Battle of Wilson's Wharf

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Battle of Wilson's Wharf
Part of American Civil War
Date May 24, 1864
Location Charles City, Virginia
Result Union victory
Combatants
Confederate States of America United States of America
Commanders
Fitzhugh Lee Edward A. Wild
Strength
3,000 1,800
Grant's Overland Campaign
WildernessSpotsylvania Court HouseYellow TavernMeadow BridgeWilson's WharfNorth AnnaHaw's ShopTotopotomoy CreekOld ChurchCold HarborTrevilian StationSaint Mary's Church

The Battle of Wilson’s Wharf (also called the Battle of Fort Pocahontas) was a battle in Union General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.

On May 24, Confederate Major General Fitzhugh Lee's cavalry division (about 3,000 men) attacked the Union supply depot at Wilson's Wharf, on the James River in eastern Charles City, Virginia and was repulsed by two African American regiments under of the United States Colored Troops under the command of Brigadier General Edward A. Wild (about 1,800 men), who were in the process of constructing a fortification there, which was subsequently named Fort Pocahontas.

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