Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road

Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road Part of the American Civil War A drawing of the action on the 27th, by Alfred Waud. Date October 27, 1864 – October 27, 1864 Location Henrico County, Virginia Result Confederate victory 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

Opposing forces

Union

Battle

Notes

1. Salmon, p. 445.

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

Coordinates: 37°29′38″N 77°20′02″W / 37.494°N 77.334°W