Black Thursday at S a
With Confederate forces in full retreat after the fall
of Petersburg, alert Union forces charged through a gap in
the Rebel column, capturing 8,000 soldiers at Sayler’s Creek.
“My God!” said Robert E. Lee. “Has the army dissolved?”
Standing steadfast by
their colors, soldiers
in the 18th Georgia
Battalion exchange fire
with troops from the
121st New York during
the final Union assault
at Sayler’s Creek. The
Georgians suffered
60 percent casualties
in their futile last
stand. Painting by
Keith Rocco.CWQ-Sum16 Sayler's Creek_Layout 1 4/20/16 4:28 PM Page 14