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| Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights | |||||||
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| Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
 Union assault on Fort Harrison, September 29 (after a sketch by William Waud) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 Confederate States (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Ulysses S. Grant Benjamin F. Butler |
Robert E. Lee Richard S. Ewell | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 26,600[1] | 14,500[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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3,372 total 391 killed 2,317 wounded 649 missing/captured[3] |
2,000 total 250 killed 1,250 wounded 500 missing/captured[4] | ||||||
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.
- ^ Sommers, p. 21.
- ^ Kennedy, p. 363. There were 4,500 defenders on September 29, reinforced by 10,000 on September 30.
- ^ Sommers, p. 499. Bonekemper, p. 317, cites 383 killed, 2,299 wounded, and 645 missing or captured. Trudeau, p. 217, cites 1,040 killed or missing and 2,317 wounded. Horn, p. 167, cites 3,327 total Union casualties. Salmon, p. 433, estimates 4,150 Union casualties.
- ^ Bonekemper, p. 317. Sommers, p. 499, cites 1,737 casualties, including 396 missing or captured. Horn, p. 167, Trudeau, p. 217, and Kennedy, p. 363, estimate 1,700 total Confederate casualties. Salmon, 433, estimates about 1,750 Confederate casualties, mostly on September 30.