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Revision as of 10:23, 29 March 2005
Template:Battlebox The Battle of Old Church (also called Matadequin Creek) was a battle in Union General Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
With the armies stalemated along the Totopotomoy Creek line, the Federal cavalry began probing east and south. On May 30, Brigadier General Alfred Torbert's Division attacked and defeated Brig. Gen. Matthew C. Butler's Brigade near Old Church. Butler's troopers were driven steadily back on the road to Old Cold Harbor, opening the door for Major General Philip Sheridan's capture of that important crossroads the next day.
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