Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 17, 1864

June 17, 1864

Skirmish on the Bermuda Hundred, VA, front, as Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard fends off Union troops. Gen. Lee realizes Petersburg is Grant’s target and sends the Army of Northern Virginia to Petersburg, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.

The Engagment at Lynchburg, VA, where Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, joins with Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, CSA, and forces Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA to retreat toward Parkersburg and Martinsburg, VA, temporarily clearing the Shenandoah Valley of Federals.
6/17-18/1864

Skirmish at Diamond Hill, near Lynchburg, VA.

Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE.

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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
• OR XL P1 #2: Dispatches of Charles A. Dana, Asst Secy of War June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
• The Second Battle of Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864
• The Battle of Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864 National Park Service Map
• The Battle of Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864 Wikipedia Map
• 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 #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 #29: Report of Major George W. Scott, 61st NY, June 12-July 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 #37: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder (of 126th NY), 57th NY, June 16-July 30, 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 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #42: Report of Captain Marcus W. Murdock, 111th NY, June 14-August 25, 1864
• OR XL P1 #43: Report of Captain Nelson Penfield, 125th NY, June 12-July 30, 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 #47: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny, 64th NY, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #48: Report of Lieutenant Simon Pincus, 66th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #51: Report of Captain James Patton, 53rd PA, June 12-July 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 #59: Reports of Major General John Gibbon, commanding 2/II/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #65: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, June 16-July 14, 1864
• OR XL P1 #67: Report of Major John Byrne, 155th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #68: Report of Major John Beattie, 164th 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 #71: Report of Major Erastus M. Spaulding, 8th NYHA, June 12-July 29, 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 #73: Report of Colonel Theodore G. Ellis, 14th CT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #74: Report of Captain John C. Broatch, 14th CT, 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #99: Report of Colonel John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/II/AotP, June 12-July 1, 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 #106: Report of Captain James H. Wood, 4th NYHA, commanding Mortar Battery, June 12-21, 1864
• OR XL P1 #107: Report of Captain John E. Burton, 11th NY Btty, June 12-August 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #108: Report of Captain George F. McKnight, 12th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #109: Report of Captain R. Bruce Ricketts, Btty F 1st PA Lt Arty, June 12-July 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #110: Report of Lieutenant G. Lyman Dwight, Btty A 1st RI Lt Arty, June 8-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #112: Report of Lieutenant John W. Roder, Btty K 4th US Arty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #113: Report of Lieutenant James Gilliss, Bttys C & I, 5th US Arty, June 12-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #114: Report of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, July 27-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #115: Reports of Colonel Wiliam S. Tilton, 22nd MA, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #120: Report of Colonel Alfred L. Pearson, 155th PA, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #124: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wiliam A. Throop, 1st MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #125: Report of Captain Guy W. Fuller, 16th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #128: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles P. Herring, 118th PA, June 12-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 #130: Report of Colonel Richard N. Bowerman, 4th MD, 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 #132: Report of Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, commanding 3/V/AotP, June 17, 1864
