Battle of Wilson's Wharf

Battle of Wilson's Wharf

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=Battle of Wilson's Wharf


caption=
partof=the American Civil War
date=May 24, 1864
place=Charles City, Virginia
result=Union victory
combatant1= flagicon|USA|1863 United States (Union)
combatant2= flagicon|CSA|1863 CSA (Confederacy)
commander2=Fitzhugh Lee
commander1=Edward A. Wild
strength2=3,000
strength1=1,800
casualties1=
casualties2=|

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 Maj. Gen. 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 of the United States Colored Troops under the command of Brig. Gen. Edward A. Wild (about 1,800 men), who were in the process of constructing a fortification there, which was subsequently named Fort Pocahontas.

References

* [http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/battles/va056.htm National Park Service battle description]


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