First Battle of Deep Bottom
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The First Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, New Market Road, or Gravel Hill, was fought July 27–29, 1864, at Deep Bottom in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under Maj. Gens. Winfield S. Hancock and Philip H. Sheridan was sent on an expedition threatening Richmond, Virginia, and its railroads, intending to attract Confederate troops away from the Petersburg defensive line, in anticipation of the upcoming Battle of the Crater. The Union infantry and cavalry force was unable to break through the Confederate fortifications at Bailey's Creek and Fussell's Mill and was withdrawn, but it achieved its desired effect of momentarily reducing Confederate strength at Petersburg.
First Battle of Deep Bottom | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
Capture of four guns by Barlow's Division, July 27, 1864 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Winfield S. Hancock Philip H. Sheridan |
Richard S. Ewell Richard H. Anderson | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
488 (62 killed, 340 wounded, 86 missing/captured).[1] | 679 (80 killed, 391 wounded, 208 missing/captured)[1] |