July 8, 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 8, 1864
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- LT: July 8, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- LT: July 9, 1864 Philip W. Pringle
- NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 7-8
- NP: July 11, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 8-10
- NP: July 11, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 7-10
- NP: July 12, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 8,10-12
- NP: July 18, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Michigan Cavalry Brigade
- 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: August 31, 1864 Daily Eastern Argus: A Soldier’s Letter
- NP: October 06, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
- NP: June 30, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 4
- OR XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #39: Report of Captain Robert H. Milliken, 69th NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #111: Report of Lieutenant Walter S. Perrin, Btty A 1st RI Lt Arty, July 8-29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #114: Report of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, July 27-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #116: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph F. Ramsey, 187th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #165: Report of Colonel Matthew R. McClennan, 138th PA, June 12-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #197: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Ely, 8th MI, June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #198: Report of Captain Richard Vosper, 27th MI, June 12-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 #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