"Beefsteak Raid"@en . . "Confederatevictory" . . "United States (Union)" . "3,000" . "CSA (Confederacy)" . "1864-09-17Z"^^ . . . "1864-09-14Z"^^ . "The Beefsteak Raid was a Confederate cavalry raid that took place in September 1864 as part of the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. Confederate Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton led a force of 3,000 troopers on what was to become a 100-mile (160 km) ride to acquire cattle that were intended for the consumption of the Union Army (which was laying siege to Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia)."@en . "304 captured" . .