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Other Name: Barhamsville, West Point
State: Virginia
Location: New Kent County
Campaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862)
Dates: May 7, 1862
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin
confederate  Confederate States: Maj. Gen. Gustavius W. Smith
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: union  Union States: 194
confederate  Confederate States: 48
Total: 242 total
Results: Result(s): Inconclusive
Description:

Franklin’s Union division landed at Eltham’s Landing and was attacked by two brigades of Smith’s command, reacting to the threat to the Confederate army’s trains on the Barhamsville Road. Franklin’s movement occurred while the Confederate army was withdrawing from the Williamsburg line.
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