8,000 2,600 Result Union victory | Dates 6 May 1864 – 7 May 1864 | |
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Combatants Confederate States of America, Union Similar American Civil War, Battle of Chester Station, Battle of Ware Bottom C, Battle of Swift Creek, Battle of Proctor's Creek | ||
Battle of port walthall junction
The Battle of Port Walthall Junction was fought May 6–7, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War. Although initially successful, the Confederates were eventually defeated, allowing Union forces to cut a railroad.
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Battle
In conjunction with the opening of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler's Army of the James, 33,000 strong, disembarked from transports at Bermuda Hundred on May 5, threatening the Richmond-Petersburg Railroad. On May 6, Confederate Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood's brigade stopped initial Federal probes at Port Walthall Junction. On May 7, a Union division drove Hagood's and Brig. Gen. Bushrod Johnson's brigades from the depot and cut the railroad at Port Walthall Junction. Confederate defenders retired behind Swift Run Creek and awaited reinforcements.
Aftermath
Union casualties were more than 300, Confederates fewer than 200, primarily from Hagood's brigade.