Name: Battle of Globe Tavern
Other Names: Second Battle of Weldon Railroad, Yellow Tavern, Yellow House, Blick’s Station
Location: Dinwiddie County
Campaign: Richmond-Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-March 1865)
Date: August 18-21, 1864
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee, Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill, Maj. Gen. Henry Heth, and Maj. Gen. William Mahone [CS]
Forces Engaged: Corps (34,300 total)
Estimated Casualties: 5,879 total (4,279 US; 1,600 CS)
Description: While Hancock’s command demonstrated north of the James River at Deep Bottom, the Union V Corps and elements of the IX and II Corps under command of Maj. Gen. G.K. Warren were withdrawn from the Petersburg entrenchments to operate against the Weldon Railroad. At dawn August 18, Warren advanced, driving back Confederate pickets until reaching the railroad at Globe Tavern. In the afternoon, Maj. Gen. Henry Heth’s division attacked driving Ayres’s division back toward the tavern. Both sides entrenched during the night. On August 19, Maj. Gen. William Mahone, whose division had been hastily returned from north of James River, attacked with five infantry brigades, rolling up the right flank of Crawford’s division. Heavily reinforced, Warren counterattacked and by nightfall had retaken most of the ground lost during the afternoon’s fighting. On the 20th, the Federals laid out and entrenched a strong defensive line covering the Blick House and Globe Tavern and extending east to connect with the main Federal lines at Jerusalem Plank Road. On August 21, Hill probed the new Federal line for weaknesses but could not penetrate the Union defenses. With the fighting at Globe Tavern, Grant succeeded in extending his siege lines to the west and cutting Petersburg’s primary rail connection with Wilmington, North Carolina. The Confederates were now forced to off-load rail cars at Stony Creek Station for a 30-mile wagon haul up Boydton Plank Road to reach Petersburg. Confederate general John C.C. Sanders was killed on August 21.
Result: Union victory1
Full Summary: Coming Soon
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First Person Accounts:
Siege of Petersburg Documents Which Mention This Battle:
- 864hac: Union Forces Battle of Weldon Railroad 18-21 August 1864
- Actions on the Weldon Railroad by Orlando B. Willcox
- Civil War Book Preview: Ed Bearss' The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June - August 1864
- Grant's and Meade's Learning Curves: A Look at the First Four Siege of Petersburg Offensives
- MHSM Papers: Operations Against the Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864 by Captain Charles H. Porter
- MOLLUS ME: With the Seventh Maine Battery by Brevet Major William B. Lapham
- by David M. Jordan">Review In Brief: "Happiness Is Not My Companion": The Life of G. K. Warren by David M. Jordan
- Review In Brief: Mother, May You Never See The Sights I Have Seen
- Review: No Prouder Fate: The Story of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: Aftermath
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 18, 1864
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 19, 1864 Map 1
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 19, 1864 Map 2
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 21, 1864
- The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: Prelude
- The Battle of Globe Tavern Wikipedia Map: August 18-20, 1864
- The Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864: Official Records
- The Battle of Globe Tavern: August 18-21, 1864
- The Petersburg Campaign: The Destruction of The Weldon Railroad: Deep Bottom, Globe Tavern, and Reams Station: August 14-25, 1864 by John Horn
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