On
May 10, elements of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom's division
conducted a reconnaissance-in-force against a portion
of Butler's army that was destroying the railroad at
Chester Station. The Confederates attacked near the
Winfree House, and the Federals retired to their Bermuda
Hundred lines. (Click Here For Details...)
Report of Colonel Alvin C.
Voris, 67th Ohio Infantry, of operations May
9-10, 1864. (Click
Here For Details...)
Engineer Office 10th Army Corps
Map
Sketch No. 2 of roads between Head Quarters 10th Army
Corps and Swift Creek on the South with enemy’s
2nd line of entrenchments around Drewry’s Bluff
on the North. (Click
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To Brig. General A. Terry with Col. Sorrel’s
compliments May 24, 1864
Found among papers in the Army Field Desk of Brevet
Major General Alvin Coe Voris who commanded the Union
Force in the Chester Station fight May 10, 1864.
The original map is stored in the Map Room at the Library
of Virginia in Richmond.
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Result(s):
Inconclusive
Location: Chesterfield
County
Campaign: Bermuda
Hundred Campaign (May-June 1864)
Date: May
10, 1864
Principal Commanders:
Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler [US];
Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard [CSA]
Forces Engaged: Divisions
Estimated Casualties:
569 total


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