Battle of Yellow Tavern

May 11, 1864 · Hanover County

Result Union victory

Union cavalry under Philip Sheridan fought Confederate cavalry north of Richmond, Virginia. The Confederate cavalry leader J. E. B. Stuart was mortally wounded.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States

Confederate States of America

Philip Henry Sheridan military commander

J. E. B. Stuart military commander

Fitzhugh Lee military commander

Strength and losses

Strength: 12,000c. 12,000
Casualties: 625
Killed: 35
Wounded: 142
Missing: 82

Strength: 5,000c. 5,000
Casualties: 450
Captured: 300

Units

1st Maine Cavalry Regiment 1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment 3rd New York Cavalry Regiment