Battle of Chester Station Facts

Date

• May 10, 1864

Location

• Chesterfield County, Virginia

Campaign

• Bermuda Hundred Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Benjamin Butler
• Colonel C. J. Dobbs
• Major O. S. Sanford

Principal Confederate Commanders

• General P. G. T. Beauregard
• Major General Robert Ransom
• Brigadier General Seth Barton

Union Forces Engaged

• 1st Division, 10th Corps

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Seth Barton’s (Armistead’s) Brigade

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 3,400

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 2,000

Union Casualties

• 280 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Confederate Casualties

• 249 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Inconclusive

Significance

• On May 10, elements of Confederate Major General Robert Ransom’s division conducted a reconnaissance-in-force against a portion of Major General Benjamin Butler’s army that was destroying the railroad at Chester Station.
• After General Alfred Terry’s reinforcements arrived, the Yankees turned back Confederate assaults.

Timeline of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Bermuda Hundred Campaign in order.

• May 6–7, 1864 – Battle of Port Walthall Junction
• May 9, 1864 – Battle of Swift Creek
• May 10, 1864 – Battle of Chester Station
• May 12–16, 1864 – Battle of Proctor’s Creek (also known as the Second Battle of Drewry’s Bluff and the Battle of Fort Darling)
• May 20, 1864 – Battle of Ware Bottom Church