150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: April 2, 1865

April 2, 1865

The Federal assault upon and the capture of the fortified Confederate lines in front of Petersburg, VA, as Maj. Gen. Horatio Wright’s 6th US Army Corps breaks through. The Confederate defenders at Fort Baldwin and Fort Greg buy Lee time to evacuate the rest of his army, as he moves toward and orders the troops at Richmond, VA, to concentrate at Amelia Court-House, 40 miles west, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

The Battle of Fort Gregg as the Confederates make a last stand to provide time to evacuate Petersburg, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

The engagement at Sutherland’s Station, on the South Side Railroad, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Skirmish at Gravelly Ford, on Hatcher’s Run, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Action at Scott’s Cross-Roads, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Lieut. Gen. Ambrose Powell Hill, CSA, is mortally wounded by a Federal straggler, while attempting to reach his own lines, soon after Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s final Federal assault on the Confederate lines at Petersburg, VA.

A large portion of Richmond, VA, including factories, gunboats on the James River, are set afire as the Confederates evacuate their capital; Jefferson Davis leaves for Danville, VA, aboard a special train.

Charles Griffin, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

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:

• The 12th Mississippi at Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865: Defenders and Casualties by Shelly Liebler
• 150 Years Ago Today: The Third Battle of Petersburg: April 2, 1865
• BEARSS MAP: The Breakthrough (VI Corps), April 2, 1865 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: The Breakthrough (VI Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 1
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 1
• BEARSS MAP: The Breakthrough (VI Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 2
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 2
• BEARSS MAP: The Breakthrough (VI Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 3
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 3
• BEARSS MAP: The Breakthrough (VI Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 4
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 4
• BEARSS MAP: The Battle of Fort Mahone (IX Corps), April 2, 1865 Map 5
• Bearss 9th Corps Final Assaults Troop Movement Maps
• Book Review: Dawn of Victory: Breakthrough at Petersburg, March 25-April 2, 1865
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
• BTC Notes: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 13th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 15th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 22nd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 27th 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: 34th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 37th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 38th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 44th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 46th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: Charlotte North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
• The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 by John J. Fox III
• Confederate Defenders at Fort Gregg: April 2, 1865 by Bill Furr
• CT AG 65-66: Report of Captain Francis G. Hickerson, 10th Connecticut, of operations April 2-18, 1865
• CV: V1N3: Story from the Ranks (April 2, 1865)
• CV: V29N6: Life Among Bullets—In The Rifle Pits
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: At the “Breakthrough”
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Duty and Death Rather Than Dishonor
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Thrilling Episodes Around Petersburg
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Engineer, Surgeon and Hero
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: “They Can’t Drive You Out of Here”
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Made Good Use of the Enemy’s Weapons
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Gallant Vermonters
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Language More Forceful Than Elegant
• Drew Wagenhoffer Reviews THE CONFEDERATE ALAMO: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 by John J. Fox III at CWBA
• EXCERPT: Sheridan after Five Forks (Notes on the Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan)
• Fort Mahone Diorama: April 2, 1865
• LT: April 2, 1865 Theodore Lyman
• LT: April 4, 1865 Philip W. Pringle
• LT: April 8, 1865 Samuel K. Miller
• LT: April 27, 1865 Homer A. Plimpton (39th Illinois)
• LT: May 9, 1865 Philip W. Pringle
• MAP: Vicinity of Sutherland Station: April 2, 1865
• MAP: Battle of Sutherland Station: April 2, 1865 (Michler/Greene)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 4 a.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 4:30 a.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 5 a.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, 5 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Fort Mahone, Dusk, April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Sutherland Station, 7 a.m. to 12 p.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Sutherland Station, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MAP: Sutherland Station, 3 p.m. to Dusk, April 2, 1865 (Edward Alexander)
• MOLLUS IL V2: The Old Vermont Brigade by Aldace F. Walker
• MOLLUS ME V2: In a Charge Near Fort Hell, Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Thomas P. Beals
• MOLLUS WI V1: Assault on the Lines of Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Charles H. Anson
• NP: April 3, 1865 Richmond Examiner: Last Editorial of the Examiner
• NP: April 3, 1865 Richmond Examiner: The War News, March 31-April 2, 1865: Richmond is Doomed
• NP: April 14, 1865 The Bedford Inquirer: 138th PA at the Breakthrough, April 2, 1865
• NP: April 14, 1865 The Roman Citizen (Rome, NY): 15th NY Eng Letter, April 6, 1865
• NP: April 14, 1865 Vermont Watchman: 3rd Vermont Battery at the Breakthrough, April 2, 1865
• NP: May 5, 1865 The Bedford Inquirer: The 81st PA Gains a New Chaplain, April 3, 1865
• NP: May 19, 1865 The Bedford Inquirer: Corporal Mauk of the 138th PA Kills Gen. A. P. Hill, April 2, 1865
