Battle of Eltham's Landing

Battle of Eltham's Landing
	Part of the American Civil War
	; Battle of Brickhouse Point or Eltham's Landing, May 7, 1862
Date	May 7, 1862
Location	New Kent County, Virginia
Result	Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States (Union)	Confederate States (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William B. Franklin	G. W. Smith; William H. C. Whiting
Strength
11,300	11,000
Casualties and losses
194	48

The Battle of Eltham's Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's Union division landed at Eltham's Landing and was attacked by two brigades of Brig. Gen. G. W. Smith's command, reacting to the threat to the Confederate army's trains on the Barhamsville Road. Franklin's movement occurred while the Confederate army was withdrawing from the Williamsburg line, but he was unable to interfere with the Confederate movement.

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