4-Mercy at Appomatto v. Appomattox ook out over the Battlefield of Sayler's MM Creek, the last major engagement between the army of Northern Virginia and the army of the potomac. Before the sunset on april 6 Confederate satyier'sereek at 1865, Lee had lost nearly a fourth of his army over 8,000 captured. As Lee approached the battlefield he was met by hundreds of disorganized confederate soldiers, many without weapons, streaming to the rear. My God! "he said, Has the army been dissolved? W BTL E The end of Sayers Creek.W B T L E Look out over the Battlefield of Sayler's Creek, the last major engagement between the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac. Before the sunset on April 6, 1865, Lee had lost nearly a fourth of his army, over 8,000 captured. As Lee approached the battlefield, he was met by hundreds of disorganized Confederate soldiers, many without weapons, streaming to the rear. "My God!" he said, "Has the army been dissolved?" Confederate defensive line at Sayler's Creek V. Appomattox The end of Sayler’s Creek. Lesson 14 – Mercy at Appomattox