150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 21, 1864

August 21, 1864

Brig. Gen. John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders, CSA, is mortally wounded during the siege of Petersburg, VA, on the Weldon Railroad, bleeding to death after having both of his femoral arteries in his thighs severed by a Federal Minie ball, unable to stem the massive flow of his life blood from his body.

In an important move, Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, concedes the Weldon Railroad, a vital railroad link of Richmond and Petersburg, after Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill’s latest attack on the Federal lines fails to force the Yankees to retreat.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Globe Tavern: August 21, 1864
• The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864 by John Horn
• Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5 (2007): Battle of Globe Tavern (Aug. 18-19, 21, 1864) and 2nd Ream’s Station (Aug. 25, 1864)
• B&L: Actions on the Weldon Railroad by Orlando B. Willcox
• CIR: 10-P-17 Gordon’s Division August 21, 1864
• CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 13th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 25th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 38th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 44th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 46th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• Hagood’s Brigade at the Battle of Globe Tavern: Postwar Accounts
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• LT: August 21, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
• LT: August 21, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: August 22, 1864 John Wiley (6th New Jersey)
• LT: August 23, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• LT: September 4, 1864 Charles McKnight
• LT: September 5, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• Samuel J. Bradlee Pension Claim (14th Battery Massachusetts Light Artillery)
• MHSM Papers V5: Operations Against the Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864 by Captain Charles H. Porter
• NP: August 25, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: The War
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav at Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 76th PA at Fussell’s Mill, August 16, 1864
• NP: September 3, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA at the Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• NP: February 5, 1880 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Hagood and Dailey at Globe Tavern, August 21, 1864
• NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
• NP: March 19, 1901 Winnsboro (SC) News and Herald: In The Trenches of Petersburg, June-August 1864
• NP: September 8, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Harris’ Mississippi Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: May 3, 1905 Winnsboro (SC) News and Herald: Hagood’s Brigade at Globe Tavern, August 21, 1864
• NP: February 25, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 3
• NP: August 17, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 25: A Vital Rail Loss
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• OR XL P1 #314: Confederate Roll of Honor, July 30-October 7, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #153: Report of Colonel J. William Hofmann, 56th PA, commanding 3/2/V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #154: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, August 18-21, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #157: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, 147th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #158: Report of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, August 18-28, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #160: Reports of Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, commanding 3/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #185: Reports of Brigadier General Edward S. Bragg, commanding 1/4/V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #186: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #217: Report of Colonel William Humphrey, 2nd MI, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, August 19-21, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #219: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, August 20-21, 1864
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• The Battle of Globe Tavern: August 18-21, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864: Official Records
• The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 21, 1864
• UPR: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum, 7th WI, August 18-21, 1864