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Other Name: Enon Church
State: Virginia
Location: Hanover County
Campaign: Grant’s Overland Campaign (May-June 1864)
Dates: May 28, 1864
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Brig. Gen. David M. Gregg
confederate  Confederate States: Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee and Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties: union  Union States: 344
confederate  Confederate States: 400
Total: 744 total
Results: Result(s): Inconclusive
Description:

Gregg’s cavalry division, supported by Torbert’s division, advanced to cover the Army of the Potomac’s crossing of the Pamunkey River and movement toward Totopotomoy Creek. Fitzhugh Lee’s and Hampton’s cavalry divisions, later reinforced by Butler’s South Carolina brigade, met the Federals at Enon Church. After seven hours of mostly dismounted cavalry fighting, the Federal advance was stopped. Both Confederate and Union infantry began arriving in the vicinity as the cavalry fighting raged.

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