Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…

July 17, 1864 Skirmish at Herring Creek, near Harrison’s Landing, VA, the Richmond, VA Campaign, which is near the vicinity that Maj. Gen. George McClellan, USA, retreated to after his defeat at the gates of Richmond, VA, during his Peninsula Campaign in 1862. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with […]

July 16, 1864 Action at Four-Mile Creek, VA, the Richmond, VA Campaign. Action at Malvern Hill, VA, the Richmond, VA Campaign. The capture of the Confederate wagon train near Purcellville, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, heads back to the Shenandoah Valley, VA. Skirmish at Wood Grove, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg […]

July 15, 1864 Affair at Accotink, VA. Skirmishes near Hillsborough, VA. 7/15-16/1864. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by […]

July 14, 1864 Affair at Poolesville, MD, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s, CSA, Confederate troops cross the Potomac River at White’s Ford, Leesburg, VA. Action at Malvern Hill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the […]

July 13, 1864 Affair at Rockville, MD. Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, is assigned to the command of all the forces moving against the Confederate forces in retreat from Washington, DC. Brig. Gen. William H. Emory, USA, is assigned to the command of the detachment of the 19th US Army Corps, Washington, DC. Note: […]

July 12, 1864 The Governor of New Jersey calls out volunteers for the defense of Washington, D.C. Skirmish at Turkey Creek, Lee’s Mills, near Ream’s Station, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Warwick Swamp, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Action near Fort Stevens and skirmishes along the northern defenses of Washington, DC, before Lieut. […]

July 11, 1864 The capture of railroad trains at Magnolia, MD. Skirmish at Frederick, MD. The District of Columbia militia is called into service of the United States. The Skirmish near Ft. Stevens, Washington, DC, between Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and the hastily assembled Union troops, where after skirmishing, Early decides to terminate […]