Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads Facts

Also Known As

• Battle of Fair Oaks II
• Second Battle of Fair Oaks

Date

• October 27–28, 1864

Location

• Henrico County, Virginia, southeast of Richmond

Campaign

• Petersburg Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Benjamin Butler
• Major General Alfred Terry
• Major General Godfrey Weitzel
• Major General August Kautz
• Major General Alfred Terry

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Lieutenant General James Longstreet
• Major General Charles Field

Union Forces Engaged

• Army of the James (10th Corps, 18th Corps, Kautz’s Cavalry)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Northern Virginia (1st Corps, 4th Corps, cavalry corps)

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Undetermined

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,603 (36 killed, 358 wounded, 43 captured)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 100 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Confederate victory

Significance

• The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads was a Union victory because General Robert E. Lee failed in his attempt to regain the ground he lost at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm and New Market.
• The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads was General Robert E. Lee’s last offensive north of the James River during the Civil War.

Timeline of the Petersburg Campaign

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

• June 9, 1864 — First Battle of Petersburg
• June 15 – 18, 1864 — Second Battle of Petersburg
• June 21 – 23, 1864 — Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
• June 22–July 1, 1864 – Wilson-Kautz Raid
• June 25, 1864 — Battle of Staunton River Bridge
• June 28, 1864 — Battle of Sappony Church
• June 29, 1864 — First Battle of First Ream’s Station
• July 27–29, 1864 — First Battle of Deep Bottom
• July 30, 1864 — Battle of the Crater
• August 13–20, 1864 — Second Battle of Deep Bottom
• August 18-21, 1864 — Battle of Globe Tavern
• August 25, 1864 — Second Battle of Ream’s Station
• September 29–30, 1864 — Battle of Chaffin’s Farm and New Market Heights
• September 30–October 2, 1864 — Battle of Peebles Farm
• October 7, 1864 — Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads
• October 13, 1864 — Battle of Darbytown Road
• October 27-28, 1864 — Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road
• October 27-28, 1864 — Battle of Boydton Plank Road
• February 5-7, 1865 — Battle of Hatcher’s Run
• March 25, 1865 — Battle of Fort Stedman