Battle of Boydton Plank Road

E195802
American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Boydton Plank Road was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Virginia in which Union forces attempted to cut a key Confederate supply route during the protracted operations around Petersburg.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Boydton Plank Road canonical 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Burgess Mill ⓘ
associatedWith operations against Petersburg and Richmond ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union (United States) ⓘ
surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective to extend Union lines west of Petersburg ⓘ
commanderInvolved Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties approximately 1,300 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander A.P. Hill ⓘ
surface form: A. P. Hill

Henry Heth ⓘ
ConfederateForce Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date October 27–28, 1864 ⓘ
endDate October 28, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Hatcher's Run ⓘ
front Petersburg front ⓘ
higherCommand Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Army of the Potomac ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: American Civil War era
involves Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
South Side Railroad ⓘ
surface form: South Side Railroad vicinity
isPartOf Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
surface form: Grant's 1864–65 Overland and Petersburg operations
location Dinwiddie County, Virginia ⓘ
near Petersburg, Virginia ⓘ
notableUnit Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Confederate Third Corps

Union II Corps ⓘ
objective to cut the Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
to sever a key Confederate supply route into Petersburg ⓘ
partOf Richmond–Petersburg Campaign ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Peebles' Farm ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
startDate October 27, 1864 ⓘ
strategicEffect continued extension of Union siege lines ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Union forces withdrew to their lines ⓘ
terrain wooded country and roads southwest of Petersburg ⓘ
theater Eastern Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement offensive operation by Union forces ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 1,750 ⓘ
UnionCommander Gouverneur Kemble Warren ⓘ
surface form: Gouverneur K. Warren

Winfield Scott Hancock ⓘ
UnionForce II Corps (Union Army of the Potomac) ⓘ
surface form: II Corps, Army of the Potomac

IX Corps, Army of the Potomac ⓘ
Union V Corps ⓘ
surface form: V Corps, Army of the Potomac
year 1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siege of Petersburg → majorEngagement → Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Richmond–Petersburg Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ
Battle of Peebles' Farm → relatedEvent → Battle of Boydton Plank Road ⓘ