Battle of Savage's Station
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| Battle of Savage's Station | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Savage Station, Va. Field hospital after the battle. Gibson, James F., photographer |
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| Combatants | |||||||
| United States of America | Confederate States of America | ||||||
| Commanders | |||||||
| Edwin V. Sumner | John B. Magruder | ||||||
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| Casualties | |||||||
| 4,700 total (2,500 US wounded were captured) | 4,700 total (2,500 US wounded were captured) | ||||||
| Peninsula Campaign |
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| Hampton Roads – Yorktown – Williamsburg – Eltham's Landing – Drewry's Bluff – Hanover Courthouse – Seven Pines – Seven Days Battles (Oak Grove – Beaver Dam Creek – Gaines' Mill – Garnett's & Golding's Farm – Savage's Station – White Oak Swamp – Glendale – Malvern Hill) |
The Battle of Savage's Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.
Savage's Station was the fourth of the Seven Days Battles. On June 29, the main body of the Union army 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. Confederate Brig. Gen. Richard Griffith was mortally wounded during the fight. 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.
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