150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 12, 1864

June 12, 1864

Action at Long Bridge, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, begins to move the Army of the Potomac across the James River towards Petersburg, VA.

Skirmish at Piney River, by Amherst Court-House, VA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign.

Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA, is repelled by Maj. Gen. Wade Hampton, CSA, at Trevilian Station, VA. Sheridan retreats back to join Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, near Petersburg, VA, deciding against trying to meet up with Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, around Lynchburg, VA.

Skirmish at White House Landing, VA, as the Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, VA, is concluded.

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.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 12, 1864
• CLARK NC: 42nd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 46th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• George S. Gove Letter: June 20, 1864
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• LT: June 12, 1864 Luther Rice Mills (26th Virginia)
• LT: June 12, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: June 18, 1864 Charles Personius
• LT: June 21, 1864 “H. E. H.” (50th NY Engineers)
• LT: August 25, 1864 James H. McDonald (50th NY Engineers)
• “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
• MHSM Papers V5: Crossing of the James and First Assault Upon Petersburg, June 12-15,1864 by Frank E. Peabody
• MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
• NP: June 13, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: From Gen. Lee’s Army
• NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: From General Lee’s Army, June 12
• NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: General Lee’s Army, June 12, 5 P.M.
• NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Grant South of the Pamunkey
• NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Sentinel: Army of Northern Virginia, June 12, 1864
• NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Defenses of Richmond, June 12
• NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Richmond
• NP: June 14, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 13
• NP: June 14, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 13
• NP: June 15, 1864 Cincinnati Daily Enquirer: From The Potomac Army
• NP: June 15, 1864 New York Herald Tribune: From General Butler The Rebels Annoyed
• NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Sentinel: Army of Northern Virginia, June 13, 1864
• NP: June 16, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Grant’s New Movement, June 11-13
• NP: June 16, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Latest Official War Gazette, June 12-14
• NP: June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Grant The Movement Across The James
• NP: June 17, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Account, June 12-15
• NP: June 18, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Grant’s Last Flank Movement, June 12-15
• NP: June 18, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Grant’s Movements, June 12-15
• NP: June 18, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Casualties of 6th SC Cav, June 11-12
• NP: June 18, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 12-13
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Richmond’s Communications with the South
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: The War News, June 16-19, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Sheridan’s Defeat
• NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Result of General Sheridan’s Raid
• NP: June 29, 1864 The Tioga County Agitator (Wellsboro, PA): The 45th PA Moves on Petersburg, June 12-20, 1864
• NP: June 30, 1864 New Hampshire Sentinel: Letters from Virginia, 6th NH and 9 NH
• NP: July 16, 1864 Irish-American (NY): Letter from the 5th New Hampshire Vols.
• NP: July 17, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 95th NY at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 18, 1864
• NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Gregg’s Cavalry Division at Samaria Church, June 24, 1864
• NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• On to Petersburg: Grant and Lee, June 4-15, 1864 by Gordon C. Rhea
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #1: Excerpt from a Report Appended to the Diary of 1st Lt. Edmund D. Halsey, 15th NJ, June 13-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #3: Report of Colonel John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/II/AotP, June 12-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #26: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #27: Report of Major George Hogg, 2nd NY HA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #29: Report of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #31: Report of Lieutenant James E. Deno, 81st PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #32: Report of Captain Thomas Henry, 140th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #33: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #35: Report of Captain David A. Allen, 39th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #43: Report of Captain Nelson Penfield, 125th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #45: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny (of the 64th NY), commanding 4/1/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #48: Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, 66th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #51: Report of Captain James Patton, 53rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #54: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #55: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #59: Reports of Major General John Gibbon, commanding 2/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #62: Report of Captain James C. Farwell, 1st MN, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #63: Reports of Major Timothy O’Brien, 152nd NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #67: Report of Major John Byrne, 155th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #70: Report of Captain John Coonan, 182nd NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #71: Report of Major Erastus M. Spaulding, 8th NYHA, June 12-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #73: Report of Colonel Theodore G. Ellis, 14th CT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #74: Report of Captain John C. Broatch, 14th CT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #78: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #79: Report of Captain Madison M. Cannon, 40th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper, 57th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #90: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler, 141st PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #96: Report of Major Virgil M. Healy, 8th NJ, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #97: Report of Colonel Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, June 12-16, 1864
