Engagement at Meadow Bridge, Virginia

Engagement at Meadow Bridge, Virginia - Multiple units engage at Meadow Bridge in Henrico County, Virginia on May 12, 1864.

• Also referred to as the:
  • Engagement on the Chickahominy River, Virginia
• Union forces also push into the Fortifications of Richmond - listed on same date in (some not all) unit profiles but no separate skirmish page

Sub-Operations

• May 4-June 12, 1864 - The Overland Campaign
  • May 9-24, 1864 - (Sheridan's) Expedition from Todd's Tavern to the James River, Virginia

Union Troops

(AoP) Cavalry Corps

• Philip H. Sheridan, Major General

Division	Brigade	Regiments and Smaller Units
1st Division	1st Brigade	1st Michigan Cavalry 5th Michigan Cavalry 6th Michigan Cavalry 7th Michigan Cavalry
	2nd Brigade	6th New York Cavalry 9th New York Cavalry 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry
	Reserve Brigade	19th New York Cavalry 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

• 1st Maine Cavalry
• 8th New York Cavalry

Confederate Troops

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Casualties

• Union loss: 15 killed, 128 wounded, 27 missing = Total 170

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 632, 889, 936)
• Wikipedia - Battle of Meadow Bridge