The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road (also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks) was fought on October 27–28, 1864, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

The XVIII Corps marched north to Fair Oaks where it was soundly repulsed by Maj. Gen. Charles W. Field's Confederate division.

Of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's offensives north of the James River, this was repulsed most easily.

The Medal of Honor was awarded to First Lieutenant William Rufus Shafter for his actions.

[2] The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road.

BG William Whedbee Kirkland W. H. F. Lee's Division