June 7, 1864
The Trevilian Raid (by Maj. Gen. Philip Henry Sheridan, USA) as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends Sheridan’s Cavalry to join up with Maj. Gen. David Hunter’s Cavalry at Charlottesville, VA, so as to create a diversion while Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, under Grant, moves the Army of the Potomac south across the James River to attack Richmond from the south by way of Petersburg, VA. Sheridan moved west between the North Anna and the Mattaponi Rivers against the Confederate rail line with combats at the following:
a) Trevilian Station (11th and 12th)
b) Newark or Mallory’s Crossroads (11th and 12th)
c) King and Queen Court-House (18th and 20th)
d) White House or Saint Peter’s Church (21st)
e) Black Creek or Tunstall’s Station (21st)
f) Jones’ Bridge (23rd)
g) Saint Mary’s Church (24th)
6/7-24/1864
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XL P1 #137: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, June 1-30, 1864
- MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- OR XL P1 #247: Report of Captain Lemuel B. Norton, Chief Signal Officer, June 1-July 30, 1864
- NP: June 13, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Another Exciting Day, June 9, 1864
- NP: June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: General Lee’s Army, June 12, 5 P.M.
- NP: June 17, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Hoke’s Brigade, June 10
- NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: War Gazette, June 7-18
- CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
- DI: June 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
- NP: June 22, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The James River Fleet, June 7, 1864
- ORN Series 1, Vol. X: Correspondence of Rear-Admiral S. P. Lee and Major General Benjamin F. Butler Regarding Obstructions for James River May 11-June 7, 1864