Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…

May 4, 1864 Operations on the South side of the James River, VA, as Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, and the Army of the James, started out in transports and prepared to attack Richmond, VA, from the south. 5/4-6/2/1864. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald […]

Chronological Siege of Petersburg Entries As I was driving home from work the other day, I started thinking about short, almost daily blog entries I could post with a minimum of effort but that also were informative and interesting. My thoughts turned to Ron Mosocco’s book Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the […]