Battle of Hatcher's Run

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The Battle of Hatcher's Run was a late–Civil War engagement in February 1865 in which Union forces extended their lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, helping to cut Confederate supply routes and tighten the noose around Robert E. Lee’s army.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Armstrong's Mill ⓘ
Battle of Dabney's Mill ⓘ
Battle of Rowanty Creek ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America (Union) ⓘ
campaign Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
combatant Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the James ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
commander General Robert E. Lee ⓘ
linked to: Robert E. Lee

Lieutenant General A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

Major General Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ
Major General Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
Major General John B. Gordon ⓘ
Major General John G. Parke ⓘ
linked to: John G. Parke
ConfederateCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 1,000–1,100 ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 13,000–14,000 troops ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateRange February 5–7, 1865 ⓘ
effect contributed to cutting Confederate supply lines ⓘ
further isolated the Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg ⓘ
endDate 1865-02-07 ⓘ
followedBy Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
notableLocation Armstrong's Mill ⓘ
Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Dabney's Mill ⓘ
Vaughan Road ⓘ
objective extend Union siege lines southwest of Petersburg ⓘ
threaten Confederate supply routes into Petersburg ⓘ
partOf Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
final operations against Petersburg and Richmond in 1865 ⓘ
place Hatcher's Run, Virginia ⓘ
Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Dabney's Mill (operations in the same area, 1865) ⓘ
relatedEvent Union attempts to cut the Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Union extension of the left flank of the Petersburg lines ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1865-02-05 ⓘ
strategicSignificance tightened Union encirclement of Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesAndLosses approximately 1,500–1,600 ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 34,000 troops ⓘ

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Siege of Petersburg → majorEngagement → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Battle of Boydton Plank Road → followedBy → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman → precededBy → Battle of Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hatcher's Run
Hatcher's Run, Virginia → historicalEvent → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Battle of Dabney's Mill (operations in the same area, 1865) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hatcher's Run
Dabney's Mill → partOf → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Dabney's Mill → significantEvent → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Armstrong's Mill → associatedWithBattle → Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
Battle of Burgess Mill → followedBy → Battle of Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hatcher's Run
Battle of Rowanty Creek → relatedEvent → Battle of Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Hatcher's Run
Battle of Lewis’s Farm → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Gravelly Run ⓘ
subject linked to: Lewis Farm
linked to: Battle of Hatcher's Run