Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 23, 1864

June 23, 1864

Skirmish at Jones’ Bridge, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.

Confederate operations in the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
6/23-8/3/1864

Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s, CSA, Confederate command advances from Lynchburg to Winchester, VA
6/23-7/2/1864

President Lincoln returns to Washington, from Petersburg, VA.

The Vermont Brigade of Sixth Corps suffers through “a Melancholy Affair” near the Jerusalem Plank Road, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.

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.

Copyright © 1993, 1994 by Ronald A. Mosocco

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 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade June 14-July 30, 1864
• Wilson-Kautz Raid Wikipedia Map: June 22 – July 1, 1864
• The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-24, 1864
• OR XL P1 #24: Report of Major Nathan Church, 26th MI, June 12-July 31, 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 #32: Report of Captain Thomas Henry, 140th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #53: Report of Captain Garrett Nowlan, 116th PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #61: Report of Captain Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, June 13-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 #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 #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 #88: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel George Zinn, 84th PA, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #95: Reports of Captain Thomas C. Thompson, 7th NJ, June 13-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 #101: Report of Captain Edwin B. Dow, 6th ME Btty, June 13-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #102: Report of Captain J. Henry Sleeper, 10th MA Btty, June 13-July 30, 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 #117: Report of Major Mason W. Burt, 22nd MA, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #118: Report of Major James A. Cunningham, 32nd MA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #119: Report of Major John D. Lentz, 91st PA, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #120: Report of Colonel Alfred L. Pearson, 155th PA, June 14-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #121: Report of Major Oliver B. Knowles, 21st PA Cav, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #130: Report of Colonel Richard N. Bowerman, 4th MD, June 13-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #146: Reports of Captain Charles E. Mink, Btty H 1st NY Lt Arty, June 18-July 30, 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 #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 #164: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Aaron W. Ebright, 126th OH, 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 #173: Report of Captain William B. Rhodes, Btty E 1st RI Lt Arty, June 13-July 29, 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 #199: Report of Captain Edwin Evans, 109th NY, June 12-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #201. Report of Colonel Samuel Harriman, 37th WI, June 12-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #218: Reports of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME 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 #230: Reports of Brigadier General James H. Wilson, commanding 3/Cav/AotP, June 17-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #231: Reports of Brigadier General John B. McIntosh, commanding 1/3/Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #232: Report of Major George O. Marcy, 1st CT Cav, June 13-July 24, 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 #237: Report of Captain Thomas W. Moffitt, 3rd IN Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #238: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin T. Hutchins, 1st NH Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #239: Report of Major Edmund M. Pope, 8th NY Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #240: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Johnson B. Brown, 22nd NY Cav, June 22-July 2, 1864
• OR XL P1 #241: Report of Colonel William Wells, 1st VT Cav, June 22-July 3, 1864
• OR XL P1 #243: Report of Lieutenant Charles L. Fitzhugh, Btty E 4th US Arty, June 22-29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #247: Report of Captain Lemuel B. Norton, Chief Signal Officer, June 1-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #258: Reports of Brigadier General John W. Turner, commanding 2/X/AotJ, June 23-July 1 and July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #265: Reports of Colonel Edgar M. Cullen, 96th NY, commanding 1/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #267: Report of Brigadier General Hiram Burnham, commanding 2/1/XVIII/AotJ, June 20-July 1, 1864
• OR XL P1 #280: Reports of Brigadier General August V. Kautz, commanding Cav/AotJ, June 15-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #281: Report of Colonel Robert M. West, 5th PA Cav, commanding 1/Cav/AotJ, June 21-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #283: Report of Captain John M. Willson, 3rd NY Cav, June 21-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #284: Reports of Colonel Samuel P. Spear, 11th PA Cav, commanding 2/Cav/AotJ, June 15-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #285: Reports of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, June 15-30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #293: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding ANV, June 16-July 30, 1864
• OR XL P1 #295. Diary of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, June 16-July 31, 1864
