Battle of Hatcher’s Run Historical Marker

Hatcher’s Run • Strategic Situation • Petersburg Timeline

The “Battle of Hatcher’s Run S63” Virginia historical marker is at the Civil War Trust’s Hatcher’s Run site on Dabney Mill Road southwest of Petersburg, Virginia. (see map below)

Virginia historical marker for the Battle of Hatcher's Run near Petersburg, Virginia

Text from the marker:

S63
Battle of Hatcher’s Run
5-7 February 1865

Hoping to cut Lee’s supply route into Petersburg, in February 1865 Grant ordered two army corps led by Major Generals Gouverneur K. Warren and Andrew A. Humphreys to seize the Boydton Plank Road. The Confederate corps commanded by Maj. Gen. John B. Gordon successfully blocked Warren’s attacks at nearby Dabney’s Mill on 6-7 February, and Warren’s corps withdrew to its previous position. The brief Union campaign enabled Grant to extend his lines, and cost the Confederates the life of Brig. Gen. John Pegram on 6 February.

Erected 1990 by Department of Historic Resources.

Location of the marker

From exit 61 on Interstate 85 head 3.6 miles south on Boydton Plank Road (US1), then turn left (east) for 2.3 miles on Dabney’s Mill Road. The marker is on the south side of the road next to the driveway to the parking area for the site. (37.124846° N, 77.496985° W)