Battle of Boydton Plank Road | |||||||
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Part of the American Civil War | |||||||
![]() Second Corps US Army under Hancock outflanking Confederate works at Armstrong's Mill, October 27 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Ulysses S. Grant George Meade Winfield S. Hancock | Henry Heth | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
II Corps V Corps IX Corps | Third Corps | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
30,000 [1] | 11,691 [1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1,758 | 1,300 |
The Battle of Boydton Plank Road (also known as Burgess Mill or First Hatcher's Run), fought on October 27–28, 1864, followed the Union Army's successful Battle of Peebles's Farm in the siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. This follow up was a further success, with the Union Army able to seize the Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road and cut the South Side Railroad, a critical supply line to Petersburg, Virginia.
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