Editor’s Note: The index below lists out the contents of Volume 5 of the Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts which are relevant to the Petersburg Campaign. Links to posts of the actual articles are posted prior to the index as I finish them. Look for these articles to gradually appear at the Siege of Petersburg Online.
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- MHSM Papers V5: Crossing of the James and Advance on Petersburg, June 13-16, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- MHSM Papers V5: The Failure to Take Petersburg June 15, 1864 by Colonel Thomas L. Livermore
- MHSM Papers V5: The Movement Against Petersburg June, 1864 by Major-General William F. Smith
- MHSM Papers V5: Letter of General Beauregard to General C. M. Wilcox
- MHSM Papers V5: Crossing of the James and First Assault Upon Petersburg, June 12-15,1864 by Frank E. Peabody
- MHSM Papers V5: Some Observations Concerning the Opposing Forces at Petersburg on June 15, 1864 by Frank E. Peabody
- MHSM Papers V5: The Failure to Take Petersburg on June 16-18, 1864 by John C. Ropes
- MHSM Papers V5: Bermuda Hundred, June 16 and 17, 1864 by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Osborn
- MHSM Papers V5: The Petersburg Mine by Brevet Brigadier-General Stephen M. Weld
- MHSM Papers V5: The Petersburg Mine by Captain Charles H. Porter
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations Against the Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864 by Captain Charles H. Porter
- MHSM Papers V5: Reams’ Station by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
- MHSM Papers V5: The Siege of Petersburg after the Capture of the Weldon Railroad by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
- MHSM Papers V5: The Expedition to the Boydton Plank Road, October, 1864 by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
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Volume 5 Table of Contents (Only Petersburg Campaign Items Are Mentioned):
I. Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864…..1
By Colonel Theodore Lyman
II. Crossing of the James and Advance on Petersburg…..25
By Colonel Theodore Lyman
III. The Failure to Take Petersburg, June 15, 1864…..33
By Colonel Thomas L. Livermore
IV. The Movement Against Petersburg, June, 1864…..75
By Major-General William F. Smith
V. Letter of General Beauregard to General C.M. Wilcox…..117
VI. Crossing of the James and First Assault Upon Petersburg, June 12-15, 1864…..125
By Frank E. Peabody
VII. Some Observations Concerning the Opposing Forces at Petersburg on June 15, 1864…..147
By Frank E. Peabody
VIII. The Failure to Take Petersburg on June 16-18, 1864…..157
By John C. Ropes
IX. Bermuda Hundred, June 16 and 17, 1864…..187
By Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Osborn
X. The Petersburg Mine…..205
By Brevet Brigadier-General Stephen M. Weld
XI. The Petersburg Mine…..221
By Captain Charles H. Porter
XII. Operations Against The Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864…..241
By Captain Charles H. Porter
XIII. Reams’ Station…..267
By Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
XIV. The Siege of Petersburg After the Capture of the Weldon Railroad…..307
By Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel William R. Driver
XV. The Expedition to the Boydton Plank Road, October, 1864…..319
By Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
(Note: Other articles at the end of this volume focus on Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.)
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN REFERENCES IN VOLUME 5 OF THE PAPERS OF THE MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Badeau: Badeau’s Military History of General Grant .
C. W.: Reports of Committee on the Condnct of the War.
Grant’s Memoirs: Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
M. H. S. M. Or M. E. M.: Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts.
N. & L.: Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America, 1861-1865, by Thomas L. Livermore.
Pond’s S. V.: The Shenandoah Valley, by George A. Pond.
So. Hist. Soc.: Papers of the Southern Historical Society.
Va. Camp.: The Virginia Campaign of 1864 and 1865, by Andrew A. Humphreys.
Walker or Walker 2d Corps: History of the Second Army Corps in the Army of the Potomac, by Francis A. Walker.
W. R.: The War of the Rebellion, Official Records, cited by ” serial numbers.”