Battle of Lewis’s Farm

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The Battle of Lewis’s Farm was a late-March 1865 engagement in the American Civil War in which Union forces pushed back Confederate lines near Petersburg, Virginia, helping set the stage for the collapse of Robert E. Lee’s army.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Quaker Road ⓘ
Lewis Farm ⓘ
army Army of the Potomac ⓘ
associatedWith Petersburg fortifications ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignCommanderConfederate Robert E. Lee ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
combatType land battle ⓘ
commander Bushrod R. Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
confederateCasualties approximately 371 ⓘ
confederateDivisionInvolved Bushrod Johnson’s division ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date March 29, 1865 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dinwiddie Court House ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road ⓘ
foughtAlong Quaker Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
involvedBranch Confederate infantry ⓘ
Union infantry ⓘ
location Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
objective extend Union lines west of Petersburg ⓘ
threaten Confederate supply lines ⓘ
partOf Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
final operations against Petersburg ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
relatedEvent Appomattox Court House Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Appomattox Campaign
result Union victory ⓘ
significance contributed to the eventual evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ
helped turn the right flank of the Confederate defenses around Petersburg ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect helped set the stage for the collapse of Robert E. Lee’s army ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces pushed back Confederate lines ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionCasualties approximately 381 ⓘ
unionCorpsInvolved V Corps ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Appomattox Campaign → hasPart → Battle of Lewis’s Farm ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road → precededBy → Battle of Lewis’s Farm ⓘ
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House → precededBy → Battle of Lewis's Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lewis’s Farm
Battle of Glendale → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Nelson’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lewis’s Farm
Battle of Oak Grove → alsoKnownAs → Battle of French’s Field ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lewis’s Farm
Battle of Frayser’s Farm → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Nelson’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lewis’s Farm
Lewis Farm → namesakeOf → Battle of Lewis’s Farm ⓘ
Lewis Farm → siteOf → Battle of Lewis’s Farm ⓘ
Battle of Quaker Road → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lewis Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lewis’s Farm