Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 24, 1864
August 24, 1864 Skirmish near Ream’s Station, VA, on the Weldon Railroad, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Action on the Vaughan Road, near Ream’s Station, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 23, 1864
August 23, 1864 Action on the Dinwiddie Road, near Ream’s Station, VA, as the Union 5th Army Corps begins to dismantle the Weldon Railroad, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Kearneysville, 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 22, 1864
August 22, 1864 Skirmish on the Vaughan Road, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Charlestown, WV, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, continues to move against Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, who has moved to the vicinity of Harpers Ferry, WV. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 21, 1864
August 21, 1864 Brig. Gen. John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders, CSA, is mortally wounded during the siege of Petersburg, VA, on the Weldon Railroad, bleeding to death after having both of his femoral arteries in his thighs severed by a Federal Minie ball, unable to stem the massive flow of his life blood from his body. […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 20, 1864
August 20, 1864 Skirmish at Berryville, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Opequon Creek, VA, 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 19, 1864
August 19, 1864 Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill, CSA, attacks the Union forces on the Weldon Railroad, capturing 2,500 and pushing the Federals back, but not away from the railroad, a vital Confederate link. Skirmish at Berryville, VA, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish near Opequon Creek, on the […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 18, 1864
August 18, 1864 Skirmish at Opequon Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, attempts to head off Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’, USA, march to Harper’s Ferry, WV. The Battle of the Weldon Railroad (including combats at Globe Tavern, Yellow House, and Blick’s Station), VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends the 5th […]