July 4, 1864
No major events occurred today at the Siege of Petersburg.
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: July 4, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The “Phantom Fourth” Attack at Petersburg: July 4, 1864
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- July 4, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
- LT: July 2, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
- LT: July 4, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- LT: July 4, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- LT: July 4, 1864: William B. Phillips to Annie Richards
- LT: July 13, 1864 “Lt. Co. M” (50th NY Engineers)
- NP: July 4, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Grant’s Rumored All-Out Assault on Petersburg, July 4 (Editorial)
- NP: July 4, 1864 Richmond Examiner: War News, June 30-July 4
- NP: July 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 3-4
- NP: July 5, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 4
- NP: July 6, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Editorial: Grant on the Fourth of July
- NP: July 6, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 4-5
- NP: July 7, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 4-6
- NP: July 17, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 146th NY from the Wilderness to Petersburg
- NP: July 22, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Petersburg, early July 1864
- NP: July 23, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Fourth of July
- NP: July 27, 1864 The Tioga County Agitator (Wellsboro, PA): The 45th PA at Petersburg, Early 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
- NP: July 3, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 19: Petersburg, July 4, 1864
- OR XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #103: Report of Captain Frederick M. Edgell, 1st NH Btty, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #108: Report of Captain George F. McKnight, 12th NY Btty, June 12-July 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 #155: Report of Major Robert Munroe, 139th PA, 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 #202: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864