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The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads was fought on October 7, 1864, during the Civil War. It was part of the Petersburg Campaign.

Darbytown Road Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Fought on October 13, 1864, during the Petersburg Campaign, the Battle of Darbytown Road, also known as the Battle of Alms House, was a failed Union attempt to stop the construction of new defensive breastworks outside of Richmond, Virginia.

First Deep Bottom Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Fought from July 27-29, 1864, the First Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as the Battle of Darbytown, the Battle of Strawberry Plains, and the Battle of Gravel Hill, was a primarily a diversionary assault on Richmond, Virginia by the Union army, designed to draw Confederate forces away from Petersburg, Virginia in preparation for the Battle of the Crater.

Second Deep Bottom Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Fought from August 13-20, 1864, the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as the Battle of Bailey's Creek, the Battle of Fussell’s Mill, the Battle of Charles City Road, the Battle of White’s Tavern, was a failed Union attempt to bring an early conclusion to the Petersburg Campaign, which subsequently lasted until March 1865.

The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was fought on March 31, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign. Confederates led by General George Pickett and General W.H. Fitzhugh “Rooney” Lee attacked General Philip Sheridan’s Union force near Chamberlain Run. The Confederates temporarily halted Sheridan’s advance, but Union reinforcements helped Sheridan stabilize his line near Dinwiddie Court House. The battle ended as a Confederate victory and helped set up the Battle of Five Forks the next day.

The Battle of Drewry’s Bluff was fought on May 15, 1862, during the Peninsula Campaign, when a Union naval squadron tried to advance up the James River toward Richmond, Virginia. Confederate artillery at Fort Darling damaged the Union ironclad Galena and forced Commodore John Rodgers to withdraw his squadron. The Confederate victory protected Richmond from an immediate Union naval bombardment.

The Battle of Droop Mountain was fought on November 6, 1863, in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.

Droop Mountain Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Early’s Valley Campaign was a Confederate military campaign led by General Jubal Early from June through August 1864. Early’s forces defeated Union troops at Monocacy and threatened Washington, D.C., before Union reinforcements stopped them at Fort Stevens. The campaign ended without a clear winner, but it led General Ulysses S. Grant to send General Philip Sheridan into the Shenandoah Valley to stop Early’s operations.

The East Tennessee Campaign was a Union operation led by General Ambrose Burnside to occupy Knoxville, Tennessee, capture the Cumberland Gap, and remove Confederate forces from northeast Tennessee in 1863. Burnside’s forces entered Knoxville with little resistance, forced the Confederate surrender at the Cumberland Gap, and won engagements at Blountville and Blue Springs. The campaign resulted in a Union victory and secured control of much of East Tennessee.

The Battle of Ezra Church was fought on July 28, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign. Union forces under General Oliver O. Howard repulsed Confederate forces under General John B. Hood, causing heavy Confederate losses. Although the battle ended in a Union victory, Hood prevented Federal forces from cutting the last railroad into besieged Atlanta.

Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

Fought from October 27 - 28, 1864, during the Petersburg Campaign, the Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks, was the last failed Union attempt to capture Richmond, Virginia in 1864.

The Battle of Fisher’s Hill was fought on September 21-22, 1864, during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864. General Philip Sheridan’s Union Army of the Shenandoah defeated General Jubal A. Early’s Confederate Army of the Valley after General George Crook attacked the Confederate left flank. The victory forced Early to retreat and opened the central Shenandoah Valley to Sheridan’s destructive operation known as “The Burning.”

The Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign. Union forces under General Philip Sheridan and Major General G.K. Warren defeated Confederate forces under General George Pickett. The victory threatened General Robert E. Lee’s supply lines and helped force the Confederate evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.

Fort DeRussy Battle facts, including dates, location, casualties, leaders, who won, and more interesting facts you might not know.

The Battle of Fort DeRussy was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America on March 14, 1864. The outcome of the battle was a Union victory. The battle is most famous for being the first engagement of the Red River Campaign of 1864.