Battle of Chaffin's Farm

This article is about the September 1864 American Civil War battle at Laurel Hill, Virginia. For the May 1864 American Civil War battle, see Battle of New Market. For the 1861 American Civil War battle at Laurel Mountain or Laurel Hill, West Virginia, see Laurel Mountain (West Virginia).
Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights
Part of the American Civil War

Union assault on Fort Harrison, September 29
(after a sketch by William Waud)
DateSeptember 29–30, 1864
Location
Henrico County, Virginia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
 United States (Union)  Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Ulysses S. Grant
Benjamin F. Butler		 Robert E. Lee
Richard S. Ewell
Strength
26,600[1] 14,500[2]
Casualties and losses
3,372 total
391 killed
2,317 wounded
649 missing/captured[3]		 2,000 total
250 killed
1,250 wounded
500 missing/captured[4]

The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.

  1. ^ Sommers, p. 21.
  2. ^ Kennedy, p. 363. There were 4,500 defenders on September 29, reinforced by 10,000 on September 30.
  3. ^ Sommers, p. 499. Bonekemper, p. 317, cites 383 killed, 2,299 wounded, and 645 missing or captured. Trudeau, p. 217, cites 1,040 killed or missing and 2,317 wounded. Horn, p. 167, cites 3,327 total Union casualties. Salmon, p. 433, estimates 4,150 Union casualties.
  4. ^ Bonekemper, p. 317. Sommers, p. 499, cites 1,737 casualties, including 396 missing or captured. Horn, p. 167, Trudeau, p. 217, and Kennedy, p. 363, estimate 1,700 total Confederate casualties. Salmon, 433, estimates about 1,750 Confederate casualties, mostly on September 30.