Battle of Peebles' Farm

Battle of Peebles' Farm
Part of the American Civil War

5th Corps attacking a Confederate fort, September 30th
DateSeptember 30, 1864 (1864-09-30) – October 2, 1864 (1864-10-02)
Location
Result Union victory[1][2]
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Gouverneur K. Warren A. P. Hill
Units involved
V Corps Third Corps
Strength
29,800 [3] 10,000 [3]
Casualties and losses
2,889[4] ~900
Map of Peebles' Farm Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.

The Battle of Peebles' Farm (or Poplar Springs Church or Poplar Grove Church) was the western part of a simultaneous Union offensive against the Confederate works guarding Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.[5]

  1. ^ American Battlefield Trust
  2. ^ NPS Peebles' Farm battle details
  3. ^ a b Eicher, pp. 689–90; Esposito, text for map 138.
  4. ^ Official Records[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPS-BS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).