150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 16, 1864

August 16, 1864

The X Corps, USA, attacked the Confederate line above Fussell’s Mill during the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, 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: Second Battle of Deep Bottom: August 16, 1864
• Book Notes: History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
• CIR: 15-P-17 Davis’ Brigade August 16, 1864
• CIR: 6-P-17 Finegan’s and Perry’s Brigades August 16, 1864
• CLARK NC: 2nd 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
• Confederate Army Strength at Second Deep Bottom by Bryce Suderow
• CV: V33N4: The Battle Near Deep Bottom, Va.
• DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• The 48th Alabama at Fussell’s Mill, August 16, 1864
• George S. Gove Letter: August 28, 1864
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• LT: August 16, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: August 18, 1864 Eugene H. Freeman (Union Transport on James River)
• LT: September 16, 1864 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)
• MAP: 2nd Deep Bottom (Horn 2nd Ed.): Fussell’s Mill 12:30-1:00 p.m., August 16, 1864
• MAP: The Second Battle of Deep Bottom (RBA): August 16, 1864, Noon
• Maps of the 2nd Battle of Deep Bottom from John Horn’s New Petersburg Book
• NP: August 18, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: War News
• NP: August 23, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
• NP: August 26, 1864 Augusta (GA) Daily Constitutionalist: Letter from Anderson’s Brigade
• NP: August 27, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Shelling and Explosions at Petersburg
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 76th PA at Fussell’s Mill, August 16, 1864
• NP: September 10, 1864 Anglo-African: From the 29th Connecticut Regiment
• NP: November 4, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Co. E, 76th PA Casualties from July 6-August 16, 1864
• NP: October 27, 1869 Washington PA Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 5
• NP: July 8, 1891 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: 7th South Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 1
• NP: April 15, 1907 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: The Truth About the Battle of the Crater (64th GA)
• NP: May 13, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): July 18-August 17, 1864
• NP: February 25, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 3
• OR XLII P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding US Army, August 9-December 11, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade, commanding AotP, August 1-December 12, 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 #7: Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces, Aug. 13-20, 18-21, 25, Sep. 29-30, Oct. 7, 13, 27-28, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. Dec. 1864
• OR XLII P1 #10: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, August 1-December 26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #12: Reports of Major Benjamin F. Fisher, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, August 1-October 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #17: Reports of Major General Winfield S. Hancock, commanding II/AotP, August 12-October 28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #18: Report of Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow, commanding 1/II/AotP, August 13-17, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #19: Reports of Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, August 12-26, October 27-30, and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #22: Report of Major James Fleming, 28th MA, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #23: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #24: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, July 26-30 and August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #25: Report of Captain Oscar F. Hulser, 2nd NYHA, August 12-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #27: Report of Captain William Church, 4th NYHA, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #29: Reports of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, August 13-20 and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #30: Reports of Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, August 13-20 and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #32: Reports of Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, August 14-20 and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #33: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Murphy, 7th NYHA, August 12-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #34: Reports of Captain Horatio N. Hunt, 64th NY, August 13-20 and 22-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #35: Report of Captain Albert Gosse, 66th NY, August 12-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #37: Reports of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, August 12-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #38: Report of Captain David W. Megraw, 116th PA, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #40: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, August 12-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #41: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #46: Report of Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, 1st DE, commanding 2/II/AotP, August 12-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #49: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Aug 12-26 and Oct 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #52: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Rice, 19th MA, August 12-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #62: Report of Captain Austin Cannon, 36th WI, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #64: Reports of Colonel Matthew Murphy, 182nd NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #66: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce, 108th NY, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, August 14-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #68: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel A. Moore, 14th CT, August 15-16, 25, and October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #77: Reports of Bvt. Major General Gershom Mott, commanding 3/II/AotP, Aug 12-19, Sept 10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, and Dec 6-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #81: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20, Oct 26-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #82: Report of Colonel John Pulford, 5th MI, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, August 14-17, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #84: Reports of Major Nathaniel Shatswell, 1st MAHA, Aug 15-16, Sept 30-Oct 5, and Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #85: Report of Major Daniel S. Root, 5th MI, August 15-17, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler, 93rd NY, Aug 15-16 and Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #88: Report of Captain Alanson H. Nelson, 57th PA, August 15-17, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #91: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, August 15-16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #93: Report of Captain Charles E. Patton, 105th PA, August 15-17, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #96: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler, 141st PA, Aug 15-16 and Oct 1-5 and 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #97: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, August 15-16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #100: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20 and 25, Sept 9-10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, Nov 5, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #102: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #107: Report of Captain A. Judson Clark, Btty B 1st NJ Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #109: Report of Captain Edvin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, August 12-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #113: Report of Capt Nelson Ames, Btty G 1st NY Lt Arty, August 12-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #116: Report of First Lieutenant George K. Dauchy, 12th NY Btty, August 12-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #119: Reports of Lieutenant John W. Roder, Btty K 4th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #120: Report of Lieutenant W. Butler Beck, Btty C and I 5th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 25-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #227: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #231: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Dec 12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #232: Reports of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-27, Oct 26-29, Nov 24, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #235: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General J. I. Gregg, 16th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Aug 16, Nov 16, and Dec 7-12, 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 #250: Reports of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, commanding X/AotJ, Aug 14-19 and Oct 1-2, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #255: Reports of Col. Francis B. Pond, 62nd OH, commanding 1/1/X/AotJ, Aug 13-16 and Oct 13, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #257: Report of Capt. Lewis T. Whipple, 39th IL, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #260: Report of Maj. Francis M. Kahler, 62nd OH, August 14-16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #261: Report of Capt. Henry R. West, 62nd OH, August 16-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #263: Report of Col. Alvin C. Voris, 67th OH, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #265: Report of Lieut. Col. Edward Campbell, 85th PA, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #269: Report of Captain John Thompson, 7th CT, August 13-16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #272: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Randlett, 3rd NH, Aug 14-17, Sept 29, and Oct 1, 7, 13, and 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #273: Reports of Colonel Joseph C. Abbott, 7th NH, Aug 13-20 and Oct 13, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #275: Report of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 3/1/X/AotJ, August 14-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #277: Reports of Colonel John L. Otis, 10th CT, Aug 1, 14-20, and Oct 13, 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 #282: Report of Colonel Andrew W. Evans, 1st MD Cav (dm), August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #284: Report of Captain George W. Gardner, 24th MA August 14-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #286: Report of Colonel George B. Dandy, 100th NY, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #290: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Coan, 48th NY, commanding 2/2/X/AotJ, August 16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #293: Report of Captain Samuel M. Zent, 13th IN, August 14-16, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #303: Reports of Major George E. Wagner, 8th USCT, Aug 14-21, Sept 28-30, and Oct 13, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #306: Report of Lieutenant Charles R. Doane, 4th NJ Btty, August 14-18, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #311: Report of Lieutenant Joseph P. Sanger, Btty D 1st US Arty, August 15-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #350: Medals of Honor, August 1-December 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #351: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Aug 16-Dec 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #352: Reports of General G. T. Beauregard, commanding Dept of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, August 15-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #361: Report of Brigadier General John Bratton, commanding Bratton/Field/First/ANV from July 30-Dec 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #363: Reports of Brigadier General Archibald Gracie, Jr., commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 17-Sept 7 and Nov 12, 1864
• SHS Papers: Volume 14: Campaign of 1864 and 1865 by Charles W. Field
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom CWPT Map
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom: August 14-20, 1864
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom Wikipedia Map: August 14-20, 1864