Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 10, 1864
June 10, 1864 Skirmish at Brownsburg, VA, and below as Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, attempts to intercept Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s, USA, combined Union cavalry force on their way toward Lexington and Lynchburg. Skirmish at Middlebrook, VA, The Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Skirmish at Old Church, VA, part of the Campaign from the Rapidan […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 9, 1864
June 9, 1864 Engagement at Petersburg, VA, as Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, throws back Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s, USA, feeble attempt to capture Petersburg, VA. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 8, 1864
June 8, 1864 The Cavalry commands of Brig. Gens. George Crook and William W. Averell, USA, join up with Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s, USA. 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 7, 1864 The Trevilian Raid (by Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA) as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends Sheridan’s Cavalry to join up with Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s Cavalry at Charlottesville, VA, so as to create a diversion while Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, under Grant, moves the Army of the […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
June 6, 1864 The Federal occupation of Staunton, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. 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 © […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
June 5, 1864 The skirmish and engagement near Piedmont, VA, about 7 miles southwest of Port Republic, results in a Confederate defeat for the Confederate Dept. of Southwest Virginia, under Brig. Gen. W.E. Jones, CSA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. An important loss for the Confederates, as the Federals begin taking control of the […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
June 4, 1864 Affair at Harrisonburg, VA, with Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign. Affair at Port Republic, VA, with Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA Skirmish at Panther Gap, VA, with Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. […]