Battle of Ware Bottom Church

May 20, 1864 · Chesterfield County

Result CSA (Confederate) victory

Confederate troops under P. G. T. Beauregard attacked Union lines at Ware Bottom Church, Virginia. They pushed Butler's army back and kept it bottled up at Bermuda Hundred.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
12,000
Casualties
702
Killed
103
Wounded
796
Missing
49
Strength
15,500
Casualties
700