Battle of Quaker Road

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The Battle of Quaker Road was an American Civil War engagement in March 1865 near Petersburg, Virginia, in which Union forces advanced against Confederate positions during the final campaign leading to the fall of Richmond.

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Battle of Quaker Road canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Lewis Farm ⓘ
Lewis Farm ⓘ
Lewis’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Lewis Farm
approximateConfederateStrength about 2,000–3,000 soldiers ⓘ
approximateUnionStrength about 5,000 soldiers ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective support Union operations toward Five Forks ⓘ
turn the Confederate right flank at Petersburg ⓘ
combatant Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
V Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
commander Bushrod Johnson ⓘ
Charles Griffin ⓘ
George E. Pickett ⓘ
linked to: George Pickett

Gouverneur K. Warren ⓘ
Henry Heth ⓘ
Joshua L. Chamberlain ⓘ
confederateCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, and missing ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1865-03-29 ⓘ
endDate 1865-03-29 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dinwiddie Court House ⓘ
Battle of Five Forks ⓘ
Battle of White Oak Road ⓘ
geographicalFeature fought along Quaker Road ⓘ
near Gravelly Run ⓘ
notableAction Union forces advanced along Quaker Road toward the Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Union troops drove Confederates from positions near Lewis Farm ⓘ
notableUnit 1st Division, V Corps (Union Army) ⓘ
3rd Brigade, 1st Division, V Corps ⓘ
Confederate infantry under Bushrod Johnson ⓘ
partOf Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
place Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
precededBy Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
relatedEvent Fall of Petersburg ⓘ
Fall of Richmond ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1865-03-29 ⓘ
strategicSignificance contributed to the final Union offensive leading to the evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg ⓘ
helped unhinge Confederate defenses southwest of Petersburg ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
unionCasualties several hundred killed, wounded, and missing ⓘ

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Battle of Lewis’s Farm → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Quaker Road ⓘ
Battle of Lewis’s Farm → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Quaker Road ⓘ
subject linked to: Lewis Farm