• OR XL P1 #133: Report of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, commanding 4/V/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #134: Report of Major Merit C. Welsh, 7th IN, June 13-July 30, 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 #136: Report of Captain James E. Baily, 3rd DE, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #137: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, June 1-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #138: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook, 76th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #139: Report of Major Robert W. Bard, 95th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #140: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, 147th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #141: Report of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #142: Reports of Colonel Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, June 12-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 #144: Report of Lieutenant Lester I. Richardson, Btty D 1st NY Lt Arty, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #147: Report of Lieutenant Charles L. Anderson, Btty L 1st NY Lt Arty, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #148: Report of Major Henry R. Dalton, AAG, 1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #149: Report of Captain Baldwin Hufty, 4th NJ, June 13-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #150: Report of Brigadier General Emory Upton, commanding 2/1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #151: Report of Colonel Oliver Edwards, 37th MA, commanding 3/1/VI/AotP, June 12-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #152: Report of Brigadier General W. Getty, commanding 2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #153: Report of Brigadier General Frank Wheaton, commanding 1/2/VI/AotP, June 13-July 10, 1864
• OR XL P1 #154: Report of Major Thomas McLaughlin, 102nd PA, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #155: Report of Major Robert Munroe, 139th PA, June 13-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #156: Report of Brigadier General Lewis A. Grant, commanding 2/2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 9, 1864
• OR XL P1 #157: Report of Brigadier General Daniel D. Bidwell, commanding 3/2/VI/AotP, June 12-July 2, 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 #166: Report of Captain Charles W. White, 4th ME Btty, June 12-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #171: Report of Captain William A. Harn, 3rd NY Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #172: Report of Lieutenant Jacob H. Lamb, Btty C 1st RI Lt Arty, June 12-July 11, 1864
• OR XL P1 #173: Report of Captain William B. Rhodes, Btty E 1st RI Lt Arty, June 13-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #175: Reports of Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, commanding IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #176: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Ledlie, 1/IX/AotP, June 17 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #177: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, 29th MA, commanding 1/1/IX/AotP, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #179: Report of Lieutenant John M. Deane, 29th MA, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #181: Report of Captain Albert A. Terrill, 179th NY, June 11-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #183: Reports of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter, commanding 2/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #192: Reports of Captain Percy Daniels, 7th RI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #194: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Cummings, 17th VT, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #195: Reports of Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 3/IX/AotP, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #196: Reports of Brigadier General John F. Hartranft, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #197: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Ely, 8th MI, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #198: Report of Captain Richard Vosper, 27th MI, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #199: Report of Captain Edwin Evans, 109th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #200: Report of Captain Joseph K. Bolton, 51st PA, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #202: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Colwert K. Pier, 38th WI, June 11-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 #206: Report of Colonel William Humphrey, 2nd MI, June 12-19, 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 #209: Report of Major Martin P. Avery, 60th OH, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #210: Report of Colonel Constant Luce, 17th MI (Actg Div Eng), June 13-18, 1864
• OR XL P1 #211: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 4/IX/AotP, June 13-July 30, 1864
• B&L: Four Days of Battle at Petersburg by P.G.T. Beauregard
• OR XL P1 #215: Reports of Captain Albert F. Thomas, 2nd ME Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #218: Reports of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #219: Reports of Captain Edward J. Jones, 11th MA 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 #222: Report of Captain John B. Eaton, 27th NY Btty, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #223: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #224: Reports of Lieutenant George W. Silvis, Btty D PA Lt Arty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #225: Reports of Captain Romeo H. Start, 3rd VT Btty, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #230: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, commanding 3/Cav/AotP, June 17-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #232: Report of Major George O. Marcy, 1st CT Cav, June 13-July 24, 1864
• OR XL P1 #233: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles C. Suydam, 3rd NJ Cav, June 14-July 25, 1864
• OR XL P1 #235: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George A. Purington, 2nd OH Cav, June 13-July 24, 1864
• OR XL P1 #236: Report of Colonel George H. Chapman, 3rd IN Cav, commanding 2/3/Cav/AotP, June 13-July 12, 1864
