Campaign : Lynchburg Campaign.
Date : June 17-18, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. David Hunter [US]; Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 900 total.
Maj. Gen. David Hunter advanced against the Confederate rail, canal depots, and hospital complex at Lynchburg.
His first attacks were repelled by the arrival of Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s II Corps vanguard.
Hunter was forced to withdrew because of a critical shortage of supplies.
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