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Engagement at Eltham's Landing, Virginia
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Engagement at Eltham's Landing, Virginia - Multiple units engage at Eltham's Landing in New Kent County, Virginia on May 7, 1862.
- Also referred to as Engagement at Barhamsville and Engagement at West Point
- Also listed as continuing on to May 8
Union Troops
- 5th Maine Infantry
- 1st Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
- 19th Massachusetts Infantry
- 20th Massachusetts Infantry
- 7th Michigan Infantry
- 1st Minnesota Infantry
- 1st New Jersey Light Artillery Battery ("Battery A")
- (II) 1st New Jersey Infantry
- (II) 2nd New Jersey Infantry
- (II) 3rd New Jersey Infantry
- (II) 4th New Jersey Infantry
- 1st New York Cavalry[1]
- 9th New York Cavalry[2]
- 1st New York Light Artillery / Battery E
- 16th New York Infantry
- 18th New York Infantry
- 27th New York Infantry
- 31st New York Infantry
- 32nd New York Infantry
- 42nd New York Infantry
- 95th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 96th Pennsylvania Infantry
- 2nd United States Artillery / Battery D
Casualties
- Union: 48 killed, 110 wounded, 28 missing = Total 186
Sub-Operations
- This engagement is a sub-operation of
The Peninsula Campaignfrom March 17-September 2, 1862
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 597, 613, 656, 882, 885, 893, 899)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Eltham%27s_Landing