BURGESS MILL:
Oct. 27, 1864
The IX and V Corps were to hit the Confederate fortifications while the II Corps was to cut the supply lines. Between the weather, the terrain, and poor maps the attack went slowly and the Confederates responded quickly.
Gen. Heth (CSA) stretched his line to stop the V and IX Corps from getting to Boydton Plank Road and he then sent Gen. Mahone (CSA) to attack the right flank of the II Corps. Gen. Hancock (USA), commander of the II Corps, turns Mahone's initial success into a trap.
Mahone was repulsed and Hancock showed his old self in this his last battle of the Civil War. However, Union troops were forced to retreat back to their original positions.