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Ream’s Station Engagement of June 29, 1864
(There were at least two actions at Ream's Station, VA in 1864.
This one is the correct date for the Isaac S. Fogel whose Anderson
Prison records I have found.)
SEE: http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va068.htm
Ream’s Station
Other Names: Reams' Station
Location: Dinwiddie County
Campaign: Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-March 1865)
Date(s): June 29, 1864
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. James Wilson and Brig. Gen. August Kautz [US];
Maj. Gen. William Mahone and Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee [CS]
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: 600 total (1,817 for entire raid)
Description: Early morning June 29, Brig. Gen. August Kautz’s division reached
Ream’s Station on the Weldon Railroad, which was thought to be held by Union
infantry. Instead, Kautz found the road barred by Mahone’s Confederate
infantry division. Wilson’s division, fighting against elements of William H.F.
“Rooney” Lee’s cavalry, joined Kautz’s near Ream’s Station, where they were
virtually surrounded. About noon, Mahone’s infantry assaulted their front while
Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry division threatened the Union left flank. The raiders
burned their wagons and abandoned their artillery. Separated by the Confederate
attacks, Wilson and his men cut their way through and fled south on the Stage
Road to cross Nottoway River, while Kautz went cross-country, reaching Federal
lines at Petersburg about dark. Wilson continued east to the Blackwater River
before turning north, eventually reaching Union lines at Light House Point on
July 2. The Wilson-Kautz raid tore up more than 60 miles of track, temporarily
disrupting rail traffic into Petersburg, but at a great cost in men and mounts.
Result(s): Confederate victory
CWSAC Reference #: VA068
Preservation Priority: III.3 (Class C)
Mention of Reams' Station in an atlas index:
Civil War Atlas Index
Reams' Station, Va......................74,1;
77,2; 93,1; 94,8; 100,1,
2; 117,1; 135-A; 137,G8
An Interactive Map of: 1864 Civil War in Virginia
lists: "Ream's Station, Reams' Station VA June 29, 1864"
but leads to a BROKEN LINK.
It does, however, show a location for Ream's Station -- SSE of Richmond;
a long way from Harpers Ferry....
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