The Union army cut the rail line four days later, after capturing Five Forks on April 1, 1865, at the Battle of Five Forks.
In 1864, he enlisted in the 2nd New York Light Cavalry Regiment as a bugler, and took part in the battles of Opequon, Cedar Creek and Five Forks.
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