Bermuda Hundred campaign

For other uses, see Bermuda (disambiguation).

The Bermuda Hundred campaign was a series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond, Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil War. Union Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler, commanding the Army of the James, threatened Richmond from the east but was stopped by forces under Confederate Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard.

Bermuda Hundred campaign
Part of American Civil War

Topographic map, Bermuda Hundred operations, May 1864
DateMay 5 – May 20, 1864
Location
Bermuda Hundred, Virginia
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Butler
Quincy Adams Gillmore
William Farrar Smith		 P. G. T. Beauregard
George Pickett
Robert Ransom
Robert Hoke
Strength
~39,000 ~18,000
Casualties and losses
~5,000+ (killed, wounded, missing/wounded) ~3,000+ (killed, wounded, missing/wounded)
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