August 3, 1864
Action near Wilcox’s Landing, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
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: Action Near Wilcox’s Landing: August 3, 1864
- DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
- NP: August 11, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: The 22nd New York Cavalry
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA and Confederate Countermines
- NP: July 28, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 7
- NP: October 22, 1905 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #6: Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and Army of the James, August 1-December 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #12: Reports of Major Benjamin F. Fisher, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, August 1-October 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #227: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #236: Reports of Colonel Michael Kerwin, 13th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-20 and Oct 26-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #238: Report of Captain George C. Eckert, 2nd Pa Cav, August 1-31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #279: Report of Captain Edgar A. Nickels, 11th ME, August 3-4, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #280: Reports of Colonel Harris M. Plaisted, 11th ME, August 3-14, 14-16, and 18-19, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #358: Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia Aug 1-Oct 18, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864