Hampton's Beefsteak Raid takes the Union cattle herd at Coggin's Point
September 16, 1864, Coggin's Point, Virginia.
- Date
- September 16, 1864
- Where
- Coggin's Point, Virginia
- What happened
- Raided
- Event
- 127 of 174
With Lee reporting the army's corn exhausted, Hampton rode around the Union lines and struck the herd at the supply depot on Coggin's Point on the James River. His men drove more than 2,000 cattle back to Confederate lines with 11 wagons and 304 prisoners. Lee's adjutant said it made up for the supplies lost with the Weldon Railroad.
Nearby
- 2 miHarrison's LandingUnion · Supply base, Charles City County (Berkeley Plantation), Virginia
- 6 miCity Point supply depotUnion · Supply base, Hopewell (City Point), Virginia
- 6 miAmmunition barge explodes at City PointAugust 9, 1864, City Point wharf, Virginia
- 13 miButler cuts the Richmond and Petersburg at Port Walthall JunctionMay 7, 1864, Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
- 14 miPetersburg rail hubConfederate · Rail junction, Petersburg, Virginia
- 16 miBattle of Globe Tavern cuts the Weldon RailroadAugust 18, 1864, Globe Tavern, south of Petersburg, Virginia