Also Known As
- Battle of Quaker Road
- Battle of Military Road
- Battle of Gravelly Road
Date and Location
- March 29, 1865
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Campaign
Principal Union Commanders
- Major General Gouverneur K. Warren
- Brigadier General Joshua Chamberlain
Principal Confederate Commanders
- Major General Bushrod Johnson
Union Forces Engaged
- Army of the Potomac (5th Corps, Cavalry Corps)
Confederate Forces Engaged
- Johnson’s Division (Anderson’s Corps, Army of Northern Virginia)
Number of Union Soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 17,000
Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 8,000
Estimated Union Casualties
- 380 (killed, wounded, and captured/missing)
Estimated Confederate Casualties
- 370 (killed, wounded, and captured/missing)
Results of the Battle of Lewis’s Farm
- The outcome of the Battle of Lewis’s Farm was a Union victory.
- The Battle of Lewis’s Farm was the opening battle of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant’s Appomattox Campaign.
- The Union victory forced the Rebels to retreat to their entrenchments along White Oak Road and it closed an important supply route to Lee’s beleaguered Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg.
Timeline of the Battle of Lewis’s Farm
These are the main battles and events of the Appomattox Campaign in order.
- March 29, 1865 — Battle of Lewis’s Farm
- March 31, 1865 — Battle of White Oak Road
- March 31, 1865 — Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
- April 1, 1865 — Battle of Five Forks
- April 2, 1865 — Third Battle of Petersburg
- April 2, 1865 — Battle of Sutherland’s Station
- April 3, 1865 — Battle of Namozine Church
- April 5–6, 1865 — Battle of Amelia Springs
- April 6, 1865 — Battle of Sailor’s Creek
- April 6, 1865 — Battle of Rice’s Station
- April 6–7, 1865 — Battle of High Bridge
- April 7, 1865 — Battle of Cumberland Church
- April 8, 1865 — Battle of Appomattox Station
- April 9, 1865 — Battle of Appomattox Court House
- April 9, 1865 — Surrender at Appomattox Court House