Today in the Petersburg Campaign: August 18, 1864

August 18, 1864

Skirmish at Opequon Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, attempts to head off Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’, USA, march to Harper’s Ferry, WV.

The Battle of the Weldon Railroad (including combats at Globe Tavern, Yellow House, and Blick’s Station), VA, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends the 5th US Army Corps, under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, westward outside Petersburg, in an attempt to surround Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, in Petersburg, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
8/18-21/1864.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom Wikipedia Map: August 14-20, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern Wikipedia Map: August 18-20, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 18, 1864
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom CWPT Map
• OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #294: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #314: Confederate Roll of Honor, July 30-October 7, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding US Army, August 9-December 11, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade, commanding AotP, August 1-December 12, 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 #17: Reports of Major General Winfield S. Hancock, commanding II/AotP, August 12-October 28, 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 #52: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Edmund Rice, 19th MA, August 12-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #62: Report of Captain Austin Cannon, 36th WI, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #64: Reports of Colonel Matthew Murphy, 182nd NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #66: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce, 108th NY, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, August 14-21, 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 #115: Report of Captain John E. Burton, 11th NY Btty, August 12-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #117: Report of Captain R Bruce Ricketts, Bttyy F 1st PA Lt Arty, August 12-27, 1864
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom: August 14-20, 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 #121: Reports of Major General Gouvernour K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, Aug 18-21 and 31, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864: Official Records
• B&L: Actions on the Weldon Railroad by Orlando B. Willcox
• OR XLII P1 #125: Report of Capt. William F. Drum, 2nd US, Chief Ambulance Officer, V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #127: Reports of Brigadier General Charles Griffin, commanding 1/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William A. Throop, 1st MI, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, August 17-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #130: Report of Captain Nathaniel Lang, 121st PA, August 18, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Horatio N. Warren, 142nd PA, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #132: Report of Captain Chester K. Hughes, 143rd PA, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #133: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John Irvin, 149th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #134: Report of Major George W. Jones, 105th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #135: Report of Captain Joseph A. Ege, 187th PA, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #136: Report of Colonel Edgar M. Gregory, 91st PA, commanding 2/1/V/AotP, August 18-30, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #137: Report of Colonel James Gwyn, 118th PA, commanding 3/1/V/AotP, August 18-29, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #138: Report of Captain Joseph F. Land, 20th ME, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #139: Report of Captain Luther S. Bent, 18th MA, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #140: Report of Major George C. Hopper, 1st MI, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #141: Report of Colonel Norval. E. Welch, 16th MI, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #142: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Freeman Conner, 44th NY, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #143: Report of Lieutenant Colonel De Witt C. McCoy, 83rd PA, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #144: Report of Bvt. Major General Romeyn B. Ayres, commanding 2/V/AotP, Aug 18-21 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #145: Statement of Brig. Gen. Joseph Hayes, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, August 18-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #146: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Frederick Winthrop, 5th NY Vet, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 8, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #149: Report of Lieutenant J. Chester White, 10th US, commanding 14th US, August 19, 1864
• MHSM Papers V5: Operations Against the Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864 by Captain Charles H. Porter
• OR XLII P1 #150: Reports of Colonel Samuel A. Graham, Purnell MD Inf, commanding 2/2/V/AotP, Aug 18-Sept 2 and Oct 1 and 8, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #152: Report of Captain James A. Haughey, 3rd DE, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #153: Report of Colonel J. William Hofmann, 56th PA, commanding 3/2/V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #154: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #155: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook, 76th NY, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #156: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James Creney, 95th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #157: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, 147th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #158: Report of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #159: Report of Captain Thomas E. Carter, 157th PA, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #160: Reports of Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, commanding 3/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #161: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Aug 18-Sept 12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #163: Report of Colonel Charles W. Tilden, 16th ME, August 18-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #164: Report of Colonel Charles Wheelock, 97th NY, commanding 2/3/V/AotP, July 29-August 30, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #167: Report of Captain Henry H. Fish, 94th NY, Aug 18-Sept 2, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #168: