August 23, 1864
Action on the Dinwiddie Road, near Ream’s Station, VA, as the Union 5th Army Corps begins to dismantle the Weldon Railroad, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Skirmish at Kearneysville, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- 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 #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 #20: Report of Colonel James C. Lynch, 183rd PA, commanding 1/1/II/AotP, August 22-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #28: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, August 22-26, 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 #36: Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, 66th NY, August 22-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #37: Reports of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #39: Report of Captain John R. Weltner, 116th PA, August 22-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #40: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, August 12-25, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #42: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, August 22-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #43: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, commanding Cons/1/II/AotP, August 23-26, 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 #55: Report of Lieutenant Colonel S. Newell Smith, 7th MI, August 23-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #64: Reports of Colonel Matthew Murphy, 182nd NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, August 12-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #67: Reports of Brigadier General Thomas A. Smyth, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, August 23-25 and October 25-28, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #70: Reports of Captain Henry F. Chew, 12th NJ, August 23-26 and October 27-28, 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 #114: Report of Lieutenant Frank Seymour, Btty L 4th NYHA, August 12-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #116: Report of First Lieutenant George K. Dauchy, 12th NY Btty, August 12-27, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #118: Report of Captain T. Fred. Brown, Btty A and B 1st RI Lt Arty, August 23-25, 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 #139: Report of Captain Luther S. Bent, 18th MA, August 18-27, 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 #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 #227: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #229: Reports of Bvt. Major General David McM. Gregg, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, Aug 22-26, Oct 26-28, Nov 7, and Dec 1, 4, and 7-12, 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 #238: Report of Captain George C. Eckert, 2nd Pa Cav, August 1-31, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #340: Reports of Colonel Samuel P. Spear, 11th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotJ, August 21-26, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #363: Reports of Brigadier General Archibald Gracie, Jr., commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 17-Sept 7 and Nov 12, 1864
- OR XLII P1 #370: Report of Colonel James R. Hagood, 1st SC (Hagood’s), Aug 14-Dec 10, 1864
- LT: August 23, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 23, 1864
- BEARSS MAP: Second Battle of Reams Station, August 22-25, 1864 TOPO
- BEARSS MAP: Second Battle of Reams Station, August 23, 1864 Map 2
- DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- LT: August 23, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
- The Siege of Petersburg in Early September 1864 by Bryce Suderow
- NP: February 25, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 3
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania