Talk:Battle of Sailor's Creek

Battle name
I would like to update the name of this article to be Battle of Sailor's Creek. I have updated the article to include a lot of information that evaluates the name of the battle at the time versus some current US government names. Any objections? Hal Jespersen (talk) 21:32, 10 September 2013 (UTC)


 * Since no one has objected to my proposal in two weeks, I am going to try to implement this change. Hal Jespersen (talk) 15:40, 27 September 2013 (UTC)

'Survivors'
Upon seeing the survivors streaming along the road, Lee exclaimed in front of Major General William Mahone, "My God, has the army dissolved?"
 * Was he referring to prisoners or deserters? Valetude (talk) 11:57, 6 October 2018 (UTC)
 * Remnants of the routed troops that were able to escape becoming prisoners without necessarily being part of a formation. When retreating without order this can happen. Most battles would produce a number of those anyway, many to find back into their lines over the next hours or days, thus essentially being scattered but not becoming deserters. ...GELongstreet (talk) 12:25, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

4/7/1865 Grant Sent 1st Letter To Lee Asking For Surrender
I tweaked the article with... The next day, 4/7/1865, General Grant sent his first letter to Gen. Lee asking for the surrender of his army. Two days later, Lee would surrender at Appomattox Court House. 73.85.202.215 (talk) 12:23, 28 February 2021 (UTC)