Cumberland Church
Farmville
April 7, 1865


 Near 2 pm on April 7, the advance of the Union II Corps encountered Confederate forces entrenched on high ground near Cumberland Church. The Union forces attacked twice but were repulsed, and darkness halted the conflict. Union general Smythe was mortally wounded nearby, and J.I. Gregg was captured north of Farmville.

 

Result: Confederate victory
Campaign: Appomattox Campaign (March-April 1865)
Commanders: Maj. Gen. A.A. Humphreys [US]; Gen. Robert E. Lee [CS]
Forces: Corps
Casualties: 910 total (US 655; CS 255)
Classification: II.3 (Class C)

 

Cumberland County, VA

  
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Confederate ForcesUnion Forces
GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE  
CASUALTIES Not Reported  
MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW ATKINSON HUMPHREYS  
1st Division - Brigadier General Nelson Appleton Miles  
1st Brigade - Colonel George W. Scott  
26th Michigan Infantry Regiment- Captain Lucius H. Ives  
Battalion 5th New   Hampshire Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel Welcome A. Crafts  
2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment- Major Oscar F. Hulser  
61st New York Infantry Regiment- Major George W. Schaffer  
81st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson  
104th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Captain William A. F. Stockton  
2nd Brigade - Colonel Robert Nugent  
5 Companies, 28th Massachusetts Infantry- Captain Patrick H. Bird  
6 Companies, 63rd New   York Infantry- Captain William H. Terwilliger  
69th New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel J. J. Smith  
5 Companies, 58th New   York Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel D. F. Burke  
4th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment- Major Seward F. Gould  
3rd Brigade - Colonel Henry J. Madill   
Colonel Clinton D. MacDougall  
7th New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny  
39th New York Infantry Regiment  
52nd New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Henry N. Karples  
111th New   York Infantry Regiment  
Battalion, 125th New   York Infantry  
4th Brigade - Colonel John Ramsey  
Battalion, 6th New   York Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny  
66th New   York Infantry Regiment- Captain Nathaniel P. Lane  
53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Colonel William M. Mintzer  
116th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment  
145th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Captain James H. Hamblin  
148th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment  
183rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Colonel George T. Egbert  
2nd Division - Brigadier General William Hays *   
Brigadier General Francis Channing Barlow   
* Assigned to the Artillery Reserve 6 April 1865  
1st Brigade - Colonel William A. Olmstead  
19th Maine Infantry Regiment  
19th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment- Captain Charles S. Palmer  
20th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Arthur R. Curtis  
7th Michigan Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel George W. La Point  
2 Companies, 1st Minnesota Infantry- Captain Frank Houston  
59th New York Infantry Regiment- Captain William Lidgate  
152nd New   York Infantry Regiment- Major James E. Curtiss  
184th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Colonel John H. Stover  
36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Clement E. Warner  
2nd Brigade - Colonel James P. McIvor  
8th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment- Colonel Joel B. Baker  
155th New   York Infantry Regiment- Captain Michael Doheny  
164th New   York Infantry Regiment- Captain Timothy J. Burke  
170th New   York Infantry Regiment- Captain John Mitchell  
182nd New   York Infantry Regiment- * Captain Robert Heggart  
3rd Brigade - Brigadier General Thomas Alfred Smyth   
14th Connecticut Infantry Regiment- Captain J. Frank Morgan  
1st Delaware Infantry Regiment  
12th New Jersey Infantry Regiment- Major Henry F. Chew  
Battalion, 10th New York Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel George F. Hopper  
108th New   York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce  
4 Companies, 4th Ohio Infantry- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Calahan  
69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Captain Charles McAnally  
3 Companies, 106th Pennsylvania -Captain John H. Gallagher  
4 Companies, 7th West Virginia- Lieutenant Colonel F. W. H. Baldwin  
2nd Company Minnesota Sharpshooters- Lieutenant Edward N. Schoff  
3rd Division - Brigadier General Greshom Mott   
1st Brigade - Brigadier General Phillip Regis de Trobriand  
20th Indiana Infantry Regiment- Captain John W. Shafer  
1st Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment  
40th New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Madison M. Cannon  
73rd New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Burns  
86th New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Nathan H. Vincent  
124th New   York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Weygant  
99th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Captain Jacob Gilles  
110th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Captain Franklin B. Stewart  
2nd Brigade - Brigadier General Byron Root Pierce    
17th Maine Infantry Regiment  
1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery-Major Nathan Shatswell  
5th Michigan Infantry Regiment- Colonel John Pulford  
93rd New York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Haviland Gifford  
57th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Colonel George Zinn  
105th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Major James Miller  
141st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Horton  
3rd Brigade - Colonel Robert McAllister  
11th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers  
7th New Jersey Infantry Regiment- Colonel Francis Price Jr.  
8th New Jersey Infantry Regiment- Major Henry Hartford  
11th New Jersey Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel John Schoonover  
120th New   York Infantry Regiment- Lieutenant Colonel Abram L. Lockwood  
Artillery Brigade - Major John G. Hazard  
10th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery- Captain J. Webb Adams  
Battery "H", 1st New Hampshire Light Artillery- Captain George K. Dakin  
2nd Battery, New   Jersey Light Artillery *- Captain A. Judson Clark  
11th Battery, New   York Light Artillery- Lieutenant James A. Manning  
Battery "C", 4th New York Heavy Artillery- Captain Richard Kennedy  
Battery "L", 4th New York Heavy Artillery- Lieutenant Frank Seymour  
Battery "B", 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery- Lieutenant William B. Westcott  
Battery "K", 4th U.S. Artillery- Captain John W. Rodes  
* Also known as Battery "B", 1st New Jersey  
CASUALTIES 655 Killed and Wounded
 
 FARMVILLE, VIRGINIA (aka Cumberland Church)
7 April 1865
 
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