Also Known As
- Battle of Poplar Springs Church
- Battle of Wyatt’s Farm
- Battle of Chappell’s House
- Battle of Pegram’s Farm
- Battle of Vaughan Road
- Battle of Harmon Road
Date
- September 30–October 2, 1864
Location
- Dinwiddie County, Virginia, south of Petersburg
Campaign
Principal Union Commanders
- Major General George G. Meade
- Major General Gouverneur K. Warren
- Major General John G. Parke
- Brigadier General David M. Gregg
- Brigadier General Charles Griffin
- Major General Gershom Mott
Principal Confederate Commanders
- Lieutenant General A. P. Hill
- Major General Henry Heth
- Major General Cadmus M. Wilcox
- Lieutenant General Wade Hampton
- Major General W.H.F. Lee
Union Forces Engaged
- Two divisions of the 5th Corps
- Two divisions of the 9th Corps
- One division of the 2nd Corps
- Gregg’s cavalry division
Confederate Forces Engaged
- Heth’s Division
- Wilcox’s Division
- Hampton’s Cavalry Corps, including W.H.F. Lee’s cavalry
Number of Union Soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 29,800
Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged
- Roughly 10,000
Estimated Union Casualties
- 2,800 casualties (killed, wounded, captured (nearly 1,300))
Estimated Confederate Casualties
- 1,300 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)
Result
- Union victory
Significance
- Strategically, Battle of Peebles Farm was a Union victory because Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant tightened his stranglehold on Petersburg by extending his lines south of the city farther to the west.
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