• NP: September 24, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 3
• NP: October 1, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 4
• NP: October 8, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Surrender-Homeward Bound!: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 5
• NP: January 12, 1888 Wheeling (WV) Intelligencer: Flagstaff of the 12th WV
• NP: December 6, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: The 10th Alabama at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: September 15, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Harris’ Mississippi Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg and Appomattox
• NP: February 6, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Last to Leave Richmond
• NP: March 13, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Tragic Death of Colonel Boston, 5th Virginia Cavalry
• December 13, 1945 Baldwinsville NY Messenger: 185th New York at Petersburg, Part 6
• NP: April 2, 1965 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 40: The Evacuation Of Petersburg
• NP: April 4, 1965 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 41: A Postscript – The Occupation
• NT: May 13, 1882 National Tribune: A Singular Coincidence
• NT: August 26, 1882 National Tribune: Warren and Five Forks
• NT: April 25, 1889 National Tribune: Piedmont and Fort Gregg
• NT: May 1, 1890 National Tribune: Front of Petersburg, Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865
• NT: July 9, 1891 National Tribune: The 3d Vt. Battery at Fort Gregg by C.A. Story
• NT: March 6, 1902 National Tribune: Capture of Fort Gregg by G.K. Campbell
• NT: May 15, 1902 National Tribune: Defending Fort Gregg by George W. Kennedy
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #9: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot, 1st CT HA, commanding Siege Train, Jan 1-Mar 31, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #14: Reports of Bvt. Major Franklin Harwood, commanding US Eng Bn, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #15: Report of Bvt. Major William H. Paine, Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. James C. Duane, Eng/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #16: Report of Bvt. Captain Charles W. Howell, U. S. Corps of Engineers, II/AOTP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #17: Report of Lieutenant Charles B. Phillips, U. S. Corps of Engineers, IX/AOTP, March 28-April 4, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #19: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #20: Report of Lieutenant William H. Rogers, commanding det. 1st CTHA, March 31-April 3, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #22: Report of Surg. Charles Page, Medical Director, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 10, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #23: Reports of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, Mar 1-Apr 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #24: Report of Captain John G. Pelton, 14th CT, Chief of Ambulances, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #25: Reports of Bvt. Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #26: Report of Colonel George W. Scott, 61st NY, commanding 1/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #27: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #28: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Welcome A. Crafts, 5th NH, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #29: Report of Capt. Francis R. Humphreys, 2nd NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #30: Report of Major George W. Schaffer, Sixty-first New York Infantry, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #31: Report of Captain William A. F. Stockton, 140th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #32: Report of Colonel Robert Nugent, 69th NY, commanding 2/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #33: Report of Captain Patrick H. Bird, 28th MA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #36: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #37: Report of Major Seward F. Gould, 4th NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #38: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Clinton D. MacDougall, 111th NY, commanding 3/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #39: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny, 7th NY (Veteran), Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #40: Report of Major John McE. Hyde, 39th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Karples, 52nd NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #46: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny, 64th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #47: Report of Captain Nathaniel P. Lane, 66th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #48: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #49: Report of Captain John R. Weltner, 116th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #50: Report of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #51: Report of Captain John F. Sutton, 148th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #52: Report of Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #53: Report of Brigadier General William Hays, commanding 2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 5, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #55: Report of Colonel William A. Olmsted, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #57: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #58: Report of Colonel Daniel Woodall, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #59: Report of Captain J. Frank Morgan, 14th CT, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #61: Report of Major Henry F. Chew, 12th NJ, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #62: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George F. Hopper, 10th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #63: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce, 108th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #64: Report of Captain Charles McAnally, 69th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #65: Report of Captain John H. Gallager, 106th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #66: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis W. H. Baldwin, 7th WV, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #67: