June 25, 1864
Federal sappers begin digging a tunnel under the Confederate entrenched lines at Petersburg, VA.
Skirmish at Staunton River Bridge, or Roanoke Station, 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 25, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Battle of Staunton River Bridge: June 25, 1864
- From Arlington to Appomattox: Robert E. Lee’s Civil War Day by Day, 1861-1865 by Charles R. Knight
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- Petersburg Medals of Honor: He Paused at the Side of His Dead Captain
- ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- LT: June 25, 1864 Richard H. Schooley (50th NY Engineers)
- LT: June 25, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- LT: June 25, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- “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 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 25-26
- NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 21-26
- NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: From Fort Monroe, June 24-26, 1864
- NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Petersburg, June 25-27, 1864
- NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The News from Petersburg, June 23-26
- NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 26-27
- NP: June 29, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Grant’s Army, June 25-26, 1864
- NP: June 29, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Gregg’s Cavalry Division at Samaria Church, June 24, 1864
- NP: June 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 25-29
- NP: July 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 28
- NP: July 2, 1864 Richmond Sentinel: Battle of Staunton River Bridge, June 25, 1864
- NP: July 8, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Second Petersburg, June 14-21, 1864
- NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Extracts from Northern Papers, June 22-28
- NP: July 14, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph: Dearing’s Brigade at the Battle of Blacks and Whites, June 23, 1864
- NP: July 31, 1889 Evening Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA): The Siege of Petersburg
- NP: June 16, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
- 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 23, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 15: The Most Sweeping Raid Of All
- OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #2: Report of Surg. Roger W. Pease, Cav/AotP, June 19-26, 1864
- OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #26: Newspaper Account of Lieutenant Thomas W. Lindsay, 49th NC, June 25, 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 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #61: Report of Captain Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #62: Report of Captain James C. Farwell, 1st MN, June 11-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 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 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 #117: Report of Major Mason W. Burt, 22nd MA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #119: Report of Major John D. Lentz, 91st PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #124: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam A. Throop, 1st MI, 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 #130: Report of Colonel Richard N. Bowerman, 4th MD, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-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 #155: Report of Major Robert Munroe, 139th PA, June 13-July 9, 1864
- OR XL P1 #166: Report of Captain Charles W. White, 4th ME Btty, June 12-July 29, 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 #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 #190: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, 48th PA, June 25-July 30, 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 #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 #235: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Purington, 2nd OH Cav, June 13-July 24, 1864
- OR XL P1 #236: Report of Colonel George H. Chapman, 3rd IN Cav, commanding 2/3/Cav/AotP, June 13-July 12, 1864
- OR XL P1 #238: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin T. Hutchins, 1st NH 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 #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 #258: Reports of Brigadier General John W. Turner, commanding 2/X/AotJ, June 23-July 1 and July 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 #279: Report of Lieutenant Michael Leahy, Btty B 1st US Arty, June 20-26, 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
- OR XL P1 #293: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding 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 #298: Report of Captain Benjamin L. Farinholt, 53rd VA, June 25, 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: 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
- SHS Papers: Volume 19: A Remarkable Victory. Wilson’s Defeat at the Staunton River Bridge in 1864 by Dabney H. Maury et al
- The Battle of Staunton River Bridge: Official Records
- The Battle of Staunton River Bridge: June 25, 1864
- The Siege of Petersburg on Bermuda Hundred
- Wilson-Kautz Raid Wikipedia Map: June 22 – July 1, 1864