Blocking the Union Advance

Knowing they were badly outnumbered, Evans' 900 Confederates waited across an open field for the enemy to appear over the crest of the hill, hoping only to slow a 15,000-man Federal column long enough for reinforcements to arrive. When the first Federals topped the rise, the Confederates fired, and both sides rushed reinforcements into the fight as the battle raged on a half-mile front. After 1 ½ hours, outflanked and overwhelmed, the Confederates retreated in disarray toward Henry Hill, and the battle seemed lost.

Virginia · United States