Category: Today In The Petersburg Campaign…
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 8, 1864
August 9, 1864 The explosion of Federal ammunition at City Point, VA, takes place as two Confederate agents smuggle a bomb aboard an ordnance supply ship unloading at the docks, causing a chain reaction of explosions, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. Affair near Sycamore Church, Richmond, VA. Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 8, 1864
August 8, 1864 Skirmish at Fairfax Station, 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 Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Ronald A. Mosocco
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 7, 1864
August 7, 1864 The (FINAL) Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, Campaign, as Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, moves against the Confederates under Lieut. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early, CSA, and his cavalry commander, Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, CSA. 8/7-11/28 1864. The Middle Military Division (Middle Dept. and the Dept. of Washington, of the Susquehanna, and of […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 5, 1864
August 5, 1864 Skirmish at Cabin Point, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. The explosion of a Confederate mine in front of the 18th US Army Corps, 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 American Civil War per […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 4, 1864
August 4, 1864 Action at Harrison’s Landing, VA, 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 American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 3, 1864
August 3, 1864 Action near Wilcox’s Landing, VA, 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 American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE. Copyright © 1993, 1994 by […]
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Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 2, 1864
August 2, 1864 Skirmish at Hancock, MD, with Brig. Gen. John McCausland, CSA. Skirmish at Old Town, MD. 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 […]