July 28, 1864
Action at Four-Mile Creek, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Maj. Gen. Edward O.C. Ord, USA, is assigned to the command of the 18th US Army Corps, VA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 150 Years Ago Today: The First Battle of Deep Bottom, Day 2: July 28, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today: The Action at Four-Mile Creek: July 28, 1864
- CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 7th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 28th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 33rd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 37th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 42nd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac, July 28th, 1864 (OR Atlas 64:1)
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- July 26-30, 1864 William B. Pike (Diary)
- LT: July 28, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- LT: July 28, 1864 Thomas M. Wade (1st Rockbridge VA Artillery)
- NP: July 29, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Capture of The Rockbridge Artillery’s Parrotts, July 27, 1864
- NP: July 29, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 28, 1864
- NP: July 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 23-24 and 27-28, 1864
- NP: July 31, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 57th NY Receives a Boost In Strength, July 1864
- NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 27-30, 1864
- NP: August 4, 1864 Baltimore Clipper: Sheridan’s Cavalry
- NP: August 6, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA And Shelling Along The Lines
- NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 170th New York at First Deep Bottom, July 1864
- NP: August 8, 1864 Charleston (SC) Mercury: Casualties in South Carolina Units, June-August 1864
- NP: August 10, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Fifth Infantry
- NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA at First Deep Bottom, July 26-30, 1864
- NP: August 27, 1864 Quincy Patriot: Camp of 56th [Mass] Reg.
- NP: August 28, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 6th New York Cavalry at First Deep Bottom, July 27-29, 1864
- NP: October 20, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 4
- OR LI P1: Report of Captain Michael Beahen, 8th NJ, July 26-29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #1: Report of Lt Gen U. S. Grant June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #24: Report of Major Nathan Church, 26th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #25: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, July 26- 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #27: Report of Major George Hogg, 2nd NY HA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #28: Report of Captain Oscar F. Hulser, 2nd NY HA, July 26-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #29: Report of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #30: Report of Lt. Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #32: Report of Captain Thomas Henry, 140th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #33: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #40: Report of Major Richard Moroney, 69th NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #44: Report of Captain John B. Geddis, 126th NY, June 13-July 29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #46: Report of Captain Horatio N. Hunt, 64th NY, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #49: Report of Captain Albert Gosse, 66th NY, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #50: Report of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #51: Report of Captain James Patton, 53rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #52: Report of Captain David W. Megraw, 116th PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #54: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #55: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #56: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, July 26-30, 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 #63: Reports of Major Timothy O’Brien, 152nd NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #67: Report of Major John Byrne, 155th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #72: Report of Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #74: Report of Captain John C. Broatch, 14th CT, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #77: Reports of Brigadier General Gershom Mott, commanding 3/II/AotP, June 22 and July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #78: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #79: Report of Captain Madison M. Cannon, 40th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #80: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Burns, 73rd NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
- OR XL P1 #82: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, 2/3/II/AotP, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #83: Report of Major Nathaniel Shatswell, 1st MAHA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #85: Report of Colonel John Pulford, 5th MI, July 26-31, 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 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #89: Report of Captain John C. Conser, 105th PA, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #90: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler, 141st PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #91: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, June 16-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #92: Report of Colonel Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, July 26-29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #93: Report of Major Charles C. Rivers, 11th MA, July 26-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #94: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #95: Reports of Captain Thomas C. Thompson, 7th NJ, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #96: Report of Major Virgil M. Healy, 8th NJ, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #98: Report of Lieutenant John Schoonover, 11th NJ, June 16-July 28, 1864
- OR XL P1 #100: Report of Major John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, July 1-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #102: Report of Captain J. Henry Sleeper, 10th MA Btty, June 13-July 30, 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 #107: Report of Captain John E. Burton, 11th NY Btty, June 12-August 1, 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 #118: Report of Major James A. Cunningham, 32nd MA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #119: Report of Major John D. Lentz, 91st PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-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 #175: Reports of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding 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 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #226: Report of Brigadier General David McM. Gregg, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, July 7-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #227: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, 2/Cav/AotP, July 19-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #228: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, July 26-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #229: Report of Colonel J. Irvin Gregg, 16th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, July 6-30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #230: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, commanding 3/Cav/AotP, June 17-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #242: Report of Lieutenant William N. Dennison, Btty A 2nd US Arty, July 28, 1864
- OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #248: Report of Captain Gustavus S. Dana, Signal/X/AotJ, July 1-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #255: Reports of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 3/1/X/AotJ, July 11-12 and 23-29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #294: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/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 #301: Report of Colonel James P. Simms, 53rd GA, commanding Simms (Bryan)/Kershaw/First/ANV, June 23-July 29, 1864
- OR XL P1 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
- Review: The Battle of First Deep Bottom
- SHS Papers: Volume 9: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 1 by James H. Lane
- The First Battle of Deep Bottom CWPT Map
- The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 27-29, 1864
- The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 27-29 by Dan O’Connell
- The First Battle of Deep Bottom Wikipedia Map: July 27-29, 1864
- UPR: Report of Captain James G. Harris, 7th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations July 28, 1864
- UPR: Report of Major Jackson L. Bost, 37th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations July 28, 1864
- UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations July 28, 1864
- UPR: Report of LtCol William H. A. Speer, 28th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations July 28, 1864
- UPR: Report of Captain W. J. Callais, 33rd North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations July 28, 1864