KILPATRICK-DAHLGREN, RICHMOND RAID, VIRGINIA

29 February - 4 March 1864

Including

Ely’s Ford, 29 Feb

Beaver Dam Station, 29 Feb

Taylorsville, 29 Feb

Ashland, 1 Mar

Brooke Turnpike, 1 Mar

Atlee’s 1 Mar

Old Church, 2 Mar

Walkerton, 2 Mar

King & Queen Courthouse 6 Mar

OR-Series I, Volume XXXIII, Chapter XLV, Pg 168

 

Union Forces

                   3rd Cavalry Division - Brigadier General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick

            1st Brigade - Brigadier General Henry E. Davies Jr.

2nd New York Cavalry Regiment

5th New York Cavalry Regiment

18th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

5th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

7th Michigan Cavalry Regiment

1st Vermont Cavalry Regiment --- Lieutenant Colonel Preston

Ransom’s Battery, Horse Artillery

            2nd Brigade - Colonel Sawyer

Detachment,1st Cavalry Division --- Major Hall

3rd Indiana Cavalry Regiment --- Major Patton

4th New York Cavalry Regiment

17th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

Detachment, 2nd Cavalry Division --- Major Taylor

1st Maine Cavalry Regiment

4th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

16th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

                   Dahlgren’s Command - Colonel Urlic Dalhgren

Detachment, 2nd New York Cavalry

Detachment, 5th New York Cavalry

Detachment, 2nd Cavalry Division - Major Cooke

Detachment, 1st Maine Cavalry - Lieutenant Andrew

Detachment, 1st Vermont Cavalry

Detachment, 5th Michigan Cavalry --- Captain Hastings

Partial Casualty List

Colonel Urlic Dahlgren - Killed

Major Cooke - Captured

Major Litchfield - Wounded

 

 

Confederate Forces

RICHMOND DEFENSES -COLONEL W. H. STEVENS

(500 men and 6 artillery pieces)

            Local Defense Brigade - Brigadier General George Washington Custis Lee

5 Battalions of Workers

Detachment Homeguards --- Captain Bagby

Detachment Homeguards --- Captain Todd

1st Division, Inner Line --- Lieutenant colonel J. W. Atkinson

2nd Division, Inner Line --- Lieutenant Colonel James Howard

                   Fitz Lee's Cavalry Division - Major General Fitzhugh Lee

            Chambliss's Cavalry Brigade

Detachment, 42nd Virginia Cavalry Battalion --- Captain McGruder

1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment --- Colonel Cheek

Company "H", 9th Virginia Cavalry--- Lieutenant James Pollard

            Lomax's Cavalry Brigade

Company "E", 5th Virginia Cavalry--- Captain E. C. Fox

Detachment, 5th Virginia Cavalry --- Lieutenant Pollard

                        Hampton's Cavalry Division

Detachment, 20th Virginia Cavalry Battalion

            Artillery of Early - Lieutenant Colonel C. E. Lightfoot

Rives Battery

Company D, 10th Virginia Battalion Heavy Artillery

Detachment, King & Queen Cavalry

CASUALTIES Killed/Wounded 308

Partial Casualty List

Lieutenant Colonel Jones - Captured

Captain Page - Captured

Captain Watson - Captured

Captain Dement - Captured

Lieutenant Blair - Captured

Lieutenant Deas - Captured

Lieutenant Lambie - Captured

Lieutenant Walthall - Captured

 

 

 

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