Battle Of Chaffin's Farm
The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.
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