June 22, 1864
Engagement near the Jerusalem Plank Road, Petersburg, VA, where Lieut. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA repels the forces under Maj. Gens. David B. Birney, USA, and Horatio G. Wright, USA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.
Federal expedition, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, Cavalry against the South Side and Danville Railroad, VA, with skirmishes at the following:
a) Reams’ Station (22nd)
b) near Nottoway Court-House (23rd)
c) at Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station (25th)
d) Sappony Church, or Stony Creek (28th-29th)
e) Reams’ Station (29th)
the Richmond (VA) Campaign
6/22-7/2/1864.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 22, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, Day 2: June 22, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Wilson-Kautz Cavalry Raid Begins: June 22, 1864
- Battles of the Crater and of June 22nd
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 20-24, 1864 TOPO
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 21-22, 1864 Map 2
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864 Map 3
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864 Map 4
- BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
- “A Brave and Good Man Had Fallen”: The Life and Tragic Death of Captain Thaddeus G. Williams, Co. E, 6th Virginia
- CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 7th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 28th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 33rd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 34th 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
- George S. Gove Letter: July 1, 1864
- George S. Gove Letter: June 23, 1864
- ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- John Bryden Letter: June 26, 1864
- June 23, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
- June 24, 1864 James J. Sherman (Letter)
- June 25, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
- LT: June 23, 1864 Clement E. Warner (36th Wisconsin)
- LT: June 25, 1864 Philip W. Pringle
- LT: July 10, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- MAP: Barlow’s Division (and Union Second Corps) at Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864 (John Horn)
- MAP: Grant’s Second Offensive Against Petersburg, June 22-23, 1864 (Edward Alexander)
- MAP: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, Mahone’s Attack, June 22, 1864 (Ed Bearss Excerpt)
- “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
- MOLLUS MN V4: Personal Experience; A Side Light on the Wilson Raid, June, 1864 by Edmund M. Pope
- NP: June 22, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Local Matters, June 20-21, 1864
- NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 22, 1864
- NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Telegraphic Reports, June 20-22
- NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Death of Captain Williams, 6th VA at Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864
- NP: June 23, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 21-22
- NP: June 23, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The News from Petersburg, June 21-22
- NP: June 23, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 22
- 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: Telegraphic Reports of the Press Association, June 22-23
- NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The News from Petersburg, June 22
- NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 21-23
- NP: June 25, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Grant’s Army, June 22-23, 1864
- NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Kautz and His Raiders
- NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting Around Petersburg, June 22-23
- NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: 1st PA Cav at Skirmish at White House, June 20-21 1864
- NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864
- NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting About Petersburg, June 22-24
- NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 21-26
- NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Still Later From the North, June 22
- NP: June 29, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Disaster at Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22-23, 1864
- NP: June 30, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: From the James River, June 15 and 22
- NP: June 30, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: A Captured Yankee Letter from the 19th Massachusetts
- NP: July 1, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 184th PA at Cold Harbor and Second Petersburg, May 18-June 22, 1864
- NP: July 2, 1864 Irish-American (NY): The Irish Brigade, June 22
- NP: July 9, 1864 Irish-American (New York, NY): The USS Onondaga in the Action at Howlett’s Bluff, June 21, 1864
- NP: July 9, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph: For the Daily Telegraph (June 27, 1864)
- NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Extracts from Northern Papers, June 22-28
- NP: July 12, 1864 Batavia (NY) Republican Advocate: Head Quarters 8th N.Y. Vol.
- NP: July 14, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: On the James River (1B,4D,5C)
- NP: July 14, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph: Dearing’s Brigade at the Battle of Blacks and Whites, June 23, 1864
- NP: July 20, 1864 Augusta (GA) Daily Constitutionalist: Letter from the 48th Georgia
- NP: July 24, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 170th NY from Spotsylvania to Jersualem Plank Road
- NP: July 18, 1897 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: The First Maine Heavy Artillery at Petersburg, June 18
- NP: June 16, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
- NP: September 8, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Harris’ Mississippi Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg
- NP: May 6, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): June 16-July 17, 1864
- NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
- NP: June 22, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 14: An Extension On The Left
- NT: November 1, 1879 National Tribune: A Soldier’s Beautiful Letter
- OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
- OR XL P1 #1: Report of Lt Gen U. S. Grant June 13-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 (Broadfoot Sup.) #4: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Allcock, 4th NYHA, June 13-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #23: Reports of Captain James Fleming, 28th MA, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #24: Report of Major Nathan Church, 26th MI, June 12-July 31, 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 #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
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- OR XL P1 #37: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder (of 126th NY), 57th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
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- OR XL P1 #75: Report of Captain Patrick S. Tinen, 69th PA, June 22, 1864
- OR XL P1 #76: Report of Captain John R. Breitenbach, 106th PA, June 22, 1864
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- OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
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- 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 #91: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, June 16-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #92: Report of Colonel Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, July 26-29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #94: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, June 14-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 #98: Report of Lieutenant John Schoonover, 11th NJ, June 16-July 28, 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 #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 #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 #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 #120: Report of Colonel Alfred L. Pearson, 155th PA, June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #130: Report of Colonel Richard N. Bowerman, 4th MD, June 13-July 30, 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 #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 #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
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- 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 #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 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 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 #230: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, commanding 3/Cav/AotP, June 17-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #231: Reports of Brigadier General John B. McIntosh, commanding 1/3/Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
- OR XL P1 #232: Report of Major George O. Marcy, 1st CT Cav, June 13-July 24, 1864
- OR XL P1 #233: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Suydam, 3rd NJ Cav, June 14-July 25, 1864
- OR XL P1 #235: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Purington, 2nd OH Cav, June 13-July 24, 1864
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- OR XL P1 #237: Report of Captain Thomas W. Moffitt, 3rd IN Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
- OR XL P1 #238: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin T. Hutchins, 1st NH Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
- OR XL P1 #239: Report of Major Edmund M. Pope, 8th NY Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
- OR XL P1 #240: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Johnson B. Brown, 22nd NY Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
- OR XL P1 #241: Report of Colonel William Wells, 1st VT Cav, June 22-July 3, 1864
- OR XL P1 #243: Report of Lieutenant Charles L. Fitzhugh, Btty E 4th US Arty, June 22-29, 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 #265: Reports of Colonel Edgar M. Cullen, 96th NY, commanding 1/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #267: Report of Brigadier General Hiram Burnham, commanding 2/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-July 1, 1864
- OR XL P1 #280: Reports of Brigadier General August V. Kautz, commanding Cav/AotJ, June 15-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #281: Report of Colonel Robert M. West, 5th PA Cav, commanding 1/Cav/AotJ, June 21-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #283: Report of Captain John M. Willson, 3rd NY Cav, June 21-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #284: Reports of Colonel Samuel P. Spear, 11th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotJ, June 15-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #285: Reports of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, June 15-30, 1864
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- 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 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 Master William B. Sheldon, U. S. S. Shokokon, May 28-June 23, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Telegram from Acting Rear-Admiral Samuel P. Lee, North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 21, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Commander Thomas R. Rootes, CSS Fredericksburg, June 21-22
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Lieutenant William H. Wall, CSS Drewry, June 21-22, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Lieutenant Mortimer M. Benton, CSS Roanoke, June 21, 1864
- SHS Papers: Volume 9: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 1 by James H. Lane
- SHS Papers: Volume 19: A Remarkable Victory. Wilson’s Defeat at the Staunton River Bridge in 1864 by Dabney H. Maury et al
- Siege of Petersburg Sampler: June 22, 1864: Mahone’s Devastating Attack
- Confederate Casualties at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-23, 1864
- The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road John E. Horn Map: June 22, 1864
- The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road NPS Map: June 22, 1864
- The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-24, 1864
- The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road Wikipedia Map: June 21-22, 1864
- UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations May 6-July 28, 1864
- UPR: Report of Major Jackson L. Bost, 37th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations June 22, 1864
- UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations June 22, 1864
- UPR: Report of Captain James G. Harris, 7th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations June 22, 1864
- UPR: Report of Colonel Robert V. Cowan, 33rd North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations June 22, 1864
- UPR: Report of Major Thomas J. Wooten, commanding Sharpshooter Battalion, Lane’s Brigade, of operations June 22, 1864
- Wilson-Kautz Raid Wikipedia Map: June 22 – July 1, 1864