November 21, 1864
Major General Joseph B. Kershaw’s Division, First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia returns to the Siege of Petersburg and is stationed on the far left of the lines east of Richmond.
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:
- NP: November 22, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, Nov. 17, 19-21
- NP: December 3, 1864 Irish-American (NY): 170th N. Y. Vols.,—Irish Legion
- OR XLII P1 #6: Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and Army of the James, August 1-December 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864