Battle of Port Walthall Junction Facts

Date

• May 6–7, 1864

Location

• Chesterfield County, Virginia

Campaign

• Bermuda Hundred Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Benjamin F. Butler
• Brigadier General Charles Heckman
• Brigadier General William H. T. Brooks

Principal Confederate Commanders

• General P. G. T. Beauregard
• Major General George E. Pickett
• Colonel Robert Graham

Union forces Engaged

• Heckman’s Brigade (Army of the James)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Brigadier General Johnson Hagood’s South Carolina brigade, assigned to Major General Bushrod Johnson’s Division

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 8,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 2,600

Union Casualties

• 300 (killed, wounded, missing/captured)

Confederate Casualties

• 200 (killed, wounded, missing/captured)

Result

• Union victory

Significance

• Despite the Union victory, Butler’s army was no closer to achieving his goal of capturing Richmond.

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