Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 27, 1864

July 27, 1864

Demonstration on the north bank of the James River and engagement at Deep Bottom (or Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road), VA, by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
7/27-29/1864.

Skirmish near Lee’s Mill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Skirmish at Back Creek Bridge, WV.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• OR XL P1 #1: Report of Lt Gen U. S. Grant June 13-July 30, 1864
• The First Battle of Deep Bottom Wikipedia Map: July 27-29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #23: Reports of Captain James Fleming, 28th MA, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #24: Report of Major Nathan Church, 26th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #25: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, July 26- 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #26: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #27: Report of Major George Hogg, 2nd NY HA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #28: Report of Captain Oscar F. Hulser, 2nd NY HA, July 26-31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #29: Report of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #30: Report of Lt. Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #31: Report of Lieutenant James E. Deno, 81st PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #32: Report of Captain Thomas Henry, 140th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #33: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #35: Report of Captain David A. Allen, 39th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #36: Report of Captain George Degener, 52nd NY, June 13-July 26, 1864
• OR XL P1 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #39: Report of Captain Robert H. Milliken, 69th NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #40: Report of Major Richard Moroney, 69th NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #43: Report of Captain Nelson Penfield, 125th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #44: Report of Captain John B. Geddis, 126th NY, June 13-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #45: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny (of the 64th NY), commanding 4/1/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #46: Report of Captain Horatio N. Hunt, 64th NY, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #49: Report of Captain Albert Gosse, 66th NY, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #50: Report of Captain Philip H. Schreyer, 53rd PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #51: Report of Captain James Patton, 53rd PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #52: Report of Captain David W. Megraw, 116th PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #54: Reports of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #55: Report of Captain James F. Weaver, 148th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #56: Report of Captain Alfred A. Rhinehart, 148th PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #58: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Murphy, 7th NYHA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #59: Reports of Major General John Gibbon, commanding 2/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #61: Report of Captain Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #62: Report of Captain James C. Farwell, 1st MN, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #63: Reports of Major Timothy O’Brien, 152nd NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #66: Report of Colonel Mathew Murphy, 182nd NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, July 14-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #67: Report of Major John Byrne, 155th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #69: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #72: Report of Colonel Thomas A. Smyth, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #74: Report of Captain John C. Broatch, 14th CT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #77: Reports of Brigadier General Gershom Mott, commanding 3/II/AotP, June 22 and July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #78: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #79: Report of Captain Madison M. Cannon, 40th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #80: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael W. Burns, 73rd NY, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #81: Report of Captain John B. Vande Wiele, 4th NYHA, June 12-August 5, 1864
• OR XL P1 #82: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, 2/3/II/AotP, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #83: Report of Major Nathaniel Shatswell, 1st MAHA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #85: Report of Colonel John Pulford, 5th MI, July 26-31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #86: Reports of Major Samuel McConihe, 93rd NY, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Neeper, 57th PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #89: Report of Captain John C. Conser, 105th PA, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #90: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler, 141st PA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #91: Report of Captain John Wilson, 1st USSS, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #92: Report of Colonel Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, July 26-29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #93: Report of Major Charles C. Rivers, 11th MA, July 26-31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #94: Report of Captain Thomas C. Godfrey, 5th NJ, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #95: Reports of Captain Thomas C. Thompson, 7th NJ, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #96: Report of Major Virgil M. Healy, 8th NJ, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #98: Report of Lieutenant John Schoonover, 11th NJ, June 16-July 28, 1864
