Bermuda Hundred, Va

a position selected by Butler, who, in 1864, commanded the Army of the James, numbering about 25,000 Federals, where he might intrench himself and await Grant’s arrival. In the vicinity of this position there was constant fighting between Butler’s troops and those of the Confederate Beau regard, whose forces were 20,000 strong. The fighting continued from May 16 to 30. On the sixteenth Heckman’s brigade was destroyed by the Confederates, who were then pushing on to Bermuda Hundred, when Ames and Gill more came up and Beau regard’s plans miscarried. On the nineteenth the Confederates a aulted the Federal rifle pits under Ames and Terry, but without succe . Skirmishing continued until the thirtieth, when the Confederates desisted. Bermuda Hundred was a valuable position, since it was very near both Richmond and Petersburg.