Battle of Savage's Station

Battle of Savage's Station
Part of the American Civil War
Date June 29, 1862 (1862-06-29) Location Henrico County, Virginia 37°31′20″N 77°16′15″W / 37.52219°N 77.27097°W / 37.52219; -77.27097 Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States	Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Edwin V. Sumner	John B. Magruder
Units involved
II Corps (Army of the Potomac)	Units from the Army of Northern Virginia
Strength
26,600[1]	14,000[1]
Casualties and losses
1,038[2]	473[3]

The Battle of Savage's Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as the fourth of the Seven Days Battles (Peninsula Campaign) of the American Civil War. The main body of the Union Army of the Potomac began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder pursued along the railroad and the Williamsburg Road and struck Maj. Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner's II Corps (the Union rearguard) with three brigades near Savage's Station, while Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's divisions were stalled north of the Chickahominy River. Union forces continued to withdraw across White Oak Swamp, abandoning supplies and more than 2,500 wounded soldiers in a field hospital.