Battle of Darbytown Road

Not to be confused with the First Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as the Battle of Darbytown, on July 27–29, 1864, or the Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads on October 7, 1864, or the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road on October 27–28, 1864.

Battle of Darbytown Road
Part of the American Civil War
Date October 13, 1864 (1864-10-13) Location Henrico County, near Sandston, Virginia Result Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Alfred Terry	Richard H. Anderson
Strength
X Corps	Corps
Casualties and losses
437 (36 killed, 358 wounded, 43 captured).	513

Map of Darbytown Road Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.

The Battle of Darbytown Road was fought on October 13, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Confederates were attempting to retake ground they had lost to Federal forces during battles near Richmond, Virginia. Their efforts failed. On October 13, Union forces advanced to find and feel the new Confederate defensive line in front of Richmond. While mostly a battle of skirmishers, a Federal brigade assaulted fortifications north of Darbytown Road and was repulsed with heavy casualties. The Federals retired to their entrenched lines along New Market Road.

Background

Further information: Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

Opposing forces

Union

The Union order of battle is compiled from the official tabulation of casualties and includes only units which sustained casualties.

Military rank abbreviations used

• MG = Major General
• BG = Brigadier General
• Col = Colonel
• Ltc = Lieutenant Colonel
• Maj = Major
• Cpt = Captain

Other abbreviations

• w = wounded
• mw = mortally wounded
• k = killed
• c = captured

Army of the James

Main article: Army of the James

X Corps

Main article: X Corps (Union Army)

MG Alfred H. Terry

Division	Brigade	Regiments and others
First Division      BG Adelbert Ames	1st Brigade   Col Francis B. Pond	39th Illinois 62nd Ohio 67th Ohio 85th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade   BG Joseph R. Hawley	7th Connecticut 3rd New Hampshire 16th New York Heavy Artillery, 7 Companies
	3rd Brigade   Col Harris M. Plaisted	10th Connecticut 11th Maine 24th Massachusetts
Second Division [not engaged]
Third Division      BG William Birney	1st Brigade   Col Alvin C. Voris	7th U.S. Colored Troops 9th U.S. Colored Troops
	2nd Brigade   Col Ulysses Doubleday	29th Connecticut 8th U.S. Colored Troops 45th U.S. Colored Troops
Cavalry Division      BG August V. Kautz	1st Brigade   Col Robert M. West	5th Pennsylvania
	2nd Brigade   Col Samuel P. Spear	11th Pennsylvania
	3rd Brigade   Col Andrew W. Evans	1st Maryland 1st New York Mounted Rifles

Battle

Further information: Richmond-Petersburg Campaign

References

• National Park Service battle description
• CWSAC Report Update and Resurvey:Individual Battlefield Profiles
• Newsome, Hampton. Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign, October 1864. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-60635-132-1.