Harris Farm Engagement

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Harris Farm Engagement
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate dead lined up for burial at the Alsop farm May 19, 1864
Date May 19, 1864 Location Spotsylvania County, Virginia Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Winfield S. Hancock	Richard S. Ewell
Units involved
II Corps	Second Corps
Strength
6,642	2,718
Casualties and losses
694 204 killed 448 wounded 42 captured/missing	904 136 killed 724 wounded 44 captured/missing

The Harris Farm Engagement was a military engagement between the Union Army and the Confederate States Army. The Harris Farm Engagement was a part of the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. The battle was led by Union Major General Winfield S. Hancock and Confederate general Richard S. Ewell. The battle was caused when the Union commander, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ordered Hancock's Union II Corps to trap Confederate soldiers between Richmond and Fredericksburg.^[1] Before General Hancock could trap the Confederate soldiers, Confederate General Robert E. Lee ordered Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, in command of the Confederate Second Corps to ambush General Hancock's troops at the Harris Farm (also known as Bloomsbury Farm).