• OR XL P1 #245: Report of Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel, Chief Engineer, Dept of VA and NC, June 1-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #253: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas A. Henderson, 7th NH, June 16, 1864
• OR XL P1 #269: Report of Captain Charles M. Coit, 8th CT, June 15-17, 1864
• OR XL P1 #271: Report of Captain James F. Brown, 21st CT, June 13-August 26, 1864
• OR XL P1 #275: Report of Brigadier General Edward W. Hinks, commanding 3/XVIII/AotJ, June 15-19, 1864
• OR XL P1 #285: Reports of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, June 15-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #286: Report of Captain George B. Easterly, 4th WI Btty, June 15-17, 1864
• MHSM Papers V5: The Failure to Take Petersburg on June 16-18, 1864 by John C. Ropes
• OR XL P1 #289: Report of Captain Amaya L. Fitch, 13th NYHA, commanding U. S. Steamer Parke, July 16-17, 1864
• OR XL P1 #292: Medals of Honor, June 15-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #293: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding ANV, June 16-July 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
• MHSM Papers V5: Bermuda Hundred, June 16 and 17, 1864 by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Osborn
• OR XL P1 #297: Report of Colonel George K. Griggs, 38th VA, June 17-November 17, 1864
• OR XL P1 #299: Report of Brigadier General John Bratton, commanding Bratton/Field/First/ANV, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #309: Report of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, Hagood/Hoke/DNCSV, June 16-24, 1864
• Philetus Shaw Diary: June 17, 1864
• NP: June 24, 1864 Binghamton (NY) Daily Democrat: 109th NY List of Wounded on June 16 and 17
• NP: June 24, 1864 Binghamton (NY) Daily Democrat: The 109th [NY] Regiment
• NP: June 27, 1864 Binghamton (NY) Daily Democrat: The 109th [NY] List of Killed and Wounded
• NP: June 29, 1864 Broome (NY) Weekly Republican: From the 109th N.Y.V. In the Field Near Petersburg, June 19
• The Second Battle of Petersburg: June 15-17,1864 (Newspaper Map)
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• NP: June 23, 1864 New York Daily News: Army of the Potomac
• NP: June 23, 1864 New York Daily News: Army of the Potomac (June 19)
• NP: July 5, 1864 Green Mountain (VT) Freeman: A Soldier’s Letter, June 19
• NP: June 28, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Twenty-Fourth
• NP: August 13, 1864 Detroit Free Press: From the Twentieth Infantry
• NP: August 27, 1864 Quincy Patriot: Camp of 56th [Mass] Reg.
• UPR: Report of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, C. S. Army, commanding Johnson’s division, of operations June 16-18, 1864
• “A Gloom Over the Entire Command”: The 117th New York at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 15-17, 1864
• E. No. 1. Sketch of the Main Line of the Enemy’s Works in Front of Petersburg, VA., upon the Advance of the United States Forces June 1864. (OR Atlas 105:7)
• June 18-19, 1864 T. Jasper Dean (Letter)
• NP: July 5, 1864 Batavia (NY) Republican Advocate: From the 8th N.Y. Artillery
• Ulysses S. Grant’s Utter Failure at the Battle of Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864 by Bryce Suderow
• George S. Gove Letter: June 20, 1864
• NP: June 18, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports, June 16-17
• NP: June 18, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 16-17
• NP: June 22, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 17-18
• NP: June 21, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting About Petersburg, June 17-19
• NP: June 23, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest News from the North, June 15-17
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Still Later from the North, June 21
• NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Additional from the North, June 22
• NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Latest from the North, June 15-19
• NP: June 30, 1864 New Hampshire Sentinel: Letters from Virginia, 6th NH and 9 NH
• NP: July 16, 1864 Irish-American (NY): Letter from the 5th New Hampshire Vols.
• NP: July 14, 1864 Pittston (PA) Gazette: Interesting Letter 2nd Pa Provisional Heavy Artillery
• NP: July 14, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: On the James River (1B,4D,5C)
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Samuel A. Duncan, 4th USCT, commanding 2/3/XVIII/AotJ, June 15-19, 1864
• OR LI P1: Report of Captain John H. White, 46th VA, June 17, 1864
• LT: June 18, 1864 Charles Personius
• OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
• NP: July 25, 1897 Charleston (SC) News and Courier: The Slaughter at Petersburg, June 18, 1864
• NP: June 20, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Affairs in the Vicinity of Petersburg, June 15-17
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Attack on Petersburg, June 15-18
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• NP: June 20, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports, June 15-18
• NP: May 6, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): June 16-July 17, 1864
• CLARK NC: 8th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: June 23, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Ransom’s Brigade at Second Petersburg
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 17, 1864
• LT: June 17, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: June 17, 1864 Robert E. Lee
• Siege of Petersburg Sampler: June 17, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: The Second Battle of Petersburg, Day 3: June 17, 1864
• “New” Thomas Clingman Official Report: Battle of Petersburg: June 16-18, 1864
• UPR: Report of Brigadier General Thomas L. Clingman, C. S. Army, commanding Clingman’s brigade, of operations June 16-18, 1864
• The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864 by Sean M. Chick
• Triumph at the James: The Checkmate of General Robert E. Lee by Donald E. Waldemer
• NP: March 18, 1874 Our Living and Our Dead (New Bern, NC): Clingman’s Official Report on Petersburg, June 16-18, 1864
• LT: June 17, 1864 Benjamin Wright (10th Connecticut)
• LT: June 20, 1864 Linus Clark (117th New York)
• Author Interview: Sean Chick, Author of The Battle of Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
• “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
• SHS Papers: Volume 14: Campaign of 1864 and 1865 by Charles W. Field
• NP: July 2, 1870 The Plantation (Atlanta, GA): Memorable Days of Gracie’s Brigade at Second Petersburg, June 17-18, 1864
• CLARK NC: Ellis North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: November 15, 1896 Birmingham Age-Herald: Sanders’ Alabama Brigade at the Crater
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Three Examples of Soldierly Devotion
• CLARK NC: Wilmington North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Recaptured Colors and Took Two Prisoners
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: 3 Men Capture 27 “Johnnies”
• NP: June 17, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 11: The Fiercest Day Of All
• “A Sad Day’s Work for the Regiment”: The 88th Pennsylvania at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 18, 1864
• LT: July 29, 1864 Charles McKnight
• LT: June 17, 1864 Elias S. Peck
• NP: March 27, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Johnson’s Advance Saved Petersburg
• NP: July 24, 1910 Richmond Times-Dispatch: Crater Anecdotes
• LT: June 19, 1864 Elias S. Peck
• DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• NP: July 9, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 59th MA at Second Petersburg, June 17, 1864
• CLARK NC: 24th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 25th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: July 10, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 48th NY Guards the 18th Corps Trains, June 1864
• NP: July 31, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): 57th NY Receives a Boost In Strength, July 1864
• NP: August 7, 1864 Sunday Mercury (New York): The 146th New York, Black Troops, Back Pay, and 500,000 More at Petersburg, August 1864
• CLARK NC: 35th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 42nd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Richmond via Petersburg
• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 17-18
• NP: June 21, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Petersburg, June 17-18
• NP: June 21, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press, June 16-19
• NP: June 21, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: From Gen. Butler’s Command, June 16-17
• NP: June 22, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Petersburg, June 17-20, 1864
• NP: July 8, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Second Petersburg, June 14-21, 1864
• NP: June 24, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Wilson’s Cavalry Division (3/Cav/AotP), June 16-18, 1864
• NP: June 17, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 16, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: The War News, June 16-19, 1864
• NP: June 21, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: The Situation, June 20, 1864
• NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Petersburg Express Account of June 17, 1864
• NP: June 29, 1864 The Tioga County Agitator (Wellsboro, PA): The 45th PA Moves on Petersburg, June 12-20, 1864
• NP: June 22, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Local Matters, June 20-21, 1864
• NP: June 28, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: 106th PA Casualties, June 10-18, 1864
• NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
• NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Amos P. Foster, USS Commodore Perry, June 16-17, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee giving Stations of Vessels in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 17, 1864
• MAP: Ship Locations on the James River, June 17, 1864, Part 1: Farrar’s Island to Bermuda Hundred
• MAP: Ship Locations on the James River, June 17, 1864, Part 2: Bermuda Hundred to Coggins Point
• MAP: Ship Locations on the James River, June 17, 1864, Part 3: Coggins Point to Wilson’s Wharf
• MAP: Ship Locations of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron on the James River, June 17, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Extract from the Journal of Commander John C. Beaumont, USS Mackinaw, June 17, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Commander John C. Beaumont, USS Mackinaw, June 17-18, 1864
• NP: June 18, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 16-17, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #3: Report of Colonel John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/II/AotP, June 12-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #4: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Allcock, 4th NYHA, June 13-30, 1864
• NP: July 18, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Clingman’s Brigade at Second Petersburg
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
• UPR: Report of LtCol John W. McGill, 18th North Carolina, Lane’s Brigade, of operations May 6-July 28, 1864