Campaign : Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.
Date : June 29, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. James Wilson and Brig. Gen. August Kautz [US]; Maj. Gen. William Mahone and Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 600 total.
June 29: Brig. Gen. August Kautz’s division reached Ream’s Station on Weldon Railroad.
Kautz found the road barred by Maj. Gen. William Mahone’s Confederate infantry division.
Wilson’s division joined Kautz’s near Ream’s Station.
They were virtually surrounded.
Maj. Gen. William Mahone’s infantry assaulted their front.
Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry division threatened the Union left flank.
Wilson and his men fled south.
Kautz withdrew.
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