Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads

Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads
Part of the American Civil War
DateOctober 7, 1864 (1864-10-07)
Location
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Ulysses S. Grant
David B. Birney
August V. Kautz
Robert E. Lee
Strength
X Corps 2 Divisions
Casualties and losses
458
(Killed 49,
Wounded 253,
Captured or
Missing 156)[1]
700[2]
Map of Darbytown and New Market Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.

The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads (or Johnson's Farm or Four Mile Creek) was an engagement between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War, which took place on October 7, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.

  1. ^ "Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces". Official Reports Part 1 (Serial Number 87) – Reports. The Siege of Petersburg Online. 17 July 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ^ Kennedy, p. 438.

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