June 9, 1864
Engagement at Petersburg, VA, as Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, throws back Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s, USA, feeble attempt to capture Petersburg, VA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys: June 9, 1864
- The Petersburg Campaign: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys June 9, 1864 by William G. Robertson
- OR XL P1 #110: Report of Lieutenant G. Lyman Dwight, Btty A 1st RI Lt Arty, June 8-30, 1864
- NP: June 11, 1864 Albany Evening Journal: Important from the South Side
- NP: June 11, 1864 Boston Daily Advertiser: From Fortress Monroe
- NP: June 11, 1864 Philadelphia Daily Age: From General Butler’s Department
- NP: June 11, 1864 Baltimore Sun: A Demonstration on Petersburg
- NP: June 11, 1864 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Assault on Petersburg
- NP: June 12, 1864 New York Herald: Butler: Attempt to Destroy Rebel Supplies at Petersburg
- NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: More of the Petersburg Raid
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- NP: June 14, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The End Of The Petersburg Raid
- B&L: Operations South of the James River: I. First Attempts to Capture Petersburg by August V. Kautz
- B&L: Operations South of the James River: II. Repelling the First Assault on Petersburg by R. E. Colston
- NP: June 14, 1864 Daily National Intelligencer: The Movement On Petersburg
- NP: June 15, 1864 Daily Ohio Statesman: Attack By Gunboats On Fort Clifton
- NP: June 15, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler’s Operations
- NP: June 15, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: From The South Side
- NP: June 16, 1864 Macon Telegraph: Another Exciting Day
- NP: June 16, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: The Attack On Petersburg
- NP: June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Rebel Accounts Of General Kautzs Demonstration On Petersburg
- NP: June 17, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: The Late Attack On Petersburg
- NP: June 18, 1864 Stoughton Sentinel: The Great Battles In Virginia
- NP: June 18, 1864 Washington National Intelligencer: Southern News Via Richmond
- NP: June 11, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: The Attack on Petersburg
- NP: June 13, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Another Exciting Day, June 9, 1864
- NP: June 15, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Cold Harbor, 28th N. C. Regt., June 9
- NP: June 10, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 8-9
- NP: June 10, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 9
- NP: June 17, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: The Petersburg Fight, June 9
- NP: June 17, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Hoke’s Brigade, June 10
- NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 14
- NP: June 14, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 13
- NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Sheridan’s Defeat
- NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Result of General Sheridan’s Raid
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Official War Gazette, June 11
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Further News from Grant, June 9-10
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The War–Good News, June 8-9
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Richmond
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler’s Department, June 8-11, 1864
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
- NP: June 20, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Fort Clifton, June 5 and 9
- LT: June 9, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 9, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys: June 9, 1864
- MOLLUS MA V1: Fourteen Months’ Service with Colored Troops by Solon A. Carter
- BEARSS MAP: First Battle of Petersburg, June 9, 1864 TOPO
- BEARSS MAP: First Battle of Petersburg, June 9, 1864 Map 1
- BEARSS MAP: First Battle of Petersburg, June 9, 1864 Map 2
- LT: June 12, 1864 Luther Rice Mills (26th Virginia)
- The First Battle for Petersburg: The Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864 by William G. Robertson
- NP: June 9, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 7: Thermopylae At Petersburg
- NP: March 27, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Johnson’s Advance Saved Petersburg
- NP: July 24, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Crater Anecdotes
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The June 9, 1864 First Battle of Petersburg From the Petersburg Express
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Army of Northern Virginia, June 11
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: NC Papers on the First Battle of Petersburg, June 9
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Local Matters, June 9-13
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Court Martial in the 44th Virginia Battalion
- NP: June 17, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Casualties of the Petersburg Militia, June 9, 1864
- NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Local Matters, June 20-21, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Telegrams to and from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Orders in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Amos P. Foster, USS Commodore Perry, June 9-11, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Master Hugh H. Savage, USS General Putnam, June 9-10, 1864