Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…

September 10, 1864 The assault on the Confederate works at the Chimneys, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Darkesville, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. 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 […]

September 7, 1864 Skirmishes near Brucetown and near Winchester, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, resumes the command of the Army of the James, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the […]

September 5, 1864 Skirmish near Stephenson’s Depot, north of Winchester, VA, on the Opequon River, with Early and Sheridan exchanging punches. Federal reconnaissance to Sycamore Church, outside Richmond, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, USA, is in temporary command of the Army of the James, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today […]

September 4, 1864 Skirmish at Berryville, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, pulls his forces back up the Shenandoah Valley, with Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, in hot pursuit. Maj. Gen. John Gibbon, USA, is in temporary command of the 18th US Army Corps, the Petersburg, VA, siege lines, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Note: […]

September 3, 1864 The Engagement near Berryville, VA, where Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, compels the Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Richard H. Anderson, CSA, to retreat toward Winchester, VA, as his army corps was enroute under order to join the Confederate lines at Petersburg, VA, under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Affair near Sycamore Church, […]

September 2, 1864 Federal reconnaissance beyond Yellow Tavern, on the Weldon Railroad, south of Petersburg, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Action at Bunker Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Dranesville, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. […]

September 1, 1864 Skirmish at Opequon Creek, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. 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 © 1993, 1994 […]