150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 19, 1864

June 19, 1864

The Siege of Petersburg and Richmond, VA, by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, USA, and the Army of the Potomac.
6/19-7/31/1864.

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 19, 1864
• “The Whole Affair Was a Fiasco”: The Action at Howlett’s Bluff from the Confederate Perspective, June 21, 1864 by William H. Parker
• CLARK NC: 8th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 46th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CT AG 64-65: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William H. Moegling, 11th Connecticut, of operations June 15 to June 26, 1864
• DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• DI: June 18-19, 1864 Philip W. Pringle
• “A Sad Day’s Work for the Regiment”: The 88th Pennsylvania at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 18, 1864
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• LT: June 19, 1864 Robert E. Lee
• LT: June 19, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: July 29, 1864 Charles McKnight
• MAP: Union Monitors Shell the Howlett’s Farm Area, June 19, 1864
• “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 19-20, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: The Situation, June 20, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: The War News, June 16-19, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press, June 16-19
• NP: June 21, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports, June 19-20
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting About Petersburg, June 17-19
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 19-20
• NP: June 22, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Gary’s Cavalry Brigade Burns the James River Wharves, June 19, 1864
• NP: June 22, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: In Front of Petersburg, June 19-20
• NP: June 22, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Petersburg, June 17-20, 1864
• NP: June 22, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Petersburg Express of Monday, June 18-19
• NP: June 22, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports, June 19-21
• NP: June 22, 1864 Richmond Examiner: War News, June 21
• NP: June 23, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press, June 19-21
• NP: June 23, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: From the Petersburg Express of June 21
• NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest from the North, June 15-19
• NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Who Bridged the James River, June 14-15, 1864
• NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Additional from the North, June 22
• NP: June 30, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: A Captured Yankee Letter from the 19th Massachusetts
• NP: July 8, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Second Petersburg, June 14-21, 1864
• NP: July 10, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 48th NY Guards the 18th Corps Trains, June 1864
• NP: July 18, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Clingman’s Brigade at Second Petersburg
• NP: June 16, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
• NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Samuel A. Duncan, 4th USCT, commanding 2/3/XVIII/AotJ, June 15-19, 1864
• 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 (Broadfoot Sup.) #2: Report of Surg. Roger W. Pease, Cav/AotP, June 19-26, 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 (Broadfoot Sup.) #4: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Allcock, 4th NYHA, June 13-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #27: Report of Major George Hogg, 2nd NY HA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #32: Report of Captain Thomas Henry, 140th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #43: Report of Captain Nelson Penfield, 125th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #47: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny, 64th NY, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #48: Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, 66th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-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 #65: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, June 16-July 14, 1864
• OR XL P1 #72: Report of Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
• OR XL P1 #86: Reports of Major Samuel McConihe, 93rd NY, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper, 57th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #91: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #95: Reports of Captain Thomas C. Thompson, 7th NJ, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #96: Report of Major Virgil M. Healy, 8th NJ, June 12-July 30, 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 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #102: Report of Captain J. Henry Sleeper, 10th MA Btty, June 13-July 30, 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 #109: Report of Captain R. Bruce Ricketts, Btty F 1st PA Lt Arty, June 12-July 1, 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 #114: Report of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, July 27-30, 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 #117: Report of Major Mason W. Burt, 22nd MA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #118: Report of Major James A. Cunningham, 32nd MA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #119: Report of Major John D. Lentz, 91st PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #122: Report of Major Ellis Spear, 20th ME, June 12-21, 1864
• OR XL P1 #123: Report of Captain Benjamin F. Meservey, 18th MA, June 12-July 20, 1864
• OR XL P1 #124: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam A. Throop, 1st MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Herring, 118th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #132: Report of Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, commanding 3/V/AotP, June 17, 1864
• OR XL P1 #134: Report of Major Merit C. Welsh, 7th IN, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #139: Report of Major Robert W. Bard, 95th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #141: Report of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, June 13-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 #144: Report of Lieutenant Lester I. Richardson, Btty D 1st NY Lt Arty, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #146: Reports of Captain Charles E. Mink, Btty H 1st NY Lt Arty, June 18-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #148: Report of Major Henry R. Dalton, AAG, 1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #149: Report of Captain Baldwin Hufty, 4th NJ, June 13-July 10, 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 #153: Report of Brigadier General Frank Wheaton, commanding 1/2/VI/AotP, June 13-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #154: Report of Major Thomas McLaughlin, 102nd PA, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #155: Report of Major Robert Munroe, 139th PA, June 13-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 #159: Report of Colonel J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #160: Report of Colonel John W. Horn, 6th MD, June 13-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #161: Report of Major Charles Burgess, 9th NYHA, June 12-July 7, 1864
• OR XL P1 #162: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Otho H. Binkley, 110th OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #163: Report of Colonel William H. Ball, 122nd OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #164: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Aaron W. Ebright, 126th OH, June 12-July 6, 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 #167: Report of Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, 5th ME Btty, June 12-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #168: Report of Lieutenant Jacob Federhen, Btty A MA Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
• OR XL P1 #169: Report of Lieutenant Augustin N. Parsons, Btty A 1st NJ Lt Arty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #170: Report of Captain Andrew Cowan, 1st NY Btty, June 13-July 12, 1864
• OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #173: Report of Captain William B. Rhodes, Btty E 1st RI Lt Arty, June 13-July 29, 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 #183: Reports of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter, commanding 2/IX/AotP, 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 #196: Reports of Brigadier General John F. Hartranft, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, June 14-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 #203: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, June 16-July 27, 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 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #224: Reports of Lieutenant George W. Silvis, Btty D PA Lt Arty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #274: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William C. Moegling, 11th CT, June 18, 1864
• OR XL P1 #294: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #295. Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, June 16-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #299: Report of Brigadier General John Bratton, commanding Bratton/Field/First/ANV, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Telegrams to and from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
• Upcoming Posts on the Action at Howlett’s Bluff, June 21, 1864
• UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations May 6-July 28, 1864