Globe Tavern, Battle of

The Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, is the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War.

A Union force under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren destroys miles of track and withstands strong attacks from Confederate troops under Gen. P.G.T.

Beauregard and Lt. Gen. A.P.

Hill.

It is the first Union victory in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.

It forces the Confederates to carry their supplies 30 miles (48 km) by wagon to bypass the new Union lines that ware extended farther to the south and west.

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