Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm

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Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
Part of American Civil War
Date June 27-June 28, 1862 Location Henrico County, Virginia Result Inconclusive
Combatants
United States of America	Confederate States of America
Commanders
George B. McClellan	John B. Magruder
Strength
Divisions	Divisions
Casualties
830 total (US and CS)	830 total (US and CS)

Peninsula Campaign
Hampton Roads – Yorktown – Williamsburg – Eltham's Landing – Drewry's Bluff – Hanover Courthouse – Seven Pines – Seven Days Battles (Oak Grove – Beaver Dam Creek – Gaines' Mill – Garnett's & Golding's Farm – Savage's Station – White Oak Swamp – Glendale – Malvern Hill)

The Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farms took place from June 27–June 28, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

While battle raged north of the Chickahominy River at Gaines' Mill on June 27, Confederate General John B. Magruder demonstrated against the Union line south of the river at Garnett’s Farm. To escape an artillery crossfire, the Federal defenders from Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman’s III Corps refused their line along the river. The Confederates attacked again near Golding’s Farm on the morning of June 28 but were easily repulsed. These "fixing" actions heightened the fear in the Union high command that an all-out attack would be launched against them south of the river.

[edit] References

• National Park Service battle description