Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…

May 26, 1864 The Lynchburg, VA, Campaign. 5/26-6/29/1864 The Union forces, under Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, advance from Strasburg and Cedar Creek toward Lynchburg, VA, and vicinity, and will be opposed by Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. […]

May 24, 1864 Action at Wilson’s Wharf, north side of the James River, below Fort Powhatan, VA, as Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s Confederate attack is repulsed by the two all Black Federal regiments garrisoned there. Note: All "Today In The Petersburg Campaign" blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of […]

May 21, 1864 Skirmish at Fort Powhatan, VA, with the Federal Army of the James under the command of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, 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 […]

May 20, 1864 Skirmish at Ware Bottom Church, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, 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 […]

May 18, 1864 Brig. Gen. James Byron Gordon, CSA, dies in Richmond, VA, from his death wounds received on May 12, 1864 at the combat at Meadow Bridge. Skirmish at City Point, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA. Skirmish at Foster’s Plantation, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA. Note: All "Today […]

May 17, 1864 Operations on the Bermuda Hundred front, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, in charge. 5/17-6/2/1864. 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 […]

May 16, 1864 Gen. Pierre G. T. Beauregard, CSA, successfully attacks Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, at Fort Darling, or Drewry’s Bluff, VA, forcing Maj Gens. William F. Smith and Quincy A. Gillmore, USA, to retreat to Bermuda Hundred, VA, where Butler is effectively "bottled in" with the James and Appomattox Rivers to the […]