Report of Brigadier General Regis de Trobriand, commanding 3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #70: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #71: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #72: Report of Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #73: Report of Captain J. Webb Adams, 10th Btty MA Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #75: Reports of Bvt. Major General Charles Griffin, commanding V/AotP, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #76: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles K. Winne, Medical Inspector, V/AotP, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #78: Report of Brigadier General Joshua L. Chamberlain, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #79: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Edgar M. Gregory, 91st PA, commanding 2/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #80: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Myers, 187th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #81: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Doolittle, 188th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #82: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph G. Townsend, 189th NY, April 1-5, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #84: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Alfred L. Pearson, 155th PA, commanding 3/1/V/AotP, April 2-5, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #85: Report of Captain George R. Abbott, 1st ME SS Bn, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #89: Report of Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel Henry O’Neill, 118th PA, April 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #92: Reports of Brigadier General Joseph Hayes, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #98: Reports of Colonel John A. Kellogg, 6th WI, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #99: Report of Colonel Jonathan Tarbell, 91st NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #101: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Rouse S. Egelston, 97th NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #102: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #103: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Richard Coulter, 11th PA, commanding 3/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #104: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #105: Reports of Major General Horatio G. Wright, commanding VI/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #106: Reports of Bvt. Major General Frank Wheaton, commanding 1/VI/AotP, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #107: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General William H. Penrose, 15th NJ, commanding 1/1/VI/AotP, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #108: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin Hufty, 4th NJ, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #109: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Joseph E. Hamblin, 65th NY, commanding 2/1/VI/AotP, April 1-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #110: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Henry C. Fisk, 65th NY, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #111: Report of Bvt. Colonel Egbert Olcott, 121st NY, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #112: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John Harper, 95th PA, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #113: Report of Captain James T. Stuart, 49th PA, commanding SS/1/VI/AotP, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #114: Report of Colonel Oliver Edwards, 37th MA, commanding 3/1/VI/AotP, April 1-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #115: Reports of Captain Archibald Hopkins, 37th MA, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #116: Report of Bvt. Colonel Baynton J. Hickman, 49th PA, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #117: Report of Colonel Isaac C. Bassett, 82nd PA, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #118: Report of Major William C. Gray, 119th PA, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #119: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Elisha H. Rhodes, 2nd RI, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #120: Report of Colonel Thomas S. Allen, 5th WI, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #121: Report of Bvt. Major General George W. Getty, commanding 2/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #122: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Milliken, 43rd NY, Pickets/2/VI/AotP, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #123: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General James M. Warner, 1st VTHA, commanding 1/2/VI/AotP, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #124: Report of Captain B. Frank Hean, 93rd PA, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #125: Report of Captain Bernhard Gessler, 98th PA, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #126: Report of Major James McGregor, 139th PA, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #127: Report of Bvt. Major General Lewis A. Grant, commanding 2/2/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Ronald A. Kennedy, 5th VT, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #129: Report of Colonel Thomas W. Hyde, 1st ME Vet, commanding 3/2/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #130: Report of Captain Augustus Merrill, Co B, 1st ME (Veteran), April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #131: Reports of Brigadier General Truman Seymour, commanding 3/VI/AotP, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #132: Reports of Colonel William S. Truex, 14th NJ, commanding 1/3/VI/AotP, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #134: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Jacob J. Janeway, 14th NJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #135: Reports of Colonel Andrew N. McDonald, 106th NY, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #136: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bogardus, 151st NY, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #137: Report of Captain James Tearney, 87th PA, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #138: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George B. Damon, 10th