Battle of Cumberland Church

| Battle of Cumberland Church
Farmville

| Began:|

April 7, 1865

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| Ended:|

Same day

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| Location:|

Cumberland County, Virginia

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| Theater:|

Eastern Theater

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| Campaign:|

Appomattox Campaign

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| Outcome:|

Confederate victory

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Combatants

II Corps,
Army of the Potomac

Army of Northern Virginia

Commanders

Andrew A. Humphreys
Major General, USA

Robert E. Lee
General, CSA

Strength

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Casualties

655

255

Near 2 pm on April 7, the advance of the Union II Corps encountered Confederate forces entrenched on high ground near Cumberland Church. The Union forces attacked twice but were repulsed, and darkness halted the conflict. Union general Smythe was mortally wounded nearby, and J.I. Gregg was captured north of Farmville. (NPS summary)

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Appomattox Campaign, March-April 1865

Lewis's Farm \-- Dinwiddie Court House \-- White Oak Road \-- Five Forks \-- Sutherland's Station \-- Fall of Petersburg \-- Namozine Church \-- Amelia Springs \-- High Bridge \-- Rice's Station
Sayler's Creek \-- Cumberland Church \-- Appomattox Station \-- Appomattox Court House

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Battles of the American Civil War: 1865

Eastern Theater|

2nd Fort Fisher \-- Hatcher's Run \-- Wilmington \-- Waynesboro \-- Fort Stedman \-- Lewis's Farm \-- Dinwiddie Court House \-- White Oak Road \-- Five Forks \-- Sutherland's Station \-- Fall of Petersburg \-- Namozine Church \-- Amelia Springs \-- High Bridge \-- Rice's Station \-- Sayler's Creek \-- Cumberland Church \-- Appomattox Station \-- Appomattox Court House

Western Theater|

Rivers' Bridge \-- Wyse Fork \-- Monroe's Crossroads \-- Averasborough \-- Bentonville \-- Spanish Fort \-- Fort Blakely \-- Selma \-- West Point \-- Columbus

Trans-Mississippi Theater|

Palmito Ranch

Lower Seaboard Theater|

Natural Bridge

See also: CSS Shenandoah