The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road was fought on October 27–28, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
A drawing of the action on the 27th, by Alfred Waud.
William Rufus Shafter
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William Rufus Shafter was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received US highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks. Shafter also p
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
…Of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensives north of the James River, this was repulsed most easily. The Medal of Honor was awarded to First Lieutenant William Rufus Shafter for his actions. Union casualties were 1,603, Confederates fewer than 100. The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fair…
Shafter in 1898
Generals Joseph Wheeler (left) and William Rufus Shafter in Cuba, 1898
Shafter's headstone at San Francisco National Cemetery
Medal of honor old