Battle of Port Walthall Junction

Battle of Port Walthall Junction Began: May 6, 1864 Ended: May 7, 1864 Location: Chesterfield County, Virginia Theater: Eastern Theater Campaign: Bermuda Hundred Campaign Outcome: Union victory Combatants Commanders Benjamin F. Butler Major General, USA Johnson Hagood Brigadier General, CSA Strength Casualties 300 ~200
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In conjunction with the opening of Grant’s Overland Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler’s Army of the James, 33,000 strong, disembarked from transports at Bermuda Hundred on May 5, threatening the Richmond-Petersburg Railroad. On May 6, Hagood’s brigade stopped initial Federal probes at Port Walthall Junction. On May 7, a Union division drove Hagood’s and Johnson’s brigades from the depot and cut the railroad at Port Walthall Junction. Confederate defenders retired behind Swift Run Creek and awaited reinforcements. (NPS summary)