Battle Of Hatcher's Run

[Jim Klag]

The Battle of Hatcher's Run, or Dabney's Mill, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, extends Gen. Robert E. Lee's CSA, defensive lines around Petersburg, VA, by sending the 2nd and 5th US Army Corps south and westward toward the Boydton Plank Road and Hatcher's Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Feb 5-7)

Battle of Hatcher's Run Facts & Summary

By February 1865, the stalemate around Petersburg had entered its eighth month. Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant began to stretch the Union battle lines to the west in an attempt to get Gen. Robert E. Lee's under strength army to do the same. On February 5th, Union Brig. Gen. David Gregg’s cavalry...

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[Jim Klag]

The Battle of Hatcher’s Run (or Dabney’s Mill): February 5-7, 1865

Name: The Battle of Hatcher's Run Other Names: Dabney’s Mill, Rowanty Creek, Armstrong’s Mill, Vaughan Road, Second Hatcher's Run Location: Dinwiddie

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