Battle of Dabney's Mill (operations in the same area, 1865)

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The Battle of Dabney's Mill (operations in the same area, 1865) was an American Civil War engagement during the Petersburg Campaign in which Union and Confederate forces clashed in winter fighting over control of key roads and Confederate supply lines southwest of Petersburg, Virginia.

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instanceOf American Civil War engagement ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignGoal to threaten the Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
to threaten the South Side Railroad ⓘ
commander Lieutenant General A. P. Hill ⓘ
linked to: A.P. Hill

Major General Andrew A. Humphreys ⓘ
Major General Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
Major General Henry Heth ⓘ
Major General John B. Gordon ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endDate 1865-02-07 ⓘ
followedBy Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Battle of Fort Stedman ⓘ
front Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
militaryUnit Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
II Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
V Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
natureOfAction counterattacks by Confederate forces ⓘ
offensive operation by Union forces ⓘ
nearbyLocation Dabney’s Mill ⓘ
linked to: Dabney's Mill
nearbyWatercourse Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
objective to cut Confederate supply lines into Petersburg ⓘ
to extend Union siege lines southwest of Petersburg ⓘ
to seize control of key roads near Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
partOf Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
place near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
relatedOperation Union attempts to cut Confederate supply lines into Petersburg ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
season winter 1865 ⓘ
startDate 1865-02-05 ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
strategicEffect tightened Union grip on Petersburg supply routes ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces held extended lines near Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
terrain wooded and swampy ground around Hatcher’s Run ⓘ
typeOfEngagement infantry and artillery engagement ⓘ
year 1865 ⓘ

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Battle of Hatcher's Run → precededBy → Battle of Dabney's Mill (operations in the same area, 1865) ⓘ