Bermuda Hundred Campaign

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The Bermuda Hundred Campaign was a series of American Civil War operations in May 1864 in which Union forces attempted, but ultimately failed, to advance on Richmond and Petersburg via the Bermuda Hundred peninsula in Virginia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
aftermath Confederates maintained control of main railroads into Richmond and Petersburg ⓘ
Union Army of the James remained bottled up for much of 1864 ⓘ
linked to: Army of the James
alsoKnownAs Butler's Campaign on the James ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
commander Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
Pierre G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Quincy A. Gillmore ⓘ
Robert F. Hoke ⓘ
Robert Ransom Jr. ⓘ
William F. Smith ⓘ
commandStructure Union Army of the James under Benjamin F. Butler ⓘ
linked to: Army of the James
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-21 ⓘ
followedBy Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
front James River front ⓘ
historicalSignificance demonstrated limitations of Butler's generalship ⓘ
failed Union attempt to outflank Richmond defenses from the south ⓘ
involves Army of the James ⓘ
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia ⓘ
location Bermuda Hundred peninsula ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Chester Station ⓘ
Battle of Drewry's Bluff (1864) ⓘ
Battle of Port Walthall Junction ⓘ
Battle of Proctor's Creek ⓘ
Battle of Swift Creek ⓘ
Battle of Ware Bottom Church ⓘ
objective capture Richmond ⓘ
sever Confederate rail communications ⓘ
threaten Petersburg ⓘ
outcome Union forces contained in Bermuda Hundred lines ⓘ
partOf Overland Campaign ⓘ
Union operations against Richmond and Petersburg ⓘ
precededBy Union operations in North Carolina and coastal Virginia ⓘ
result Confederate defensive victory ⓘ
Union offensive stalled ⓘ
river Appomattox River ⓘ
James River ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-05 ⓘ
strategy Confederate concentration of forces under Beauregard ⓘ
Union amphibious landing on the Bermuda Hundred peninsula ⓘ
strength Confederate forces approximately 18,000–20,000 men (initially) ⓘ
Union forces approximately 30,000–33,000 men ⓘ
tacticalCharacteristic Confederate use of interior lines ⓘ
Union entrenchment on a narrow peninsula ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ

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Army of the James → engagedIn → Bermuda Hundred Campaign ⓘ
Union Army campaigns → hasPart → Bermuda Hundred Campaign ⓘ
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia → partOf → Bermuda Hundred Campaign ⓘ
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia → nearbyBattlefield → Bermuda Hundred Campaign battlefields ⓘ
linked to: Bermuda Hundred Campaign
XVIII Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Bermuda Hundred Campaign ⓘ