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Other Name: Slash Church
State: Virginia
Location: Hanover County
Campaign: Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862)
Dates: May 27, 1862
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter
confederate  Confederate States: Brig. Gen. Lawrence O'B. Branch
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: union  Union States: 397
confederate  Confederate States: 930
Total: 1,327 total
Results: Result(s): Union victory
Description:

On May 27, 1862, elements of Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter’s V Corps extended north to protect the right flank of McClellan’s Union army that now straddled the Chickahominy River. Porter’s objective was to cut the railroad and to open the Telegraph Road for Union reinforcements under Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell that were marching south from Fredericksburg. Confederate forces, attempting to prevent this maneuver, were defeated just south of Hanover Courthouse after a stiff fight. The Union victory was moot, however, for McDowell’s reinforcements were recalled to Fredericksburg upon word of Banks’s rout at First Winchester.

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