March 26, 1865
Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan’s US Cavalry command crosses the James River, VA, to combine forces with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA. As Grant laid low and continued to apply pressure on the Army of Northern Virginia, he allowed the other Union armies to one by one dissect the bowels of the Confederacy. Now, with only Lee’s army remaining as an obstacle, Grant will plunge into the heart of the Confederacy.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- CLARK NC: 27th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 37th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
- LT: March 26, 1865 Robert E. Lee
- LT: March 26, 1865 Theodore Lyman
- MAP: 9th Offensive Against Petersburg, Meade’s Tweak: March 26, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Major George W. Schaffer, 61st NY, March 25, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, commanding 4/1/II/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Major Derrick F. Hamlink, 4th NYHA, March 25, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Colonel William A. Olmstead, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR LI P1: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, March 25, 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 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, Feb 5-7 and Mar 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #38: Report of Major Jacob Scheu, 7th NY, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #39: Report of Major John McE. Hyde, 39th NY, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis W. Husk, 111th NY, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #49: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #78: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #81: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Rivers, 11th MA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #83: Reports of Major Henry Hartford, 8th NJ, Feb 5-7 and Mar 25-26, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #85: Report of Captain Charles F. Gage, 11th NJ, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #87: Report of Major Walter F. Scott, 120th NY, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #96: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Edgar M. Gregory, 91st PA, commanding 2/1/V/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #103: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Eli G. Sellers, 91st PA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #117: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Joseph E. Hamblin, 65th NY, commanding 2/1/VI/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #118: Report of Colonel Oliver Edwards, 37th MA, commanding 3/1/VI/AotP, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #120: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John G. Parr, 139th PA, March 25, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #7: Report of Surg. John A. Lidell, Inspector of Medical and Hospital Dept, Army of the Potomac, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #23: Reports of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, Mar 1-Apr 30, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #76: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles K. Winne, Medical Inspector, V/AotP, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #199: Reports of Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding Cav/Union, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #245: Report of Captain George T. Anthony, 17th NY Btty, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #252: Report of Captain Henry F. Hawkes, Chief Commissary, 2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- SHS Papers: Volume 9: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 3 by James H. Lane