May 6, 1864
Encounter on the James River, near City Point, with the Union ironclad gunboat, the Commodore Jones, destroyed by a Confederate electronic torpedo, while Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s overwhelming Union army fails to take the city of Petersburg, VA, which is lightly defended by Maj. Gen. George Pickett, CSA.
The Engagement at Port Walthall Junction and Chester Station, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, and the Army of the James.
5/6-7/1864.
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