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Battle of Boydton Plank Road, VA October 27–28, 1864, US Civil War

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  • Pvt. Hale Gage, (USA) (c.1831 - 1898)
    Pvt. Co. A 1st Battalion, Mass. Heavy Art. _________________________________ He had an alias, and also was known by his other name "Henry G. Putnam", as indicated in the application for his Militar...
  • Stephen A Carpenter, (USA) (1829 - 1900)
    Union Civil War Veteran Company G, 24th Michigan Infantry Son of Joseph Halsey Carpenter and Sarah "Sally" Raplee.
  • Pvt. Elvin "Ephraim" Hines, (USA) (1838 - 1912)
    Pvt./Blacksmith Elvin Ephraim Hine/Heine/Hein, Co. C (McCullough's/Martin's/Horrell's Co.), 4th PA Cav. (US). Enlisted in PA, 9/16/1861 @ age 23. Mustered out 7/1/1865 in VA. Inmate at US Soldiers Home...
  • Major Neill A. McNeill, Jr., (CSA) (1832 - 1880)
    Neill McNeill served as a Captain, Second Lieutenant, and Major for the Confederacy in Company H of the 46th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry
  • John Amos Nevel, (USA) (1841 - 1913)
    Served in Co. G, 155th PA. Vols. 1862 - 1865. Wounded in action at Petersburg, Va. on June 22, 1864.

The Battle of the Boydton Plank Road (also known as Burgess Mill or First Hatcher's Run), fought on October 27–28, 1864, followed the successful Battle of Peebles's Farm in the siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. It was an attempt by the Union Army to seize the Boydton and Petersburg Plank Road and cut the South Side Railroad, a critical supply line to Petersburg, Virginia.

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