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2nd Battle of Deep Bottom

Forces Engaged:

Killed:

Wounded:

Captured or Missing:

Total Casualties

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. W. H. F. Lee

Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson

Brig. Gen. John Gregg

Brig. Gen. John Bratton

Brig. Gen. James H. Lane

Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan

Brig. Gen. Victory Girardey

Brig. Gen. Rufus Baringer

Brig. Gen. Richard L. T. Beale

Brig. Gen. James Dearing

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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August 14 - 20, 1864

Henrico County, Virginia

Strategic Union Victory

Part of the Siege of Petersburg

Also called Fussell's Mill, New Market Road, Bailey's Creek, Charles City Road or White's Tavern

National Park Service

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Battlefield Trust

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Siege of Petersburg Online

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American History Central

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Forces Engaged: 1,500

Killed: 140

Wounded: 529

Captured or Missing: 2,073

Total Casualties: 2,742

Union Officers

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Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles

Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott

Brig. Gen. Alfred H. Terry

Brig. Gen. Robert S. Foster

Brig. Gen. John Wesley Turner

Brig. Gen. William Birney

Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M., III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 230-231

Davis, William C. ed. "Death in the Trenches Grant at Petersburg." The Civil War Vol 24 of 26. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1986,

          p 137-140

Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia." Confederate Military History Vol III Part I of XII Volumes. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2008. p 522-523

Porter Horace. "Campaigning with Grant." Collector's Library of the Civil War. New York: Century Co. 1897. rpt. Alexandria,

          VA: Time-Life Books, 1985. p 276-279

Swinton, William. Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. Secaucus, NJ: Blue & Grey Press, 1988. p 529-532

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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