Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 31, 1864
August 31, 1864 Skirmish near the Davis House, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Martinsburg, 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. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 30, 1864
August 30, 1864 Brig. Gen. George Crook, USA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of West Virginia, vice Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, is relieved. Skirmish near Smithfield, 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 29, 1864
August 29, 1864 Skirmish at Charlestown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Engagement at Smithfield Crossing of the Opequon, WV, with Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, defeating Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 28, 1864
August 28, 1864 Skirmishes at Leetown and Smithfield, WV, as Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, marches towards Charlestown, WV. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 27, 1864
August 27, 1864 Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA, is temporarily in command of the Army of the James, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Duffield’s Station, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Nutter’s Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 26, 1864
August 26, 1864 Affair at Williamsport, MD, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, crosses back into Maryland. Skirmish near Charlestown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Action at Halltown, 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 25, 1864
August 25, 1864 The Battle of Ream’s Station, on the Weldon Railroad, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, CSA, attacks the 2nd US Army Corps under Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, USA, who are in the process of destroying the Weldon Railroad. Hill retreats back to Petersburg, VA. Total casualties approximate 3,100, the Richmond, […]