| Beefsteak Raid | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 "The Great Cattle Raid at Harrison's Landing" (from Harper's Weekly) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Wade Hampton | |||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 3,000 | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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304 captured 2,685 cattle captured |
10 killed 47 wounded 4 missing | ||||||
The Beefsteak Raid was a Confederate cavalry raid that took place in September 1864 as part of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Confederate Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton led a force of 3,000 troopers of the Confederate States Army on what was to become a 100-mile (160 km) ride to acquire cattle that were intended for consumption by the Union Army, which was laying a combined siege to the cities of Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia.