July 6, 1864
The Confederate capture of Hagerstown, MD, by Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, as Cavalry Brig. Gen. John McCausland, CSA, levies $20,000 on the residents of Hagerstown in retribution for the destruction dealt the Shenandoah Valley by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 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 #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 #108: Report of Captain George F. McKnight, 12th NY Btty, 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 #158: Report of Colonel William S. Truex, 14th NJ, commanding 1/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #159: Report of Colonel J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, June 12-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #160: Report of Colonel John W. Horn, 6th MD, June 13-July 9, 1864
- OR XL P1 #161: Report of Major Charles Burgess, 9th NYHA, June 12-July 7, 1864
- OR XL P1 #162: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Otho H. Binkley, 110th OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #163: Report of Colonel William H. Ball, 122nd OH, June 13-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #165: Report of Colonel Matthew R. McClennan, 138th PA, June 12-July 6, 1864
- OR XL P1 #167: Report of Captain Greenleaf T. Stevens, 5th ME Btty, June 12-July 10, 1864
- OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
- OR XL P1 #223: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #229: Report of Colonel J. Irvin Gregg, 16th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, July 6-30, 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 #302: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, June 16-July 31, 1864
- NP: June 30, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 4
- NP: July 7, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 4-6
- NP: July 8, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, July 6-7
- NP: July 8, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Situation at Petersburg, July 6-7
- LT: July 6, 1864 Theodore Lyman
- LT: July 6, 1864 Robert E. Lee
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: July 6, 1864
- DI: July 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: July 23, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: Co. D, 32nd MA Fourth of July
- NP: July 10, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 12th NY Folded Into 5th NY Veteran
- NP: July 7, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, July 6
- NP: July 22, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Petersburg, early July 1864
- NP: November 4, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Co. E, 76th PA Casualties from July 6-August 16, 1864
- NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania