June 6, 1864
The Federal occupation of Staunton, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA.
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:
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- NP: June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Newspaper Accounts
- LT: June 6, 1864 Elias S. Peck
- LT: June 6, 1864 “F. B. W.” (50th NY Engineers)
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Report of Acting Master William B. Sheldon, U. S. S. Shokokon, May 28-June 23, 1864