• OR XL P1 #99: Report of Colonel John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/II/AotP, June 12-July 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #103: Report of Captain Frederick M. Edgell, 1st NH Btty, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #104: Reports of Captain A. Judson Clark, Btty B 1st NJ Lt Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #105: Report of Captain Nelson Ames, Btty G 1st NY Lt Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #106: Report of Captain James H. Wood, 4th NYHA, commanding Mortar Battery, June 12-21, 1864
• OR XL P1 #107: Report of Captain John E. Burton, 11th NY Btty, June 12-August 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #108: Report of Captain George F. McKnight, 12th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #109: Report of Captain R. Bruce Ricketts, Btty F 1st PA Lt Arty, June 12-July 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #110: Report of Lieutenant G. Lyman Dwight, Btty A 1st RI Lt Arty, June 8-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #112: Report of Lieutenant John W. Roder, Btty K 4th US Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #113: Report of Lieutenant James Gilliss, Bttys C & I, 5th US Arty, June 12-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #115: Reports of Colonel Wiliam S. Tilton, 22nd MA, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #116: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey, 187th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #117: Report of Major Mason W. Burt, 22nd MA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #122: Report of Major Ellis Spear, 20th ME, June 12-21, 1864
• OR XL P1 #124: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam A. Throop, 1st MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #125: Report of Captain Guy W. Fuller, 16th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #126: Report of Major Edward B. Knox, 44th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #127: Report of Lieutenant Colonel De Witt C. McCoy, 83rd PA, June 12-July 30
• OR XL P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Herring, 118th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #129: Report of Colonel Samuel A. Graham, Purnell MD Legion, commanding 2/2/V/AotP, June 5-August 20, 1864
• OR XL P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #136: Report of Captain James E. Baily, 3rd DE, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #137: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, June 1-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #138: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook, 76th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #139: Report of Major Robert W. Bard, 95th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #140: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, 147th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #142: Reports of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #143: Report of Lieutenant Robert E. Rogers, Btty B 1st NY Lt Arty, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #144: Report of Lieutenant Lester I. Richardson, Btty D 1st NY Lt Arty, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #148: Report of Major Henry R. Dalton, AAG, 1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #150: Report of Brigadier General Emory Upton, commanding 2/1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #151: Report of Colonel Oliver Edwards, 37th MA, commanding 3/1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #152: Report of Brigadier General W. Getty, commanding 2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #154: Report of Major Thomas McLaughlin, 102nd PA, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #156: Report of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant, commanding 2/2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #157: Report of Brigadier General Daniel D. Bidwell, commanding 3/2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #158: Report of Colonel William S. Truex, 14th NJ, commanding 1/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #159: Report of Colonel J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #161: Report of Major Charles Burgess, 9th NYHA, June 12-July 7, 1864
• OR XL P1 #165: Report of Colonel Matthew R. McClennan, 138th PA, June 12-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #166: Report of Captain Charles W. White, 4th ME Btty, June 12-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #172: Report of Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb, Btty C 1st RI Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
• OR XL P1 #174: Report of Captain George W. Adams, Btty G 1st RI Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
• OR XL P1 #175: Reports of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #183: Reports of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter, commanding 2/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #194: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cummings, 17th VT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #195: Reports of Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 3/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #198: Report of Captain Richard Vosper, 27th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #199: Report of Captain Edwin Evans, 109th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #202: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #206: Report of Colonel William Humphrey, 2nd MI, June 12-19, 1864
• OR XL P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #208: Reports of Captain Alphons Serviere, 46th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #209: Report of Major Martin P. Avery, 60th OH, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #219: Reports of Captain Edward J. Jones, 11th MA Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #220: Report of Captain Joseph W. B. Wright, 14th MA Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #221: Reports of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #223: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #245: Report of Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel, Chief Engineer, Dept of VA and NC, June 1-30, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• SOPO Sampler: June 12, 1864