Battle of Savage's Station Facts

Date and Location

• June 29, 1862
• Henrico County, Virginia

Campaign

• Peninsula Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Edwin Sumner

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Major General John Magruder

Union Forces Engaged

• 2nd Army Corps (Army of the Potomac)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Army of Northern Virginia

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 26,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 14,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 1,038 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 473 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Inconclusive

Significance

• The Battle of Savage’s Station was the fourth engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign.
• In addition to the 1,038 Union casualties, Confederate forces captured 2,500 previously wounded Federals in a field hospital who were abandoned.

Timeline of the Peninsula Campaign

These are the main battles and events of the Peninsula Campaign in order. The battles that occurred from June 25 to July 1, 1862, are collectively known as the Seven Days Battles.

• March 8–9, 1862 — Battle of Hampton Roads
• April 5–May 4, 1862 — Siege of Yorktown
• May 5, 1862 — Battle of Williamsburg
• May 15, 1862 — Battle of Drewry’s Bluff
• May 31–June 1, 1862 — Battle of Seven Pines
• June 25, 1862 — Battle of Oak Grove
• June 26, 1862 — Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
• June 27, 1862 — Battle of Gaines’ Mill
• June 29, 1862 — Battle of Savage’s Station
• June 30, 1862 — Battle of Glendale
• July 1, 1862 — Battle of Malvern Hill