The Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Union troops were led by Benjamin Butler, while the Confederates were led by P.G.T. Beauregard. The Confederates were victorious, and Butler's forces ended up surrounded. 20 May is the 140th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (141st in leap years). ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Benjamin Franklin Butler Benjamin Franklin Butler (November 5, 1818 – January 11, 1893) was an American lawyer, soldier and politician. ... Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant de Beauregard (BO-rih-gahrd) (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893), best known as a general for the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, was also a writer, civil servant, and inventor. ...
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It was downriver on the James from the practical limit of advance for Union warships, the fortifications at Drewry's Bluff.
Although he was able to distract Confederate forces for a brief time, their victories at Proctor's Creek and WareBottomChurch enabled Beauregard to detach strong reinforcements for Lee's army in time for the fighting at Cold Harbor.
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