Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road

Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road

A drawing of the action on the 27th, by Alfred Waud.

Date	October 27, 1864 (1864-10-27) – October 28, 1864 (1864-10-28)
Location	Henrico County, Virginia
Result	Confederate victory

Belligerents

United States (Union)

CSA (Confederacy)

Commanders and leaders

Benjamin F. Butler

James Longstreet

Units involved

X Corps
XVIII Corps

Longstreet's corps

Casualties and losses

1,603

100

The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) was fought October 27–28, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

In combination with movements against the Boydton Plank Road at Petersburg, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler attacked the Richmond defenses along Darbytown Road with the X Corps. The XVIII Corps marched north to Fair Oaks where it was soundly repulsed by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field's Confederate division. Confederate forces counterattacked, taking some 600 prisoners. The Richmond defenses remained intact. Of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensives north of the James River, this was repulsed most easily. Union casualties were 1,603, Confederates fewer than 100.

The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road. It is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties, so includes only units which sustained casualties.

MG Benjamin F. Butler

BG Alfred H. Terry

First Division
BG Adelbert Ames

Col Alvin C. Voris

Col Joseph C. Abbott

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