Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 17, 1864
June 17, 1864 Skirmish on the Bermuda Hundred, VA, front, as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard fends off the 2nd Corps under Maj. Gen. Winfield Hancock, USA. Gen. Lee realizes Petersburg is Grant’s target and sends the Army of Northern Virginia to Petersburg, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. The Engagment at Lynchburg, VA, where Lieut. Gen. Jubal […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 16, 1864
June 16, 1864 Action on the Bermuda Hundred, VA, front, as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard, CSA, pulls most of his troops back to defend the Petersburg, VA, line, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Actions at Fort Clifton,VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. 6/16-17/1864 Skirmish at New London, VA, with Maj Gen. Breckinridge, CSA, The Lynchburg, VA Campaign. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 15, 1864
June 15, 1864 Skirmish at Malvern Hill, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Assaults on the Confederate Petersburg, VA, lines fail as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard resists Grant’s attack; Lee still deceived into believing Grant’s main army lies north of the James River, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. 6/15-18/1864 Skirmish near Smith’s Store, VA, the Richmond (VA) […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 14, 1864
June 14, 1864 Skirmish near Harrison’s Landing, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign. Affair at New Glasgow, VA, Shenandoah Valley, The Lynchburg, VA Campaign. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 13, 1864
June 13, 1864 Skirmish near Buchanan, VA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Federal scout from Lexington to around Lynchburg, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. 6/13-15/1864. The Richmond (Virginia) Campaign, begins with Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, beginning to move his troops to front Grant’s Union move on Petersburg, VA. 6/13-7/31/1864. Skirmish at Riddell’s Shop, […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 12, 1864
June 12, 1864 Action at Long Bridge, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, begins to move the Army of the Potomac across the James River towards Petersburg, VA. Skirmish at Piney River, by Amherst Court-House, VA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, is repelled by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton, […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 11, 1864
June 11, 1864 The raid on Arrington’s Depot, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Skirmish at Lexington, VA, including the burning of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, dispatches Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, to the […]