Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…

June 3, 1864 Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, loses about 7,000 men in less than an hour trying two frontal assaults on the entrenched Confederate lines at Cold Harbor. Grant, refusing defeat, does not negotiate a truce until June 7th to send rescue parties to help the wounded on the battlefield, resulting in further […]

June 2, 1864 Brig. Gen. George Pierce Doles, CSA, is mortally wounded near Bethesda Church, VA, killed instantly by a Union sharpshooter, while inspecting his troops’ entrenchment lines. Affair at Covington, VA, with Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, CSA, pitted against Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA; Jones is destined to die 3 days later. […]

June 1, 1864 Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s, USA, Cavalry, using Spencer repeating rifles, repels both attacks led by Maj. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, CSA, near Old Cold Harbor, 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 […]

May 31, 1864 The Operations at and about Cold Harbor, VA. (The battles of Cold Harbor and Bethesda Church were fought on June 1st-3rd). 5/31-6/12/1864 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 […]

May 30, 1864 Skirmish at Ashland near Hanover, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, arrives along the Totopotomoy River, almost within 10 miles of Richmond, VA, but blocking the way is the The Army of Northern Virginia, north of the Chickahominy River. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used […]

May 29, 1864 Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Confederate 2nd Army Corps, the The Army of Northern Virginia. 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 […]

May 28, 1864 The Army of Northern Virginia and Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, arrive from North Anna to the area north of the Chickahominy River and Mechanicsville, near Cold Harbor, in advance of Grant’s crossing of the Pamunkey River near Hanovertown, VA. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with […]