150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: October 27, 1864

October 27, 1864

The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher’s Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.  10/27-28/1864.

The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA.  (The final) Winter is fast approaching.  10/27-28/1864.

Skirmish in front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Boydton Plank Road: October 27, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road: October 27, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: Skirmish in Front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick: October 27, 1864
• A Sketch at Darbytown Road: October 27, 1864
• Affair of the Williamsburg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28, 1864
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27-28, 1864 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 1
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 2
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 3
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 4
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 5
• Book Review: Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers
• Book Review: Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
• CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 2nd North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 8th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 15th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 26th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 27th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 44th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CT AG 64-65: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brown, 21st Connecticut, of operations September 3, 1864 to April 10, 1865
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Scenes from Hatcher’s Run
• Hampton Newsome Video on the October 1864 Battles Around Petersburg and Richmond
• LT: October 27, 1864 Samuel K. Miller
• LT: October 27, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: October 28, 1864 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
• LT: October 28, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: October 30, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• LT: November 2, 1864 Robert E. Lee
• LT: November 3, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
• LT: November 4, 1864 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
• LT: November 7, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• MAP: The Battle of Burgess Mill, October 27, 1864 (NARA: Horace Rugg)
• Map Showing Condition of Union Lines, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• Map Showing Operations of the Fifth Corps, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• MAP: The Attack on “Fort Crater”: October 27, 1864 (Civil War Regiments, Vol. 2, No. 2)
• MHSM Papers V5: The Expedition to the Boydton Plank Road, October, 1864 by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
• MHSM Papers V5: The Siege of Petersburg after the Capture of the Weldon Railroad by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
• NP: November 17, 1864 Windham County Transcript: From the Twenty-Ninth (CT) Regiment
• NP: December 23, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA, Thanksgiving at Fort Sedgwick, November, 1864
• NP: June 8, 1882 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Butler’s SC Cavalry Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
• NP: September 15, 1897 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Butler’s SC Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: August 11, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 9
• NP: October 6, 1905 Herald and News (Newberry, SC): J. B. Lyle Captures 600 Men at 2nd Fair Oaks
• NP: May 27, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): September 26-December 5, 1864
• NP: July 25, 1919 Adirondack Record (Au Sable, NY): The 118th NY at Chaffin’s Farm and Second Fair Oaks
• NP: March 4, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 4
• NP: October 25, 1945 Baldwinsville NY Messenger: 185th New York at Petersburg, Part 2
• NP: March 26, 1953 Sandy Creek (NY) News: Thomas Moore (96th NY) at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 3
• NP: October 28, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 32: “The Inequality Is Too Great”
• NT: April 15, 1882 National Tribune: An Incident at Hatcher’s Run
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• OR LI P1: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, October 1-31, 1864
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• Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
• SHS Papers: Volume 7: General Longstreet’s Report of Affair of October 27th, 1864
• SHS Papers: Volume 14: Campaign of 1864 and 1865 by Charles W. Field
• Confederate Casualties at Burgess Mill by Bryce Suderow
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road NPS Map: October 27, 1864
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road: October 27-28, 1864
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road Wikipedia Map: October 27, 1864
• The Battle of Burgess Mill: October 27, 1864 (First Day of Battle of Boydton Plank Road) by Bryce Suderow
• The Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road: October 27-28, 1864
• UPR: Report of Major Hollon Richardson, 7th WI, October 27-28, 1864