The battle was a union victory. The US Infantry counted 103 killed, 670 wounded, and 57 missing. Best estimates indicate Confederate losses at 545 killed or wounded and 2,000-2,400 captured. In exchange for their weapons, the prisoners were given full rations, a good night's sleep, and a long march to a Maryland prison.

The night after this short battle, General Lee sent word to Jefferson Davis to order the evacuation of civilians from Richmond and Petersburg.

The following morning, Confederates pulled back to Sutherland Station, but the Feds pursued them, taking the railroad.

Lee pulled his troops out of the fortifications around the two cities and headed west, hoping to outrun Grant and slip south to join up with remnants of his army in the Carolinas and Tennessee.

Grant responded by sending some of his troops to chase and capture Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House.

The final battles of the Appomattox Campaign were intense and bloody. Newly-drafted African-American Confederates fought alongside their exhausted and emaciated fellow-southerners, while African- Americans in blue secured Richmond and Petersburg.