Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 12, 1864 Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart, CSA, dies in Richmond, VA, from wounds received the day before at Yellow Tavern, VA. Brig. Gen. James Byron Gordon, CSA, is mortally wounded at the combat near Meadow Bridge, VA, while defending Richmond, VA, from Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan’s, USA, cavalry raid, a […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 11, 1864 Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart, CSA, is mortally wounded at the combat of Yellow Tavern, VA, while defending Richmond, VA, from Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s, USA, cavalry raid, receiving a pistol wound in his stomach and dying painfully the next day in his nation’s capital, Richmond, VA. Note: All “Today […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 10, 1864 Action at Chester Station, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, and the Army of the James. The Union destruction of the Confederate torpedo station, on the James River, VA, by the Federal Army of the James. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 9, 1864 Skirmish at Brandon (or Brander’s) Bridge, VA, with the Federal Army of the James. Engagement at Fort Clifton, VA, as Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, decides to withdraw back to City Point, VA. Engagement at Swift Creek, or Arrowfield Church, VA, with Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s, USA, operations of the […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 7, 1864 August Valentine Kautz, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. The US gun-boat, Shawsheen, is captured at Turkey Island, the James River, VA, during Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s Union operations on the south side of the James River, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign
May 6, 1864 Encounter on the James River, near City Point, with the Union ironclad gunboat, the Commodore Jones, destroyed by a Confederate electronic torpedo, while Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s overwhelming Union army fails to take the city of Petersburg, VA, which is lightly defended by Maj. Gen. George Pickett, CSA. The Engagement at […]
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Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
May 5, 1864 Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, lands at Bermuda Hundred and City Point (now Hopewell), VA, below Richmond, VA. Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz’s, USA, raid against the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, VA, including skirmishes: a) at the Birch Island Bridges, the Blackwater River (6th) b) Stony Creek Station (7th), and c) […]