2nd Battle of Ream's Station
Forces Engaged: 8,000 - 10,000
Killed:
Wounded:
Captured or Missing:
Total Casualties:
Maj. Gen. Matthew C. Butler
Brig. Gen. George T. Anderson
Brig. Gen. James Comer
Brig. Gen. Samuel McGowan
Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales
Brig. Gen. John R. Cooke
Brig. Gen. William MacRae
Brig. Gen. John Dunovant
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Rosser
Brig. Gen. Rufus Barringer
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Confederate Official Records
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Army of Northern Virginia
Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton
Chief of Artillery
Commander, III Corps
Commander, Cavalry Corps
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August 25, 1864
Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Confederate Setback with the Destruction of the Railroad
Part of the Siege of Petersburg
National Park Service
Battlefield Trust
Second Battle of Reams Station
Reams Station / 2nd & 3rd Assaults / August 25, 1864
American History Central
The Second Battle of Ream’s Station, 1864
Second Battle of Ream’s Station Facts
Beyond the Crater
The Second Battle of Ream’s Station: August 25, 1864
BEARSS Map: Second Battle of Reams Station, August 22-25, 1864
TOPO
The Capture of Colonel (General) Francis A. Walker at Second Reams
Station: August 25, 1864
September 2, 1864 Richmond Examiner: A. P. Hill Report on 2nd Ream Station
New York Times
August 31, 1864 – Battle of Ream’s Station
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​Battle of Ream's Station Clip Art
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Forces Engaged: 9,000
Killed: 140
Wounded: 529
Captured or Missing: 2,073
Total Casualties: 2,747
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. John Gibbon
Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Brig. Gen. David McMurtrie Gregg
Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz
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Beale, R. L. T. History of the North Virginia Cavalry. Richmond, VA: B. F. Publishing, 1899. P 142-145, 149
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 683
Davis, William C., ed. "Death in the Trenches Grant at Petersburg." The Civil War Vol 25 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life
Books. 1986 p 105-110
Freeman, Douglas Southall. Lee's Lieutenant's Vol III of III. New York: Charles Scribner, 1944. p 589-590
Warner, Ezra W. 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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