June 28, 1864
Action at Howlett’s Bluff, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 28, 1864
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- June 27-28, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
- “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 29, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 28
- NP: June 29, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 28
- NP: June 30, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 28-29, 1864
- NP: June 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 27-29
- NP: June 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 25-29
- NP: July 1, 1864 Geneva (NY) Gazette: A Letter from “Hesperus”
- NP: July 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 28-29
- NP: July 2, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 28-30
- NP: July 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, June 28-July 3
- NP: July 9, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 59th MA at Second Petersburg, June 17, 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 30, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA, Mid-July 1864
- NP: June 23, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 3
- NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
- OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
- OR XL P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #79: Report of Captain Madison M. Cannon, 40th NY, June 12-July 30, 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 #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 #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 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-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 #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 #159: Report of Colonel J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #162: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Otho H. Binkley, 110th OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #218: Reports of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #221: Reports of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, June 12-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 #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 #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 #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 #265: Reports of Colonel Edgar M. Cullen, 96th NY, commanding 1/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-30, 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 #299: Report of Brigadier General John Bratton, commanding Bratton/Field/First/ANV, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #313: Report of Major General Wade Hampton, commanding Cav/ANV, June 27-30, 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
- The Battle of Sappony Church: June 28, 1864
- Wilson-Kautz Raid Wikipedia Map: June 22 – July 1, 1864