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The Battle of Fort Stedman, also known as the Battle of Hare's Hill, was fought on March 25, 1865, during the final weeks of the American Civil War.The Union Army fortification in the siege lines around Petersburg, Virginia, was attacked in a pre-dawn Confederate assault by troops led by Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon.
21st Virginia Infantry: Cpt Reuben J. Jordan; 23rd Virginia Infantry: Ltc John P. Fitzgerald; 25th Virginia Infantry: Col Norvell Cobb [4] 27th Virginia Infantry: Ltc Charles L. Haynes; 33rd Virginia Infantry; 37th Virginia Infantry: Col Titus V. Williams; 42nd Virginia Infantry: Maj Jesse Richardson (w) 44th Virginia Infantry: Cpt William A ...
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The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865) during the Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.Even though the IX Corps was the principal Union participant between 4:30 and 8:00 a.m., the time period which centrally defines this Battle, desultory skirmishing was officially reported by elements of the II, V and VI Corps and produced ...
Fort Stedman, Virginia: Union Army of the Potomac, Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Union 1,017, Confederate 2,681 [30] Union victory March 27 – April 8 Spanish Fort, Alabama: Union Department of the Gulf, Confederate Department of East Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama: Union 657, Confederate 741 [31] Union victory March 29: Lewis's ...
Gordon soon arrived at Fort Stedman and found his attack had so far exceeded his "most sanguine expectations." Within minutes, Batteries X, XI, and XII and Fort Stedman had been seized, opening a gap nearly 1,000 feet (300 m) long in the Union line. Gordon turned his attention to the southern flank of his attack and Fort Haskell.
Joseph Franklin Carter (September 11, 1842 – April 10, 1922) was an American soldier who fought in the American Civil War.Carter received the country's highest award for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action during the Battle of Fort Stedman in Virginia on March 25, 1865.
The pre-dawn and early morning phases of the final offensive thrust of the Army of Northern Virginia had broken the Union line at Fort Stedman, capturing the Fort and several adjacent batteries. Arriving on the field and quickly recognizing the severity of the situation, General Hartranft organized and executed a highly effective counter-attack ...