First Battle of Deep Bottom
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title:
First Battle of Deep Bottom
text:
The First Battle of Deep Bottom, also known as Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, New Market Road, or Gravel Hill, was fought July 27–29, 1864, at Deep Bottom in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under Maj. Gens. Winfield S. Hancock and Philip H. Sheridan was sent on an expedition threatening Richmond, Virginia, and its railroads, intending to attract Confederate troops away from the Petersburg defensive line, in anticipation of the
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Battle of the American Civil War
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Deep_Bottom
date created:
2006-11-30T01:42:42Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T11:52:55Z
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