Reports of Colonel Charles Wheelock, 97th NY, Aug 18 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #169: Report of Captain Delos E. Hall, 97th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #170: Report of Captain F. Haines, 11th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #172: Report of Capt. Henry Whiteside, 88th PA, August 18-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #174: Report of Major Henry J. Sheafer, 107th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #184: Report of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, commanding 4/V/AotP, July 30-Aug 23, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #185: Reports of Brigadier General Edward S. Bragg, commanding 1/4/V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #186: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #187: Reports of Major General John G. Parke, commanding IX/AotP, Aug 15-Oct 28, 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 #236: Reports of Colonel Michael Kerwin, 13th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-20 and Oct 26-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #238: Report of Captain George C. Eckert, 2nd Pa Cav, August 1-31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #250: Reports of Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, commanding X/AotJ, Aug 14-19 and Oct 1-2, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #254: Report of Col. Joshua B. Howell, 85th PA, commanding 1/1/X/AotJ, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #257: Report of Capt. Lewis T. Whipple, 39th IL, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #261: Report of Capt. Henry R. West, 62nd OH, August 16-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #263: Report of Col. Alvin C. Voris, 67th OH, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #265: Report of Lieut. Col. Edward Campbell, 85th PA, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #270: Reports of Captain Seager S. Atwell, 7th CT, Aug 17-21, Sept 28-Oct 7, Oct 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 #275: Report of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 3/1/X/AotJ, August 14-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #277: Reports of Colonel John L. Otis, 10th CT, Aug 1, 14-20, and Oct 13, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #280: Reports of Colonel Harris M. Plaisted, 11th ME, August 3-14, 14-16, and 18-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #282: Report of Colonel Andrew W. Evans, 1st MD Cav (dm), August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #284: Report of Captain George W. Gardner, 24th MA August 14-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #286: Report of Colonel George B. Dandy, 100th NY, August 14-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #303: Reports of Major George E. Wagner, 8th USCT, Aug 14-21, Sept 28-30, and Oct 13, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #306: Report of Lieutenant Charles R. Doane, 4th NJ Btty, August 14-18, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern: August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #311: Report of Lieutenant Joseph P. Sanger, Btty D 1st US Arty, August 15-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #351: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Aug 16-Dec 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #352: Reports of General G. T. Beauregard, commanding Dept of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, August 15-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #353: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, August 10-December 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #361: Report of Brigadier General John Bratton, commanding Bratton/Field/First/ANV from July 30-Dec 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #363: Reports of Brigadier General Archibald Gracie, Jr., commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 17-Sept 7 and Nov 12, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• NP: September 10, 1864 Anglo-African: From the 29th Connecticut Regiment
• UPR: Report of Captain James G. Harris, 7th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations August 18, 1864
• UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations August 18, 1864
• UPR: Report of Captain Edward F. Lovill, 28th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations August 18, 1864
• UPR: Report of Captain James A. Summers, 33rd North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations August 18, 1864
• UPR: Report of Major Jackson L. Bost, 37th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations August 18, 1864
• NP: October 27, 1869 Washington PA Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 5
• NP: August 26, 1864 Augusta (GA) Daily Constitutionalist: Letter from Anderson’s Brigade
• OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• NP: September 1, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: Casualties in Co. A, 140th (NY) Regiment, August 18
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• NP: May 20, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): August 18-September 25, 1864
• LT: August 18, 1864 Eugene H. Freeman (Union Transport on James River)
• LT: August 18, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• 150 Years Ago Today: Second Battle of Deep Bottom: August 18, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Globe Tavern: August 18, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 18, 1864
• LT: August 19, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5 (2007): Battle of Globe Tavern (Aug. 18-19, 21, 1864) and 2nd Ream’s Station (Aug. 25, 1864)
• LT: August 21, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
• MOLLUS IL V2: The Negro as a Soldier by William E. Furness
• The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864 by John Horn
• NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: “Well Done, Taylor”
• LT: September 4, 1864 Charles McKnight
• NP: August 17, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 25: A Vital Rail Loss
• DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• LT: August 18, 1864 Cornelius Houghtaling
• NP: September 3, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA at the Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• CLARK NC: 28th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 33rd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 38th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• UPR: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum, 7th WI, August 18-21, 1864
• CLARK NC: 44th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav at Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• CIR: 14-P-17 Heth’s Division August 18, 1864
• Book Notes: History of the Eighty-fifth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina