Savage's_Station_BL3

=**Savage's Station:** = by Jake Shiner


 * 1) This battle is called the Battle of Savage's Station
 * 2) The Battle of Savage's Station was fought on June 29, 1862
 * 3) It was fought in Henrico county Virginia
 * 4) Leading the fight for the Union was Maj. Gen. Edwin Sumner and for the Confederacy it was Maj. Gen. John Magruder[[image:http://www.old-picture.com/civil-war/pictures/General-Sumner-003.jpg width="195" height="277" align="left" caption="Maj. Gen. Edwin Sumner"]][[image:http://www.forttours.com/images/genmagruder.jpg width="214" height="277" align="center" caption="Maj. Gen. John Magruder"]]
 * 5) The troops were in divisions and brigades.
 * 6) The Battle of Savage's Station was fought on June 29, 1862. It was the fourth of the Seven Day's Battle. It got its name from being fought in front of Savage's Station which was a field hospital.*** On the 29th, the Union army, led by Major General Edwin Sumner, started to withdraw towards the Harrison's landing on the James River where they would be protected by Union gunboats artillery. Major General John Magruder and his men followed along the Richmond and York Railroad and Williamsburg Road. While Magruder was marching his men Stonewall Jackson would cross the Grapevine Bridge and attack Sumner from the north. D.R. Jones marched his men through open fields which was quicker than Magruder and Jackson so he attacked first. Jones looked for support from Jackson and and Magruder but neither had arrived yet so he dug in.*** When Magrauder arrived they pursued the retreating Yankees. At Savage's Station Sumner decided to stop and fight. Sumner had "Baldy Smith" holding the line on his right and Samuel Heintzelman to his left, south of the railroad. Heintzelman thought his right flank was open so he was the first to retreat across White Oak Swamp. Then Sumner got news that they were surrounded. He had Baldy Smith retreat across White Oak Swamp first and by the next morning Sumner had withdrawn. Now Magruder had the hospital
 * 7) A major strategic move in this battle was having D.R. Jones march through the open field quickly to attack Sumner and his men. Also surrounding the Union forces was a strategic move and turning point to the battle.[[image:http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/jackson/images/seven-days-map-battle.gif align="center" caption="Battle map of Savage's Station"]]
 * 8) The Confederates won the battle by surrounding the Union Army and forcing them to retreat.
 * 9) There was 4700 casualties and 2500 wounded captured from Union field hospital.
 * 10) The Confederates captured almost 1000 prisoners retreating between Swamp Oak Swamp and Savage's Station. They also had taken control of the Union field hospital. The Confederates captured many Union soldiers in this battle.[[image:http://americancivilwar.com/pictures/Field_Hospital_Savage_Station.jpg width="714" height="564" caption="Soldiers at Savage's Station"]]

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