CHAPTER LXVI.
BATTLE OF SAILOR'S CREEK--ENGAGEMENT AT FARMVILLE--CORRESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL LEE--SHERIDAN INTERCEPTS THE ENEMY.
The Appomattox, going westward, takes a long sweep to the south-west from the neighborhood of the Richmond and Danville Railroad bridge, and then trends north-westerly.

Sailor's Creek, an insignificant stream, running northward, empties into the Appomattox between the High Bridge and Jetersville.

Near the High Bridge the stage road from Petersburg to Lynchburg crosses the Appomattox River, also on a bridge.

The railroad runs on the north side of the river to Farmville, a few miles west, and from there, recrossing, continues on the south side of it.

The roads coming up from the south-east to Farmville cross the Appomattox River there on a bridge and run on the north side, leaving the Lynchburg and Petersburg Railroad well to the left.
Lee, in pushing out from Amelia Court House, availed himself of all the roads between the Danville Road and Appomattox River to move upon, and never permitted the head of his columns to stop because of any fighting that might be going on in his rear.