150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 20, 1864

June 20, 1864

Skirmish at King and Queen Court-House, VA with Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, Cavalry, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.

Skirmish at White House, 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.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 20, 1864
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 20-24, 1864 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 20-21, 1864 Map 1
• CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• “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 20, 1864 Linus Clark (117th New York)
• LT: June 20, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• “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 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports, June 19-20
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 20
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 19-20
• NP: June 22, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 20-21, 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: The News from Petersburg, June 20-21
• NP: June 22, 1864 Richmond Examiner: War News, June 21
• NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: An Appeal for Food to Be Collected for Petersburg Hospitals
• NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Telegraphic Reports, June 20-22
• NP: June 23, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press, June 19-21
• NP: June 23, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Petersburg, June 20
• NP: June 23, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: From the Petersburg Express of June 21
• NP: June 24, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press, June 20-22
• NP: June 24, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Rebel Attack at White House, June 20
• NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: News from Stanton
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Additional from the North, June 20
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Still Later from the North, June 21
• NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: 1st PA Cav at Skirmish at White House, June 20-21 1864
• NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Petersburg Daily Register Excerpts, June 20, 1864
• NP: June 29, 1864 The Tioga County Agitator (Wellsboro, PA): The 45th PA Moves on Petersburg, June 12-20, 1864
• NP: July 8, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Second Petersburg, June 14-21, 1864
• NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Sheridan’s Intended Route to the James River, June 20
• NP: July 14, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: On the James River (1B,4D,5C)
• NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Gregg’s Cavalry Division at Samaria Church, June 24, 1864
• 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 XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #2: Report of Surg. Roger W. Pease, Cav/AotP, June 19-26, 1864
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• OR XL P1 #29: Report of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, 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
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• OR XL P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
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• 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 #147: Report of Lieutenant Charles L. Anderson, Btty L 1st NY Lt Arty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #152: Report of Brigadier General W. Getty, commanding 2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #153: Report of Brigadier General Frank Wheaton, commanding 1/2/VI/AotP, June 13-July 10, 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 #157: Report of Brigadier General Daniel D. Bidwell, commanding 3/2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #160: Report of Colonel John W. Horn, 6th MD, June 13-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #162: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Otho H. Binkley, 110th OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
• OR XL P1 #166: Report of Captain Charles W. White, 4th ME Btty, June 12-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #168: Report of Lieutenant Jacob Federhen, Btty A MA Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
• OR XL P1 #170: Report of Captain Andrew Cowan, 1st NY Btty, June 13-July 12, 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 #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 #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 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #211: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 4/IX/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
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• OR XL P1 #220: Report of Captain Joseph W. B. Wright, 14th MA 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 #224: Reports of Lieutenant George W. Silvis, Btty D PA Lt Arty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #225: Reports of Captain Romeo H. Start, 3rd VT Btty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #230: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, commanding 3/Cav/AotP, June 17-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #245: Report of Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel, Chief Engineer, Dept of VA and NC, June 1-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #267: Report of Brigadier General Hiram Burnham, commanding 2/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-July 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #279: Report of Lieutenant Michael Leahy, Btty B 1st US Arty, June 20-26, 1864
• OR XL P1 #285: Reports of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, June 15-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #290: Report of Brigadier General John J. Abercrombie, commanding at White House, Va., June 20, 1864
• OR XL P1 #291: Report of Captain Christian Woerner, 3rd NJ Btty, June 20, 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 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 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
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Samuel P. Lee, June 20-21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. Babcock, U. S. S. Morse, June 20-24, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Master Newell Graham, commanding U. S. S. Cactus, June 20, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: General Orders No. 10, Brigadier General John J. Abercrombie, White House Landing, June 20, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Flag Officer Jonathan K. Mitchell, James River Squadron, June 20-22, 1864