July 9, 1864
2 additional divisions of the 6th US Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, embark at City Point, VA, the Petersburg, VA lines for the defense of Washington, DC, against Jubal Early, CSA. Maj. Gen. George Meade, USA, orders additional pressure to be exerted on Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Petersburg, VA, lines.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: July 9, 1864
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- George S. Gove Letter: July 9, 1864
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- July 9, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
- LT: July 6, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- 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 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 9, 12
- NP: July 17, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 95th NY at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 18, 1864
- NP: July 19, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 9-18
- NP: July 19, 1864 Sandusky (NY) Register: Interesting Letter from the 122nd New York
- NP: July 23, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Fourth of July
- NP: July 25, 1864 Eastern Argus: Letter from the Army
- NP: October 06, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
- NP: March 30, 1893 Boston Journal: 3rd Maine Battery at the Crater
- NP: July 14, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 5
- NP: May 6, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): June 16-July 17, 1864
- OR XL P1 #26: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, 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 #39: Report of Captain Robert H. Milliken, 69th NY, June 13-July 30, 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 #148: Report of Major Henry R. Dalton, AAG, 1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
- OR XL P1 #149: Report of Captain Baldwin Hufty, 4th NJ, June 13-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 #154: Report of Major Thomas McLaughlin, 102nd PA, June 12-July 9, 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
- OR XL P1 #166: Report of Captain Charles W. White, 4th ME Btty, June 12-July 29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #167: Report of Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, 5th ME Btty, June 12-July 10, 1864
- OR XL P1 #168: Report of Lieutenant Jacob Federhen, Btty A MA Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
- OR XL P1 #170: Report of Captain Andrew Cowan, 1st NY Btty, June 13-July 12, 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 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #211: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 4/IX/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #217: Report of Lieutenant Seth A. Emery, 3rd ME Btty, July 9-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #218: Reports of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #220: Report of Captain Joseph W. B. Wright, 14th MA Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #221: Reports of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #224: Reports of Lieutenant George W. Silvis, Btty D PA Lt Arty, June 16-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