Confederate Brigadier General Lindsay Walker's Third Corps reserve artillery train was the first unit to leave the Cumberland Church area at 1:00 a.m. on April 8. Walker, with some gunners converted to infantry and a guard of about 500 cavalrymen under Brigadier General Martin Gary arrived in the vicinity of Appomattox Station, about west of Appomattox Court House on April 8 between 2:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. Gordon's corps stopped about east of Appomattox Court House at about 3:00 p.m. while the rest of the Confederate army spread out for .