February 9, 1865
Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, who assumed the command of all the Confederate Armies, proposes granting a pardon to all deserters who return to their commands within 30 days; President Jefferson Davis concurs.
Brevet Major General David McM. Gregg is officially relieved as commander of the Second Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac, at his own request.
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant temporarily leaves the Siege of Petersburg, bound for Washington, D. C.
Union Fort Tracy is officially named.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Hatcher’s Run, February 5-11, 1865 TOPO
- BEARSS MAP: Battle of Hatcher’s Run, February 7-11, 1865 Map 6
- LT: February 9, 1865 Samuel K. Miller
- LT: February 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee
- NP: February 13, 1865 Philadelphia Inquirer: Army of the Potomac, Feb. 9, 1865
- NP: November 29, 1945 Baldwinsville NY Messenger: 185th New York at Petersburg, Part 4
- OR LI P1: Report of Lieutenant J. Webb Adams, 10th MA Btty, February 5-11, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Charles W. Tilden, 16th ME, February 5-11, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Tremlett, 39th MA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Major John B. Overmeyer, 11th PA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Captain Archibald McC. Bush, 95th NY, February 5-10, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel Dennis B. Dailey, 6th WI, commanding 147th NY, February 5-10, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John T. Jack, 56th PA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Captain Henry H. Herpst, 121st PA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #4: Itineraries of the Army of the Potomac, Sheridan’s Cavalry Command, and the Army of the James, January-April 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #6: Reports of Bvt. Col. James C. Duane, Engineers/AotP, Jan 14-Feb 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #29: Report of Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, commanding II/AotP, February 5-11, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #30: Reports of Bvt. Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, Feb 5-7 and Mar 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #45: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, February 5-7, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #51: Report of Brigadier General Thomas A. Smyth, commanding 2/II/AotP, February 5-11, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #68: Report of Brigadier General Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, February 5-9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #110: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, commanding 3/3/V/AotP, February 6-9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #111: Report of Captain Aaron Bright, Jr., 88th PA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #113: Report of Major Henry J. Sheafer, 107th PA, February 6-9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #114: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Horatio N. Warren, 142nd PA, February 5-10, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #154: Reports of Bvt. Major General John F. Hartranft, commanding 3/IX/AotP, Feb 5-10 and Mar 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #6: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, Jan 1-Jun 30, 1865