July 31, 1864
Skirmish at Hancock, MD, as Brig. Gen. William W. Averell, CSA, which burned Chambersburg, PA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XL P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #28: Report of Captain Oscar F. Hulser, 2nd NY HA, July 26-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #31: Report of Lieutenant James E. Deno, 81st PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #86: Reports of Major Samuel McConihe, 93rd NY, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #103: Report of Captain Frederick M. Edgell, 1st NH Btty, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #135: Report of Colonel J. William Hofmann, 56th PA, commanding 2/4/V/AotP, June 16-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #190: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Pleasants, 48th PA, June 25-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #209: Report of Major Martin P. Avery, 60th OH, June 12-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #248: Report of Captain Gustavus S. Dana, Signal/X/AotJ, July 1-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #263: Report of Major General Edward O. C. Ord, commanding XVIII/AotJ, July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #276: Report of Brigadier General Joseph B. Carr, commanding 3/XVIII/AotJ, July 29-31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #288: Report of Lieutenant Dorman L. Noggle, 4th WI Btty, July 30-August 1, 1864
- OR XL P1 #295. Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, June 16-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #296: Return of Casualties in Bratton’s, Law’s, Anderson’s, and Benning’s brigades, First/ANV, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864
- NP: July 28, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 7
- NP: October 20, 1869 Washington (PA) Reporter: 140th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 4
- NP: August 5, 1864 Vermont Phoenix: Our Army Correspondence, 17th Vermont at the Crater
- LT: July 31, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: July 31, 1864
- NP: July 31, 1964 Oakland Tribune: Timothy S. McAlister Describes the Crater
- NP: March 30, 1893 Boston Journal: 3rd Maine Battery at the Crater
- NP: July 31, 1889 Evening Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA): The Siege of Petersburg
- NP: October 22, 1905 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
- NP: July 31, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 23: Aftermath Of The Crater
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA Observes the Crater Battle
- NP: August 13, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 23rd MA Observes the Crater Battle
- NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 170th New York at First Deep Bottom, July 1864
- NP: August 14, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 48th NY at the Battle of the Crater, July 30, 1864
- NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA at First Deep Bottom, July 26-30, 1864
- NP: August 19, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav and the Crater, July 30, 1864
- LT: November 2, 1864 Reuben P. H. Morris (2nd Michigan)
- LT: July 31, 1864 Clement E. Warner (36th Wisconsin)
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania