Battle At Ware Bottom Church

Location: Chesterfield County.

Campaign: Bermuda Hundred Campaign.

Date: May 20, 1864.

Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler [US]; Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CS].

Estimated Casualties: 1,500 total.

May 20: Confederate troops under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard launched an attack against Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler’s Bermuda Hundred line near Ware Bottom Church. The Confederates constructed the Howlett Line, bottling up the Union troops at Bermuda Hundred.

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