Date and Location
- March 31, 1865
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Campaign
Principal Union Commanders
- Major General Philip Sheridan
Principal Confederate Commanders
- Major General George Pickett
- Major General W.H. Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee
Union Forces Engaged
- Army of the Potomac (Cavalry Corps and the 2nd and 5th Corps)
Confederate Forces Engaged
- Army of Northern Virginia (Fitzhugh Lee’s Cavalry and Pickett’s Infantry Division)
Number of Union soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 9,000
Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 10,600
Estimated Union Casualties
- 354 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)
Estimated Confederate Casualties
- 760 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)
Results of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
- The outcome of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was a Confederate victory.
Timeline of the Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
These are the main battles and events of the Appomattox Campaign in order.
- March 29, 1865 — Battle of Lewis’s Farm
- March 31, 1865 — Battle of White Oak Road
- March 31, 1865 — Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
- April 1, 1865 — Battle of Five Forks
- April 2, 1865 — Third Battle of Petersburg
- April 2, 1865 — Battle of Sutherland’s Station
- April 3, 1865 — Battle of Namozine Church
- April 5–6, 1865 — Battle of Amelia Springs
- April 6, 1865 — Battle of Sailor’s Creek
- April 6, 1865 — Battle of Rice’s Station
- April 6–7, 1865 — Battle of High Bridge
- April 7, 1865 — Battle of Cumberland Church
- April 8, 1865 — Battle of Appomattox Station
- April 9, 1865 — Battle of Appomattox Court House
- April 9, 1865 — Surrender at Appomattox Court House