Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
A drawing of the action on the 27th, by Alfred Waud. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Benjamin F. Butler | James Longstreet | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
X Corps XVIII Corps | Longstreet's corps | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,603 | 100 |
The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) was fought October 27–28, 1864 in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
In combination with movements against the Boydton Plank Road at Petersburg, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler attacked the Richmond defenses along Darbytown Road with the X Corps. The XVIII Corps marched north to Fair Oaks where it was soundly repulsed by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field's Confederate division. Confederate forces counterattacked, taking some 600 prisoners. The Richmond defenses remained intact. Of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensives north of the James River, this was repulsed most easily. Union casualties were 1,603, Confederates fewer than 100.[1]
Background[]
Union[]
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road. It is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties, so includes only units which sustained casualties.[2]
Army of the James[]
MG Benjamin F. Butler
X Corps[]
BG Alfred H. Terry
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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First Brigade
Col Alvin C. Voris |
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Second Brigade
Col Joseph C. Abbott |
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Third Brigade |
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Second Division
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First Brigade |
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Second Brigade |
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Third Brigade
Col Louis Bell |
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Third Division
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First Brigade
Col James Shaw, Jr. |
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Second Brigade
Col Ulysses Doubleday |
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Artillery Brigade
Ltc Richard Jackson |
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XVIII Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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First Division
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First Brigade
Ltc John B. Raulston |
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Second Brigade
Col Edgar M. Cullen |
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Third Brigade
Ltc Joab N. Patterson |
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Unattached |
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Second Division
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First Brigade [not engaged] | |
Second Brigade
Col Edward H. Ripley |
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Third Brigade
Col Harrison S. Fairchild |
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Third Division |
First Brigade
Col John H. Holman
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Second Brigade
Col Alonzo G. Draper |
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Unattached |
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Artillery Division |
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Cavalry Division
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First Brigade
Col George W. Lewis |
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Second Brigade
Col Samuel P. Spear |
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Third Brigade
Col Andrew W. Evans |
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Artillery Brigade |
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Confederate[]
The following Confederate army units and commanders fought at the battle.[3]
Army of Northern Virginia[]
First Corps[]
LTG James Longstreet
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Field's Division
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Anderson's Brigade |
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Law's Brigade
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Gregg's Brigade
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Benning's Brigade
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Bratton's Brigade
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Fourth Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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Hoke's Division
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Hagood's Brigade |
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Colquitt's Brigade |
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Clingman's Brigade |
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Kirkland's Brigade |
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Cavalry Corps[]
Division | Brigade | Regiments and Others |
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W. H. F. Lee's Division
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Barringer's Brigade |
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Beale's Brigade |
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Dearing's Brigade |
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Butler's Division
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Butler's Brigade
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Young's Brigade
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Horse Artillery
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Abbreviations used[]
Military rank[]
- Gen = General
- LTG = Lieutenant General
- MG = Major General
- BG = Brigadier General
- Col = Colonel
- Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
- Maj = Major
Other[]
- (w) = wounded
- (mw) = mortally wounded
- (k) = killed in action
- (c) = captured
Battle[]
Notes[]
- ^ Salmon, p. 445.
- ^ "Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces". Official Reports Part 1 (Serial Number 87) – Reports. The Siege of Petersburg Online. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ^ Trudeau, Noah Andre. The Last Citadel: Petersburg, Virginia June 1864 – April 1865. Boston, Massachusetts: Little, Brown and Company, 1991. ISBN 0-316-85327-5.
References[]
- National Park Service battle description
- Salmon, John S. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001. ISBN 0-8117-2868-4.
- CWSAC Report Update
- Petersburg Campaign
- Battles of the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
- Confederate victories of the American Civil War
- Battles of the American Civil War in Virginia
- Henrico County in the American Civil War
- Conflicts in 1864
- 1864 in Virginia
- October 1864 events
- American Civil War orders of battle