Savage’s Station

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Savage’s Station (1862)

War:

American Civil War

Date(s):

29 Jun 1862

Location:

Henrico County, Virginia, US

Outcome:

Inconclusive

Description:

Maj. Gen. Edwin Sumner, USA
Maj. Gen. John Magruder, CSA

Each side deployed roughly a division.

Casualties were moderate, 2,200 in the fighting and another 2,500 wounded prisoners.

This was the fourth of the Seven Days’ Battles. On June 29, the main body of the Union army began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Magruder pursued along the railroad and the Williamsburg Road and struck Sumner’s Corps (the Union rearguard) with three brigades near Savage’s Station. He didn’t break through and the Union retreat was not badly disrupted, and the withdrawal across White Oak Swamp continued, with supplies being abandoned as well as a field hospital with more than 2,500 wounded soldiers.

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