Battle of Swift Creek
| Battle of Swift Creek | |||||||
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| Part of American Civil War | |||||||
The Rebel Fort Clifton and our batteries on the Appomatox (illustration by W. Waud in Harper's Weekly, 1864) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States (Union) | CSA (Confederacy) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Benjamin Butler | P. G. T. Beauregard | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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5 gunboats 14,000 | 4,200 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 990 | |||||||
Location within Virginia | |||||||
The Battle of Swift Creek or Arrowfield Church was fought on May 9, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union forces were only partially successful: they inflicted damage on the local railroad, but further advance was halted.