March 27, 1865
President Abraham Lincoln meets with Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Maj. Gen. Willliam T. Sherman, and Admiral David Porter, USN, at City Point, VA, aboard the River Queen, to discuss his policy on Confederate surrender and reconstruction.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 150 Years Ago Today: Planning Grant’s Ninth Offensive Against Petersburg and Richmond: March 24-28, 1865
- CLARK NC: 3rd North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 28th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 33rd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- CLARK NC: 37th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
- ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
- LT: March 27, 1865 Samuel K. Miller
- LT: March 28, 1865 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
- LT: April 27, 1865 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)
- MAP: 9th Offensive Against Petersburg, Meade’s Orders: March 27, 1865
- NP: April 3, 1865 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, Sherman and Sheridan, March 25-28, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 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 #8: Report of Surg. George B. Parker, in charge of Depot Field Hospital, March 27-June 30, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #21: Reports of Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, commanding II/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #60: Report of Major John T. Dent, 1st DE, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #74: Reports of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 1, 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 #205: Report of Major James Bliss, 8th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #206: Report of Colonel John J. Coppinger, 15th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Hall, 1st VT Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #213: Report of Major General Edward O. C. Ord, commanding Army of the James, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #219: Report of Major General John Gibbon, commanding XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #221: Reports of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #222: Report of Colonel Thomas O. Osborn, 39th IL, commanding 1/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #223: Report of Captain Homer A. Plympton, 39th IL, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #225: Report of Colonel James C. Briscoe, 199th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #226: Report of Colonel George B. Dandy, 100th NY, commanding 3/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #227: Report of Captain Francis G. Hickerson, 10th CT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #228: Report of Captain Henry C. Adams, 11th ME, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #229: Report of Captain Edwin Nichols, 100th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #230: Report of Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild, 89th NY, commanding 4/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #231: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Edward A. True, 8th ME, Mar 27-Apr 6, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #233: Report of Captain William Dobie, 89th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #234: Report of Colonel John B. Murray, 148th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #235: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William H. McNary, 158th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #236: Report of Captain George H. Hill, 55th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #240: Report of Bvt. Major General John W. Turner, commanding Ind/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #245: Report of Captain George T. Anthony, 17th NY Btty, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #246: Report of Captain Samuel S. Elder, Btty B 1st US Arty, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #247: Report of Lieutenant Charles P. Muhlenberg, Btty A 1st US Arty, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #250: Report of Surg. Charles P. Heichhold, 8th USCT, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #251: Report of Lieutenant Dilwyn V. Purington, 7th USCT, AAQM/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #252: Report of Captain Henry F. Hawkes, Chief Commissary, 2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #253: Report of Colonel James Shaw, Jr., 7th USCT, commanding 1/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #254: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Ulysses Doubleday, 45th USCT, commanding 2/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #256: Report of Colonel Llewellyn F. Haskell, 41st USCT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #257: Report of Major Theodore C. Glazier, 45th USCT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #259: Report of Colonel William W. Woodward, 116th USCT, commanding 3/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
- SHS Papers: Volume 9: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 3 by James H. Lane