Campaign : Grant’s Overland Campaign.
Date : May 11, 1864.
Principal Commanders : Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan [US]; Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart [CS].
Estimated Casualties : 800 total.
Union cavalry corps under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan embarked on a cavalry raid against Richmond.
Sheridan’s cavalry expedition engaged Confederate Troops at the battle of Yellow Tavern on May 11.
The Confederate cavalry was defeated.
Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was killed.
American Civil War
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