Battle of Boydton Plank Road

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Battle of Boydton Plank Road
1st Hatcher’s Run, Burgess’ Mill
Began:

October 27, 1864

Ended:

October 28, 1864

Location:

Dinwiddie County, Virginia

Theater:

Eastern Theater

Campaign:

Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

Outcome:

Confederate victory

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Combatants
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II Corps, V Corps, IX Corps,
Army of the Potomac

Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

Commanders

Winfield Scott Hancock
Major General, USA

Henry Heth
Major General, CSA

Strength
Casualties

1,758

1,300

  

Directed by Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, divisions from three Union corps (II, V, and IX) and Gregg’s cavalry division, numbering more than 30,000 men, withdrew from the Petersburg lines and marched west to operate against the Boydton Plank Road and South Side Railroad. The initial Union advance on October 27 gained the Boydton Plank Road, a major campaign objective. But that afternoon, a counterattack near Burgess’ Mill spearheaded by Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s division and Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry isolated the II Corps and forced a retreat. The Confederates retained control of the Boydton Plank Road for the rest of the winter. (NPS summary)

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Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, June-December 1864
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Battles of 1864
Eastern Theater
Morton's Ford -- Walkerton -- Plymouth -- Albemarle Sound -- The Wilderness -- Port Walthall Junction -- Todd's Tavern -- Cloyd’s Mountain -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Swift Creek -- Chester Station -- Cove Mountain -- New River Bridge -- Yellow Tavern -- Richmond Heights -- Proctor's Creek -- New Market -- Ware Bottom Church -- North Anna -- Wilson’s Wharf -- Haw's Shop -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Old Church -- Cold Harbor -- Piedmont -- 1st Petersburg -- Trevilian Station -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- 2nd Petersburg -- Lynchburg -- Saint Mary's Church -- Staunton River Bridge -- Sappony Church -- 1st Ream's Station -- Monocacy -- Fort Stevens -- Heaton's Crossroads -- Cool Spring -- Rutherford's Farm -- 2nd Kernstown -- 1st Deep Bottom -- The Crater -- Folck's Mill -- Moorefield -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Guard Hill -- Globe Tavern -- Summit Point -- Smithfield Crossing -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Berryville -- Beefsteak Raid -- Opequon -- Fisher's Hill -- Chaffin's Farm -- Peebles' Farm -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- Tom's Brook -- Cedar Creek -- Boydton Plank Road -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Rainbow Bluff Expedition -- Fort Branch -- 1st Fort Fisher
Western Theater
Trans-Mississippi Theater
Lower Seaboard Theater
Naval
See also:
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American Civil War battles within the Commonwealth of Virginia
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Aldie -- Amelia Springs -- Appomattox Court House -- Appomattox Station -- Aquia Creek -- 1st Auburn -- 2nd Auburn -- Ball's Bluff -- Beaver Dam Creek -- Berryville -- Bethel Church -- Blackburn's Ford -- Boydton Plank Road -- Brandy Station -- Bristoe Station -- Buckland Mills -- 1st Bull Run / 1st Manassas -- 2nd Bull Run / 2nd Manassas -- Cedar Creek -- Cedar Mountain -- Chaffin's Farm -- Chancellorsville -- Chantilly -- Chester Station -- Cloyd's Mountain -- Cockpit Point -- Cold Harbor -- Cool Spring -- Cove Mountain -- Crater -- Cross Keys -- Cumberland Church -- Darbytown and New Market Roads -- Darbytown Road -- 1st Deep Bottom -- 2nd Deep Bottom -- Dinwiddie Court House -- Dranesville -- Drewry’s Bluff -- Eltham's Landing -- Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road -- Fisher's Hill -- Five Forks -- Fort Stedman -- Fredericksburg -- Front Royal -- Gaines' Mill -- Garnett's & Golding's Farm -- Glendale -- Globe Tavern -- Guard Hill -- Hampton Roads -- Hanover Court House -- Hatcher's Run -- Haw's Shop -- High Bridge -- Jerusalem Plank Road -- Kelly's Ford -- 1st Kernstown -- 2nd Kernstown -- Lewis's Farm -- Lynchburg -- Malvern Hill -- Manassas Gap -- Manassas Station Operations -- Marion -- 2nd Marye’s Heights -- McDowell -- Middleburg -- Mine Run -- Morton's Ford -- Namozine Church -- New Market -- North Anna -- Oak Grove -- Old Church -- Opequon -- Peebles' Farm -- 1st Petersburg -- 2nd Petersburg -- 3rd Petersburg -- Piedmont -- Port Republic -- Port Walthall Junction -- Proctor's Creek -- 1st Rappahannock Station -- 2nd Rappahannock Station -- 1st Ream's Station -- 2nd Ream's Station -- Rice's Station -- Rutherford's Farm -- Saint Mary's Church -- Salem Church -- 1st Saltville -- 2nd Saltville -- Sappony Church -- Savage's Station -- Sayler's Creek -- Seven Pines -- Sewell's Point -- Spotsylvania Court House -- Staunton River Bridge -- Suffolk (Hill's Point) -- Suffolk (Norfleet House) -- Sutherland's Station -- Swift Creek -- Thoroughfare Gap -- Tom’s Brook -- Totopotomoy Creek -- Trevilian Station -- Upperville -- Walkerton -- Ware Bottom Church -- Waynesboro -- White Oak Road -- Wilderness -- Williamsburg -- Wilson's Wharf -- 1st Winchester -- 2nd Winchester -- Yellow Tavern -- Yorktown
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