August 13, 1864
Affair at Berryville, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
Actions at Four-Mile Creek and Dutch Gap, VA.
Federal demonstration on the north bank of the James River, at Deep Bottom, as Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to divert Gen. Robert E. Lee’s, CSA, attention away from Petersburg, Virginia, with little success, including combats at:
a) White’s Tavern
b) Charles City Road
c) New Market Road
d) Fussell’s Mill
e) Gravel Hill
f) Bailey’s Creek
g) Deep Run (or Creek), etc, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
8/13-20/1864.
Skirmish near Strasburg, VA, as the action begins to pick up between Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #6: Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and Army of the James, August 1-December 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #7: Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces, Aug. 13-20, 18-21, 25, Sep. 29-30, Oct. 7, 13, 27-28, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. Dec. 1864
- OR XLII P1 #10: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, August 1-December 26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #12: Reports of Major Benjamin F. Fisher, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, August 1-October 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #14: Report of Brigadier General Henry W. Benham, commanding Eng/AotP and Defenses of City Point, August 1-November 19, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #17: Reports of Major General Winfield S. Hancock, commanding II/AotP, August 12-October 28, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #18: Report of Brigadier General Francis C. Barlow, commanding 1/II/AotP, August 13-17, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #19: Reports of Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, August 12-26, October 27-30, and December 9-10, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #22: Report of Major James Fleming, 28th MA, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #23: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #24: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, July 26-30 and August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #25: Report of Captain Oscar F. Hulser, 2nd NYHA, August 12-21, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #27: Report of Captain William Church, 4th NYHA, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #29: Reports of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, August 13-20 and December 9-10, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #30: Reports of Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, August 13-20 and December 9-10, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #33: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Murphy, 7th NYHA, August 12-25, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #34: Reports of Captain Horatio N. Hunt, 64th NY, August 13-20 and 22-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #35: Report of Captain Albert Gosse, 66th NY, August 12-21, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #37: Reports of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #38: Report of Captain David W. Megraw, 116th PA, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #40: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, August 12-25, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #41: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #46: Report of Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, 1st DE, commanding 2/II/AotP, August 12-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #49: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Aug 12-26 and Oct 26-28, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #50: Reports of Captain Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, August 12-25, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #52: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Rice, 19th MA, August 12-25, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #58: Report of Captain William S. Burt, 152nd NY, August 12-21, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #64: Reports of Colonel Matthew Murphy, 182nd NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #77: Reports of Bvt. Major General Gershom Mott, commanding 3/II/AotP, Aug 12-19, Sept 10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, and Dec 6-12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #81: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20, Oct 26-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #100: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20 and 25, Sept 9-10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, Nov 5, and Dec 7-12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #102: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #107: Report of Captain A. Judson Clark, Btty B 1st NJ Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #109: Report of Captain Edvin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, August 12-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #112: Reports of Captain Christian Woerner, 3rd NJ Btty, August 12-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #119: Reports of Lieutenant John W. Roder, Btty K 4th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 26-28, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #120: Report of Lieutenant W. Butler Beck, Btty C and I 5th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 25-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #227: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #231: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Dec 12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #232: Reports of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-27, Oct 26-29, Nov 24, and Dec 7-12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #235: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General J. I. Gregg, 16th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Aug 16, Nov 16, and Dec 7-12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #238: Report of Captain George C. Eckert, 2nd Pa Cav, August 1-31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #245: Report of Captain Lemuel B. Norton, Signal Corps, Chief Signal Officer, AotJ, August 1-31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #255: Reports of Col. Francis B. Pond, 62nd OH, commanding 1/1/X/AotJ, Aug 13-16 and Oct 13, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #257: Report of Capt. Lewis T. Whipple, 39th IL, August 13-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #259: Report of Lieut. Col. Samuel B. Taylor, 62nd OH, August 13-14, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #265: Report of Lieut. Col. Edward Campbell, 85th PA, August 14-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #269: Report of Captain John Thompson, 7th CT, August 13-16, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #272: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Randlett, 3rd NH, Aug 14-17, Sept 29, and Oct 1, 7, 13, and 27-28, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #273: Reports of Colonel Joseph C. Abbott, 7th NH, Aug 13-20 and Oct 13, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #310: Reports of Lieutenant Redmond Tully, Btty D 1st US Arty, Aug 13-14 and Oct 7, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #311: Report of Lieutenant Joseph P. Sanger, Btty D 1st US Arty, August 15-20, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #339: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Kleintz, 5th PA Cav, August 10-14 and October 7, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #348: Report of Captain George B. Easterly, 4th WI Btty, Aug 1-Sept 30, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
- NP: August 23, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
- August 12-13, 1864 William B. Pike (Diary)
- NP: October 20, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 4
- NP: August 18, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: War News
- LT: August 13, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- 150 Years Ago Today: Actions at Four-Mile Creek and Dutch Gap: August 13, 1864
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 13, 1864
- CV: V37N8: With the Palmetto Riflemen
- LT: August 18, 1864 Eugene H. Freeman (Union Transport on James River)
- DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: August 27, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Shelling and Explosions at Petersburg
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania