Battle of Hatcher's Run--5-7 February 1865

Battle of Hatcher's Run--5-7 February 1865 is a Virginia historical marker in Dinwiddie County, dedicated 1990.

Dinwiddie County · dedicated 1990 · Rte. 613, about 3000 feet west of Rte. 670

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Hoping to cut Lee's supply route into Petersburg, in February 1865 Grant ordered two army corps led by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Andrew A. Humphreys to seize the Boydton Plank Road. The Confederate corps commanded by Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon successfully blocked Warren's attacks at nearby Dabney's Mill on 6-7 February, and Warren's corps withdrew to its previous position. The brief Union campaign enabled Grant to extend his lines, and cost the Confederates the life of Brig. Gen. John Pegram on 6 February.

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