torsdag 8 september 2016

Battle of Hanover Court House
          - Järnavik 2016

Som tidigare år deltog Club of Western i Nord o Syds reenactment i Bräkne-Hoby. Vi var nio medlemmar som åkte ned till Blekinge. I år var det Slaget vid Hanover Court House som återskapades!

Hanover Court House

Location:
Hanover County

Campaign:
Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862) Date(s): May 27, 1862 Principal

Commanders:
Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter [US]; Brig. Gen. Lawrence O'B. Branch [CS] Forces

Engaged:
Divisions Estimated Casualties: 1,327 total (US 397; CS 930)

Description:
On May 27, 1862, elements of Brig. Gen. Fitz John Porter’s V Corps extended north to protect the right flank of McClellan’s Union army that now straddled the Chickahominy River. Porter’s objective was to cut the railroad and to open the Telegraph Road for Union reinforcements under Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell that were marching south from Fredericksburg. Confederate forces, attempting to prevent this maneuver, were defeated just south of Hanover Courthouse after a stiff fight. The Union victory was moot, however, for McDowell’s reinforcements were recalled to Fredericksburg upon word of Banks’s rout at First Winchester.

Result(s): Union victory




 

 

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