Campaign : Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.
Date : October 27-28, 1864
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock [US]; Maj. Gen. Henry Heth [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 3,058 total (1,758 US; 1,300 CS).
Three Union corps (II, V, and IX), Gregg’s cavalry division, under Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, marched to operate against the Boydton Plank Road and South Side Railroad.
October 27: Union gained the Boydton Plank Road.
A counterattack by Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s division and Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton’s cavalry isolated the II Corps and forced a retreat.
The Confederates retained control of the Boydton Plank.
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