• OR XL P1 #298: Report of Captain Benjamin L. Farinholt, 53rd VA, June 25, 1864
• OR XL P1 #301: Report of Colonel James P. Simms, 53rd GA, commanding Simms (Bryan)/Kershaw/First/ANV, June 23-July 29, 1864
• OR XL P1 #306: Report of Major General Robert F. Hoke, commanding Hoke, DNCSV, June 24, 1864
• OR XL P1 #308: Itinerary of Hardaway Light Artillery Battalion, June 16-July 27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #309: Report of Brigadier General Johnson Hagood, Hagood/Hoke/DNCSV, June 16-24, 1864
• OR XL P1 #312: Report of Brigadier General Roger A. Pryor, June 23-24, 1864
• A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864 by David F. Cross
• BTC Sources: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• NP: July 12, 1864 Batavia (NY) Republican Advocate: From the 8th N. Y. Artillery
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Kautz and His Raiders
• LT: June 25, 1864 Philip W. Pringle
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting Around Petersburg, June 22-23
• NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports of the Press Association, June 22-23
• NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 21-23
• NP: June 24, 1864 Richmond Examiner: News from Stanton
• NP: June 25, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 23-24
• NP: June 16, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 2
• NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 21-26
• NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The Fighting About Petersburg, June 22-24
• NP: June 27, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Telegraphic Reports, June 25-26
• NP: June 28, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The News from Petersburg, June 23-26
• OR LI P1: Report of Major General W. H. F. Lee, commanding WHF Lee/Cav/ANV, June 23-24, 1864
• NP: July 9, 1864 Richmond Examiner: Extracts from Northern Papers, June 22-28
• CLARK NC: 7th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• LT: June 23, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: June 23, 1864
• 150 Years Ago Today: The Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, Day 3: June 23, 1864
• MOLLUS MN V4: Personal Experience; A Side Light on the Wilson Raid, June, 1864 by Edmund M. Pope
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 20-24, 1864 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 23, 1864 Map 5
• “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
• SHS Papers: Volume 9: History of Lane’s North Carolina Brigade at Petersburg, Part 1 by James H. Lane
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Captured, But Their Colors Were Saved
• NP: May 5, 1865 The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury, VT): Prison Experiences of a Captured 11th Vermonter
• CLARK NC: 18th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: June 22, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 14: An Extension On The Left
• Confederate Casualties at the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road: June 21-23, 1864
• DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• CLARK NC: 2nd North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 28th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 33rd North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: June 25, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Grant’s Army, June 22-23, 1864
• NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Action at Hare’s Hill and Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 23-24, 1864
• NP: June 27, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Associated Press Accounts, June 23-24, 1864
• NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 22, 1864
• NP: June 24, 1864 Washington Daily National Republican: Defending Admiral Lee Against the Herald
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Telegrams to and from the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Union Orders in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, June 1864
• NP: June 23, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Local Matters, June 16 and 23, 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
• NP: June 29, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Disaster at Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22-23, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Samuel P. Lee, June 20-21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Lieutenant-Commander Charles A. Babcock, U. S. S. Morse, June 20-24, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Master William B. Sheldon, U. S. S. Shokokon, May 28-June 23, 1864
• MAP: Grant’s Second Offensive Against Petersburg, June 22-23, 1864 (Edward Alexander)
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Commander Tunis A. M. Craven, USS Tecumseh, June 21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Commander Edmund R. Colhoun, USS Saugus, June 21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Lieutenant Commander Charles H. Cushman, USS Onondaga, June 21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Commander Alexander C. Rhind, USS Agawam, June 21, 1864
• ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Letter from Acting Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, June 23, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #2: Report of Surg. Roger W. Pease, Cav/AotP, June 19-26, 1864
• OR XL P1 (Broadfoot Sup.) #4: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas R. Allcock, 4th NYHA, June 13-30, 1864
• LT: June 23, 1864 Clement E. Warner (36th Wisconsin)
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• NP: July 14, 1864 Macon Daily Telegraph: Dearing’s Brigade at the Battle of Blacks and Whites, June 23, 1864
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina