March 10, 1865
Federal expedition from Suffolk, VA, to Murfree’s Depot, NC, with skirmish (10th) at South Quay, VA. 3/10-11/1865.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- OR XLVI P1 #4: Itineraries of the Army of the Potomac, Sheridan’s Cavalry Command, and the Army of the James, January-April 1865
- OR XLVI P1 #9: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot, 1st CT HA, commanding Siege Train, Jan 1-Mar 31, 1865
- LT: March 10, 1865 Theodore Lyman
- 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: March 10, 1865
- NP: March 31, 1865 The Roman Citizen (Rome, NY): 15th NY Eng Letter, March 18, 1865
- ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina
March 10, 1865
Federal expedition from Suffolk, VA, to Murfree’s Depot, NC, with skirmish (10th) at South Quay, VA. 3/10-11/1865.
Are there more details available about this Federal Expedition? I am trying to find the location of a Widow Lawrence and a Dr. Holland who lived in this area. My Great-Great Grandmother, Rowena Pearson, passed through Union lines during February 1865. She, along with her three young children, were headed to Point Lookout to secure the release of her sick husband, William H. Pearson, 55th NC. She was unable to locate her husband and was told he had already been sent South. Rowena, continued to her father’s home in Green Castle, Indiana. Pearson died at Point Lookout Pearson died at the POW camp in late March 1865.
thank you
Tim,
Thanks for the inquiry! It took me a bit to find the information in the Official Records because this little expedition is sort of tangential to the main Petersburg-Richmond Campaign. There is a report on the expedition in the Official Records, Volume XLVI, Pt. 1, page 548: https://books.google.com/books?id=a253AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA546#v=onepage&q&f=false
It’s not as much as some affairs receive, but it is at least something.
Brett Schulte
The Siege of Petersburg Online