Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 17, 1864
August 17, 1864 Action at Winchester, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, attacks the rear guard of Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, whi is withdrawing toward Berryville, VA. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 15, 1864
August 15, 1864 Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Skirmish at Fisher’s Hill, near Strasburg, 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Cmapaign: August 14, 1864
August 14, 1864 Skirmish near Strasburg, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, continue to spar. Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, is placed in the command of the 9th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA Campaign. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 13, 1864
August 13, 1864 Affair at Berryville, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign. Actions at Four-Mile Creek and Dutch Gap, VA. Federal demonstration on the north bank of the James River, at Deep Bottom, as Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to divert Gen. Robert E. Lee’s, CSA, attention away from Petersburg, Virginia, with little […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 11, 1864
August 12, 1864 Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, begin to meet up with each other. 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 […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 11, 1864
August 11, 1864 Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves his forces from Winchester, VA, up the Shenandoah Valley toward Cedar Creek as Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, who recently replaced Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, marches with the newly formed US Army of the Shenandoah against Early. Action at Newtown, VA, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 10, 1864
August 10, 1864 Skirmish near Stone Chapel, 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 Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 […]