Civil War Today

Lee’s first plan had been to lose Grant at Farmville. It had depended upon the destruction of the High Bridge over the Appomattox River and the destruction of the bridges at Farmville. By moving fast Lee could have disappeared into the hill country. Unfortunately for Lee, the High Bridge wasn’t destroyed and Lee found himself attacked at Cumberland Church. Worse, a large column of troops were shadowing his every move, Lee couldn’t know whether this was just a column or the main force of the Union Army. From this point on Lee was being drive toward Appomattox whether he wanted to go there or not.