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The Army forces under Major General James Wilson defeated a Confederate Army force under Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest

Maj Gen Miles's Union division battered Henry Heth's Confederates near Sutherland's Station and drove them off the field. The Confederate defenders were scattered and driven northwestward. Union forces now held Lee's last supply line into Petersburg.

The battle, sometimes referred to as the 'Waterloo of the Confederacy,' pitted Union Gen Philip Sheridan against Confederate Gen George Pickett of Robert Lee's Army of Northern Virginia

Lee shifted his defence to prevent Union attempts to turn his right flank. Despite local tactical successes, Union forces succeeded in closing on White Oak Road. This set up the Confederate forces for their defeat at Five Forks on April first.

After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands. The fall of Spanish Fort and then Fort Blakely permitted Union troops to subsequently enter Mobile unopposed after the conclusion of the Civil War.