VT, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #139: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #140: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph C. Hill, 6th MD, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #141: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel James W. Snyder, 9th NYHA, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #142: Reports of Bvt. Colonel Otho H. Binkley, 110th OH, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #144: Report of Colonel Benjamin F. Smith, 126th OH, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #145: Reports of Major William G. Williams, 126th OH, commanding 67th PA, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #146: Reports of Colonel Matthew R. McClennan, 138th PA, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #147: Report of Bvt. Major Andrew Cowan, 1st Btty NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/VI/AotP, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #148: Report of Captain Augustin N. Parsons, Btty A 1st NJ Lt Arty, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #149: Reports of Bvt. Captain Orsamus R. Van Etten, 1st NY Btty, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #150: Report of Bvt. Major William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #151: Report of Captain Crawford Allen, Jr., Btty H 1st RI Lt Arty, April 1-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #152: Reports of Lieutenant John R. Brinckle, Btty E 5th US Arty, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #153: Report of Major General John G. Parke, commanding IX/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #154: Report of Bvt. Major General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 1/IX/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #155: Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, commanding 1/1/IX/AotP, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #156: Report of Colonel Charles Waite, 27th MI, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #157: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, commanding 109th NY, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #158: Report of Major Robert N. Roberts, 38th WI, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #159: Report of Bvt. Colonel Ralph Ely, 8th MI, commanding 2/1/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #160: Report of Captain Albert A. Day, 20th MI, Mar 29-Apr 5, 1865
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• OR XLVI P1 #162: Report of Colonel James Bintliff, 38th WI, commanding 3/1/IX/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 8, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #165: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Clough, 18th NH, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #167: Report of Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin, commanding 2/IX/AotP, Mar 25-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #168: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General John I. Curtin, 45th PA, commanding 1/2/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #169: Report of Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin, commanding 2/2/IX/AotP, April 1-2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #170: Report of Bvt. Major General John F. Hartranft, commanding 3/IX/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #171: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William H. H. McCall, 200th PA, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #172: Report of Colonel Alfred B. McCalmont, 208th PA, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #173: Report of Colonel Joseph A. Mathews, 205th PA, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, April 1-2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #174: Report of Colonel Robert C. Cox, 207th PA, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #175: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/IX/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #176: Report of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, Mar 30-Apr 12, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #177: Report of Bvt. Major Charles A. Philips, Btty E MA Lt Arty, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #178: Report of Captain Richard S. Milton, 9th MA Btty, April 1-2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #180: Report of Captain Joseph W. B. Wright, 14th MA Btty, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #181: Report of Bvt. Major Christian Woerner, 3rd NJ Btty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #182: Report of Captain David F. Ritchie, Btty C 1st NY Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #183: Report of Captain Angell Matthewson, Btty E 1st Ny Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #184: Report of Lieutenant George H. Barse, Btty E 1st NY Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #185: Report of Captain Samuel A. McClellan, Btty G 1st NY Lt Arty, April 1-2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #186: Report of Bvt. Major George Breck, Btty L 1st NY Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #187: Report of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #188: Report of Captain John. B. Eaton, 27th NY Btty, April 1-2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #189: Report of Bvt. Major Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #190: Report of Captain William McClelland, Btty B 1st PA Lt Arty, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #191: Report of Captain Samuel H. Rhoads, Btty D PA Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #192: Report of Lieutenant Valentine H. Stone, Batteries C and I 5th US Arty, April 1-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #193: Report of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Charles H. T. Collis, 114th PA, commanding IndBrig/IX/AotP, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #194: Report of Colonel Charles F. Walcott, 61st MA, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #195: Report of Colonel Jacob B. Hardenbergh, 80th NY (20th Militia), April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #196: Report of Colonel Andrew H. Tippin, 68th PA, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #197: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Winslow, 68th