May 7, 1862---The Battle of Eltham's Landing

MAY 7, 1862:              

 The Battle of Eltham's Landing (The Battle of Barhamsville or The Battle of West Point).    

11,000 Union troops land at West Point, Virginia in an attempt to cut off the Confederate retreat toward Richmond. After an exchange of gunfire, the two sides disengaged; the 10,000 Confederates continued their withdrawal, while the Union troops fell back into a defensive posture. The Union Army did not succeed in disrupting the withdrawal and neither did it make any further attempts to do so.