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| − | |name=Battle of Chester Station
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| − | |begin=May 10, 1864
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| − | |end=Same day
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| − | |place=Chesterfield County, Virginia
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| − | |theater=Eastern Theater
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| − | |campaign=Bermuda Hundred Campaign
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| − | |result=Inconclusive
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| − | |combatants1=
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| − | |commanders1=[[Benjamin F. Butler]]<br/>Major General, USA
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| − | |commanders2=[[P.G.T. Beauregard]]<br/>General, CSA
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| − | |casualties1=569 total US and CS
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| − | |casualties2=569 total US and CS
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| − | On May 10, elements of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom’s division conducted a reconnaissance-in-force against a portion of Butler’s army that was destroying the railroad at Chester Station. The Confederates attacked near the Winfree House, and the Federals retired to their Bermuda Hundred lines. (''NPS summary'')
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| + | Inky binky bonky, |
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| + | daddy had a donkey, |
| − | | + | donkey died, |
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| + | daddy cried, |
| | + | Inky binky bonky. |