June 11, 1864
The raid on Arrington’s Depot, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign.
Skirmish at Lexington, VA, including the burning of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, the Lynchburg, VA Campaign.
Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, dispatches Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, to the Shenandoah Valley to assist Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, in dealing with Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, there.
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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 #38: Report of Captain Alexander Watts, 63rd NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #62: Report of Captain James C. Farwell, 1st MN, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #129: Report of Colonel Samuel A. Graham, Purnell MD Legion, commanding 2/2/V/AotP, June 5-August 20, 1864
- OR XL P1 #131: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Michael Wiedrich, 15th NYHA, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #143: Report of Lieutenant Robert E. Rogers, Btty B 1st NY Lt Arty, June 11-July 30, 1864
- OR XL P1 #181: Report of Captain Albert A. Terrill, 179th NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- OR XL P1 #202: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, June 11-July 30, 1864
- NP: June 15, 1864 Cincinnati Daily Enquirer: From The Potomac Army
- NP: June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Grant The Movement Across The James
- OR XL P1 #245: Report of Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel, Chief Engineer, Dept of VA and NC, June 1-30, 1864
- OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
- NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Sentinel: Army of Northern Virginia, June 12, 1864
- NP: June 13, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: From Gen. Lee’s Army
- NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: General Lee’s Army, June 12, 5 P.M.
- NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Still Later From the North, June 12
- NP: June 18, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Casualties of 6th SC Cav, June 11-12
- NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Sheridan’s Defeat
- NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Additional from the North, June 20
- NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Result of General Sheridan’s Raid
- NP: July 1, 1864 Richmond Examiner: 2nd VA Cavalry at Trevilian Station and Nance’s Shop
- LT: June 10, 1864 Charles Personius
- LT: June 18, 1864 Charles Personius
- NP: June 15, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Richmond
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Official War Gazette, June 11
- NP: June 13, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Interesting from the White House
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 11
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler’s Department, June 8-11, 1864
- NP: June 16, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Grant’s New Movement, June 11-13
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
- SOPO Sampler: June 11, 1864
- LT: June 12, 1864 Luther Rice Mills (26th Virginia)
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The June 9, 1864 First Battle of Petersburg From the Petersburg Express
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Army of Northern Virginia, June 11
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Richmond’s Communications with the South
- NP: June 14, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: NC Papers on the First Battle of Petersburg, June 9
- NP: August 12, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: Gregg’s Cavalry Division at Samaria Church, June 24, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Orders in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
- ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania