June 10, 1864
Skirmish at Brownsburg, VA, and below as Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, attempts to intercept Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s, USA, combined Union cavalry force on their way toward Lexington and Lynchburg.
Skirmish at Middlebrook, VA, The Lynchburg, VA Campaign.
Skirmish at Old Church, VA, part of the Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, VA.
Skirmish at Waynesborough, VA, The Lynchburg, VA Campaign.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XL P1 #110: Report of Lieutenant G. Lyman Dwight, Btty A 1st RI Lt Arty, June 8-30, 1864
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- NP: June 15, 1864 Cincinnati Daily Enquirer: From The Potomac Army
- NP: June 17, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Hoke’s Brigade, June 10
- NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 11
- NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Near Gaines’ Mill June 10th, 1864
- NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Sheridan’s Defeat
- NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Result of General Sheridan’s Raid
- LT: June 10, 1864 Charles Personius
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Further News from Grant, June 9-10
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 11
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Newspaper Accounts
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Army of Northern Virginia, June 11
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: NC Papers on the First Battle of Petersburg, June 9
- NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: 106th PA Casualties, June 10-18, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Telegrams to and from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Amos P. Foster, USS Commodore Perry, June 9-11, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Master Hugh H. Savage, USS General Putnam, June 9-10, 1864