service considers it the start of the eleven days of running combat that ended with Lee's surrender. It happened on a muddy farm clearing on March 29, 1865, on the Quaker Road south of Petersburg, and most of what you need to know about how the war was about to end is contained in the way it began.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/dq8g-battle-of-lewiss-farm-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Lewis's Farm: Grant's Last Move https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Ulysses Grant had been trying for nine months to cut Robert E. Lee's supply lines around Petersburg. On March 24, 1865, he issued the orders for the offensive that would do it. Two Union infantry corps, Warren's V and Humphreys' II, would move southwest to support Phil Sheridan's...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/dq8g-battle-of-lewiss-farm-grants-last-move.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Lewis's Farm: Chamberlain on the Quaker Road https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Warren's V Corps of 17,000 men moved at 3 a.m. and headed west to the Quaker Road intersection. From his immediate orders, Warren initially sent only Chamberlain's brigade up the Quaker Road. They marched 1.5 miles north and reached Gravelly Run, where the bridge had been destroy...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/dq8g-battle-of-lewiss-farm-chamberlain-on-the-quaker-road.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Lewis's Farm: The Wound https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Major General Charles Griffin, Chamberlain's division commander, rode up and told him the Confederate position had to be taken. Chamberlain's Pennsylvania regiment was already falling back from a Confederate counter-charge. He rallied them, then his horse was hit. He went forward...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/dq8g-battle-of-lewiss-farm-the-wound.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Lewis's Farm: Pearson and the Sawdust Pile https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. Reinforcements arrived. The 188th New York and the 155th Pennsylvania Zouaves of Colonel Edgar Gregory's brigade came up. Colonel Alfred L. Pearson led the Pennsylvanians toward the sawdust pile the Confederates were using for cover, grabbed the regimental colors, and charged. Hi...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/8/g/battle-of-lewis-s-farm-wp/dq8g-battle-of-lewiss-farm-pearson-and-the-sawdust-pile.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Lewis's Farm: What Lewis's Farm Bought https://qualla.com/battle-of-lewis-s-farm/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. By the end of the day, Warren held the junction of the Quaker Road and the Boydton Plank Road. That road had been one of the last Confederate supply routes into Petersburg. Sheridan's cavalry reached Dinwiddie Court House at about 5 p.m. and severed it further. The Confederate fl...

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