Second Battle of Ream's Station Facts

Date

• August 25, 1864

Location

• Dinwiddie County, Virginia, roughly 10 miles south of Petersburg, along the Weldon Railroad

Campaign

• Petersburg Campaign

Principal Union Commanders

• Major General Winfield Scott Hancock
• Brigadier General David M. Gregg

Principal Confederate Commanders

• Lieutenant General A. P. Hill
• Major General Henry Heth
• Major General Wade Hampton
• Major General Cadmus M. Wilco
• Major General William Mahone

Union Forces Engaged

• 2nd Army Corps
• Gregg’s Cavalry Division (Army of the Potomac)

Confederate Forces Engaged

• Hampton’s Cavalry (Army of Northern Virginia)
• Wilcox’s Division (Army of Northern Virginia)
• Heth’s Division (Army of Northern Virginia)
• Mahone’s Division (Army of Northern Virginia)

Number of Union Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 9,000

Number of Confederate Soldiers Engaged

• Roughly 8–10,000

Estimated Union Casualties

• 2,747 (140 killed, 529 wounded, 2073 captured/missing)

Estimated Confederate Casualties

• 814 (killed, wounded, captured/missing)

Result

• Confederate victory

Significance

• The Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Ream’s Station came too late to prevent significant destruction to the Weldon Railroad south of Globe Tavern.
• Following the Second Battle of Ream’s Station, Confederate supplies to Petersburg had to be transferred to wagons and transported up the Boydton Plank Road through Dinwiddie Court House.

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