Campaign : Lynchburg Campaign.
Date : May 15, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel [US]; Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 1,380 total (US 840; CS 540).
May 15th: Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel was attacked at New Market by Confederate troops commanded by Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge.
A Union battery was withdrawn from the line to replenish ammunition, leaving a weakness.
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge ordered his entire force forward and the Union defense collapsed.
Sigel was forced to withdraw.
He burnt the North Fork bridge behind him.
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