• OR XL P1 #100: Report of Major John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, July 1-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #102: Report of Captain J. Henry Sleeper, 10th MA Btty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #103: Report of Captain Frederick M. Edgell, 1st NH Btty, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #104: Reports of Captain A. Judson Clark, Btty B 1st NJ Lt Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #105: Report of Captain Nelson Ames, Btty G 1st NY Lt Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #114: Report of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, July 27-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #119: Report of Major John D. Lentz, 91st PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #169: Report of Lieutenant Augustin N. Parsons, Btty A 1st NJ Lt Arty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #175: Reports of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #190: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, 48th PA, June 25-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #203: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, June 16-July 27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #208: Reports of Captain Alphons Serviere, 46th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #211: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 4/IX/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #220: Report of Captain Joseph W. B. Wright, 14th MA Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #226: Report of Brigadier General David McM. Gregg, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, July 7-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #227: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, 2/Cav/AotP, July 19-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #228: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, July 26-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #234: Report of Colonel Otto Harhaus, 2nd NY Cav, July 27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #255: Reports of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 3/1/X/AotJ, July 11-12 and 23-29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #256: Report of Colonel John L. Otis, 10th CT, July 26-27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #257: Report of Colonel Harris M. Plaisted, 11th ME, July 23-27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #287: Report of Lieutenant William P. Powers, 4th WI Btty, July 27-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #294: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #295. Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, June 16-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #301: Report of Colonel James P. Simms, 53rd GA, commanding Simms (Bryan)/Kershaw/First/ANV, June 23-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #308: Itinerary of Hardaway Light Artillery Battalion, June 16-July 27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #310: Report of Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell, commanding Department of Richmond, July 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #24: Report of Major James E. Larkin, 5th NH, July 26-30 and August 13-20, 1864
• The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 27-29, 1864
• NP: July 30, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: A Battle on the James
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York Herald: Mr. S. Cadwallader’s Dispatch
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York Herald: Mr. Finley Anderson’s Dispatch
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York Herald: Mr. A. Davidson’s Dispatches
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York Daily Tribune: Bermuda Hundred
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York Tribune: Butler’s Headquarters
• NP: August 1, 1864 New York Tribune: The Operations of Wednesday
• NP: July 30, 1864 New York World: Special Dispatch to the World
• NP: July 31, 1864 New York Times: In Bivouac
• NT: October 18, 1883 National Tribune: Who Will Write Up the Deep Bottom Fights
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• NP: August 9, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Seventh Infantry
• NP: August 10, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Fifth Infantry
• NP: August 27, 1864 Quincy Patriot: 24th Massachusetts Itinerary
• July 26-30, 1864 William B. Pike (Diary)
• NP: August 16, 1864 Batavia (NY) Republican Advocate: More on The First Deep Bottom Operation
• George S. Gove Letter: August 2, 1864
• NP: July 21, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 6
• NP: October 13, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 3
• NP: August 3, 1864 Sandusky (VT) Register: Army Letter, 5th USCT
• NP: August 13, 1864 Irish-American (NY): War Correspondence, 5th NH
• OR LI P1: Report of Captain Michael Beahen, 8th NJ, July 26-29, 1864
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• The First Battle of Deep Bottom: July 27-29 by Dan O’Connell
• NP: August 8, 1864 Charleston (SC) Mercury: Casualties in South Carolina Units, June-August 1864
• LT: July 26, 1864 Daniel C. Currier (14th New Hampshire)
• 150 Years Ago Today: The First Battle of Deep Bottom, Day 1: July 27, 1864
• LT: July 28, 1864 Thomas M. Wade (1st Rockbridge VA Artillery)
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: July 27, 1864
• Review: The Battle of First Deep Bottom
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: July 8, 1891 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: 7th South Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 1
• DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• NP: August 6, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA And Shelling Along The Lines
• NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 170th New York at First Deep Bottom, July 1864
• NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA at First Deep Bottom, July 26-30, 1864
• NP: July 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 27
• NP: July 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 23-27, 1864
• NP: July 29, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Capture of The Rockbridge Artillery’s Parrotts, July 27, 1864
• NP: July 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 23-24 and 27-28, 1864
• NP: July 30, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Executions and a Promotion in Pickett’s Division, July 1864
• NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: A Member of the 1st Rockbridge Artillery Defends Its Honor, July 27, 1864
• NP: November 4, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Co. E, 76th PA Casualties from July 6-August 16, 1864
• NP: August 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 27-30, 1864
• MAP: Grant’s Operations on the James River: Scene of Engagement near Deep Bottom, July 27 (NP: Philadelphia Inquirer)
• NP: August 28, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 6th New York Cavalry at First Deep Bottom, July 27-29, 1864
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations May 6-July 28, 1864