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First Battle of Ream's Station

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Around noon, Mahone led Confederate infantry against the Union front while cavalry under Fitzhugh Lee attacked the Union left flank. The fierce assault split the Union forces. Wilson and Kautz were forced to withdraw quickly, burning their supply wagons and abandoning their artillery.
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Separated by the Confederate attacks, Wilson and his men cut their way through and retreated southwest on the Stage Road to cross the Nottoway River, while Kautz headed south and east cross-country, reaching Federal lines at Petersburg about dark. Wilson continued east to the
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The Wilson-Kautz raid tore up more than 60 miles (97 km) of track, temporarily disrupting rail traffic into Petersburg, but at a great cost in men and mounts.
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and its partners have acquired and preserved 293 acres (1.19 km) of the fields of battle at Ream's Station through November 2021.
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before turning north, eventually reaching Union lines at Light House Point on July 2.
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cavalry, joined Kautz's near Ream's Station, where they were virtually surrounded.
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moved into southern Virginia where they began destroying sections of the
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Civil War, A-Z: The Complete Handbook of America's Bloodiest Conflict
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In June 1864, a Union division under the command of Brig. Gen.
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Map of Ream's Station Battlefield core and study areas by the
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Index

First Battle of Reams Station
American Civil War

Dinwiddie County, Virginia
Confederate
United States
United States
Union
Confederate States of America
CSA (Confederacy)
James H. Wilson
August Kautz
William Mahone
Fitzhugh Lee
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Siege of Petersburg
1st Petersburg
2nd Petersburg
Jerusalem Plank Road
Wilson–Kautz Raid
Staunton River Bridge
Sappony Church
1st Ream's Station
1st Deep Bottom
Crater
2nd Deep Bottom
Globe Tavern
2nd Ream's Station

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