Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 24, 1864
June 24, 1864 Actions at Hare’s Hill, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Engagement at Saint Mary’s Church, VA, where Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is driven off toward the James River with his wagon train of captured supplies, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 23, 1864
June 23, 1864 Skirmish at Jones’ Bridge, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Confederate operations in the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. 6/23-8/3/1864 Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s, CSA, Confederate command advances from Lynchburg to Winchester, VA 6/23-7/2/1864 President Lincoln returns to Washington, from Petersburg, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 22, 1864
June 22, 1864 Engagement near the Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, where Lieut. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA repels the forces under Maj. Gens. David B. Birney, USA, and Horatio G. Wright, USA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Federal expedition, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, Cavalry against the South Side and Danville Railroad, VA, […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 21, 1864
June 21, 1864 Action at Howlett’s Bluff, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. President Abraham Lincoln tours the Petersburg, VA, siege lines on horseback with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, USA, as both sides continue to entrench. Skirmishes at White House or Saint Peter’s Church and Black Creek, or Tunstall’s Station, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 20, 1864
June 20, 1864 Federal expedition against the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, NC, and if possible, to burn the large covered bridge over the Northeast Cape Fear River, by men under Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, USA. The Federals get sidetracked a bit, but do end up seizing prisoners weapons, horses, etc, as well as destroying […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 19, 1864
June 19, 1864 The Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, VA, by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, USA, and the Army of the Potomac. 6/19-7/31/1864. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 18, 1864
June 18, 1864 Skirmish at King and Queen Court-House, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, USA, is temporarily in command of the 2nd US Army Corps, VA, as Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, USA, is wounded, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Brig. Gen. William T.H. Brooks, USA, assumes the command of the […]