PA, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #198: Report of Captain John R. Waterhouse, 114th PA, April 2-3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #199: Reports of Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding Cav/Union, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #200: Report of Bvt. Major General Wesley Merritt, commanding Cav/AotS, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #201: Report of Brigadier General Thomas C. Devin, commanding 1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #202: Report of Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs, commanding ReserveBrig/1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #203: Report of Bvt. Major General George A. Custer, commanding 3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #204: Report of Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington, 3rd NJ Cav, commanding 1/3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 1, 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 #209: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #210: Report of Major Walter R. Robbins, 1st NJ Cav, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #211: Report of Colonel Samuel B. M. Young, 4th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #212: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles H. Smith, 1st Me Cav, commanding 3/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-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 #214: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Peter S. Michie, Chief Engineer, AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #217: Report of Major General George L. Hartsuff, commanding Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, AotJ, Mar 19-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #218: Report of Bvt. Major General Edward Ferrero, Infantry Division, Defenses of Bermuda Hundred, AotJ, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #219: Report of Major General John Gibbon, commanding XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #220: Report of Lieutenant Frederick J. Amsden, Signal Corps Det/XXIV/AotJ, April 1-9, 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 #224: Report of Colonel Alvin C. Voris, 67th OH, Apr 2-9, 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 #238: Report of Captain George A. Bruce, 13th NH, Pickets/3/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-3, 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 #241: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Potter, 34th MA, commanding 1/Ind/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #242: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Horace Kellogg, 123rd OH, April 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #243: Reports of Colonel William B. Curtis, 12th WV, commanding 2/Ind/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #244: Reports of Brigadier General Thomas M. Harris, commanding 3/Ind/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-9, 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 #248: Report of Major General Godfrey Weitzel, commanding Detachment/AotJ, Mar 28-Apr 3, 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 #255: Report of Colonel Samuel C. Armstrong, 8th USCT, Mar 28-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 #258: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James Givin, 127th USCT, Mar 29-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
• OR XLVI P1 #260: Report of Brigadier General Ranald S. Mackenzie, commanding Cav/AotJ, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #261: Report of Colonel Robert M. West, 5th PA Cav, 1/Cav/AotJ, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #262: Report of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #263: Report of Colonel Andrew W. Evans, 1st MD Cav (US), Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #264: Report of Lieutenant Col Franklin A. Stratton, 11th PA Cav, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #266: Medals of Honor, Mar 31-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #267: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #270: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Chief of Artillery, ANV, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #272: Report of Brigadier General James H. Lane, commanding Lane/Wilcox/Third/ANV, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #273: Report of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/Fourth/ANV, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #274: Report of Brigadier General William H. Wallace, commanding Wallace/Johnson/Fourth/ANV, Mar 28-Apr 8, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #275: Report of Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, commanding Deapartment of Richmond, April 1-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #276: Report of Major General George W. C. Lee, commanding Lee/DoR, April 2-6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #277: Report of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding Cav/ANV, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• Review: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
• SHS Papers: Volume 3: Defence of Fort Gregg by James H. Lane et al
• SHS Papers: Volume 3: The Defence of Fort Gregg by Napier Bartlett
• SHS Papers: Volume 4: Defence of Batteries Gregg and Whitworth, and the Evacuation of Petersburg by C.M. Wilcox
• SHS Papers: Volume 7: Notes on the Final Campaign of April, 1865
• SHS Papers: Volume 8: Defence of Battery Gregg by N.H. Harris
• SHS Papers: Volume 9: The Defence of Battery Gregg-General Lane’s Reply to General Harris by James H. Lane
• SHS Papers: Volume 9: Battery Gregg-Reply to General N. H. Harris
• SHS Papers: Volume 9: Some Reminiscences of the Second of April, 1865 by H. W. Bruce
• SHS Papers: Volume 10: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 4 by James H. Lane
• SHS Papers: Volume 10: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 5 by James H. Lane
• SHS Papers: Volume 14: Campaign of 1864 and 1865 by Charles W. Field
• SHS Papers: Volume 31: Fort Gregg Again: A Surgeon’s Defense of the Garrison
• The Battle of Sutherland’s Station: April 2, 1865
• The Breakthrough CWPT Map
• The Petersburg Campaign Wikipedia Map: April 2, 1865
• The Third Battle of Petersburg: April 2, 1865
• Who Defended Fort Gregg?: A Confederate Controversy, Part 1