The 3rd Guard Division was hurried Self_motion forward from Valenciennes , to hold Defending the ground in front of the second position and British attacks Attack began Process_start on Shelter and Bottom woods up the slope towards Contalmaison .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Deep Bottom , also known as Fussell 's Mill ( particularly in the South ) , New Market Road , Bailey 's Creek , Charles City Road , or White 's Tavern was fought Hostile_encounter August 14–20 , 1864 , at Deep Bottom in Henrico County , Virginia , during the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign ( Siege of Petersburg ) of the American Civil War .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Deep Bottom , also known as Fussell 's Mill ( particularly in the South ) , New Market Road , Bailey 's Creek , Charles City Road , or White 's Tavern was fought Hostile_encounter August 14–20 , 1864 , at Deep Bottom in Henrico County , Virginia , during the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign ( Siege of Petersburg ) of the American Civil War .

During the night of August 13–14 , a force under the command Control of Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock crossed Motion_directional the James River at Deep Bottom to threaten Warning Richmond and attract Confederate forces away from the Petersburg , Virginia , trenches and the Shenandoah Valley .