Today in the Petersburg Campaign: March 30, 1865

March 30, 1865

Skirmish near Five Forks, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

Skirmishes on the line of Hatcher’s Run and Gravelly Run, VA, 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.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• 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 #92: Report of Surg. T. Rush Spencer, Medical Director, V/AotP, Feb 5-Apr 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #4: Report of Major General George G. Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #6: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, Jan 1-Jun 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #7: Report of Surg. John A. Lidell, Inspector of Medical and Hospital Dept, Army of the Potomac, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #9: Report of Captain Charles L. Davis, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #12: Report of Brigadier General Henry W. Benham, commanding Eng/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #13: Report of Bvt. Colonel Ira Spaulding, 50th NY Engineers, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #14: Reports of Bvt. Major Franklin Harwood, commanding US Eng Bn, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #15: Report of Bvt. Major William H. Paine, Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. James C. Duane, Eng/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #16: Report of Bvt. Captain Charles W. Howell, U. S. Corps of Engineers, II/AOTP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #17: Report of Lieutenant Charles B. Phillips, U. S. Corps of Engineers, IX/AOTP, March 28-April 4, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #19: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #21: Reports of Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, commanding II/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #22: Report of Surg. Charles Page, Medical Director, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 10, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #23: Reports of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, Mar 1-Apr 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #24: Report of Captain John G. Pelton, 14th CT, Chief of Ambulances, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #25: Reports of Bvt. Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #26: Report of Colonel George W. Scott, 61st NY, commanding 1/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #27: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #28: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Welcome A. Crafts, 5th NH, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #29: Report of Capt. Francis R. Humphreys, 2nd NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #30: Report of Major George W. Schaffer, Sixty-first New York Infantry, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #31: Report of Captain William A. F. Stockton, 140th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #32: Report of Colonel Robert Nugent, 69th NY, commanding 2/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #33: Report of Captain Patrick H. Bird, 28th MA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #34: Report of Captain William H. Terwilliger, 63rd NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #35: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James J. Smith, 69th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #36: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #37: Report of Major Seward F. Gould, 4th NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #38: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Clinton D. MacDougall, 111th NY, commanding 3/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #39: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny, 7th NY (Veteran), Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #40: Report of Major John McE. Hyde, 39th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Karples, 52nd NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #42: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Lewis W. Husk, 111th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #43: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hyde, 125th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #44: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, 126th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #45: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General John Ramsey, 8th NJ, commanding 4/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #46: Report of Lieutenant Colonel William Glenny, 64th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #47: Report of Captain Nathaniel P. Lane, 66th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #48: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #49: Report of Captain John R. Weltner, 116th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #50: Report of Captain James H. Hamlin, 145th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #51: Report of Captain John F. Sutton, 148th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #52: Report of Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #53: Report of Brigadier General William Hays, commanding 2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 5, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #55: Report of Colonel William A. Olmsted, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #56: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #57: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #58: Report of Colonel Daniel Woodall, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #60: Report of Major John T. Dent, 1st DE, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #61: Report of Major Henry F. Chew, 12th NJ, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #63: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce, 108th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #64: Report of Captain Charles McAnally, 69th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #65: Report of Captain John H. Gallager, 106th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #67: Report of Brigadier General Regis de Trobriand, commanding 3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #68: Report of Brigadier General Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #70: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• The Last Campaign of the War: Albert Stickney’s Unpublished Five Forks Manuscript, Chapter 1
• OR XLVI P1 #71: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #72: Report of Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #73: Report of Captain J. Webb Adams, 10th Btty MA Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #74: Reports of Major General Gouverneur K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• Position of the Fifth Corps on the Night of March 30, 1865 (Official Records)
• OR XLVI P1 #76: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles K. Winne, Medical Inspector, V/AotP, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #77: Report of Bvt. Major General Charles Griffin, commanding 1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #78: Report of Brigadier General Joshua L. Chamberlain, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #79: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Edgar M. Gregory, 91st PA, commanding 2/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #80: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Myers, 187th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #81: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Doolittle, 188th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #85: Report of Captain George R. Abbott, 1st ME SS Bn, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #91: Reports of Bvt. Major General Romeyn B. Ayres, commanding 2/V/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #92: Reports of Brigadier General Joseph Hayes, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #98: Reports of Colonel John A. Kellogg, 6th WI, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #99: Report of Colonel Jonathan Tarbell, 91st NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #101: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Rouse S. Egelston, 97th NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #102: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #103: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Richard Coulter, 11th PA, commanding 3/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #104: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #105: Reports of Major General Horatio G. Wright, commanding VI/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #153: Report of Major General John G. Parke, commanding IX/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #160: Report of Captain Albert A. Day, 20th MI, Mar 29-Apr 5, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #161: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Adolph Becker, 46th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #170: Report of Bvt. Major General John F. Hartranft, commanding 3/IX/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #175: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/IX/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #176: Report of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, Mar 30-Apr 12, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #179: Report of Captain Edward J. Jones, 11th MA Btty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #181: Report of Bvt. Major Christian Woerner, 3rd NJ Btty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #182: Report of Captain David F. Ritchie, Btty C 1st NY Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #183: Report of Captain Angell Matthewson, Btty E 1st Ny Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #184: Report of Lieutenant George H. Barse, Btty E 1st NY Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #187: Report of Captain Edward W. Rogers, 19th NY Btty, Mar 30-Apr 3, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #191: Report of Captain Samuel H. Rhoads, Btty D PA Lt Arty, Mar 30-Apr 2, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #199: Reports of Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding Cav/Union, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #200: Report of Bvt. Major General Wesley Merritt, commanding Cav/AotS, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #201: Report of Brigadier General Thomas C. Devin, commanding 1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #202: Report of Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs, commanding ReserveBrig/1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #203: Report of Bvt. Major General George A. Custer, commanding 3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #204: Report of Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington, 3rd NJ Cav, commanding 1/3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #205: Report of Major James Bliss, 8th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #206: Report of Colonel John J. Coppinger, 15th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Hall, 1st VT Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #208: Report of Major General George Crook, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #209: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #210: Report of Major Walter R. Robbins, 1st NJ Cav, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #211: Report of Colonel Samuel B. M. Young, 4th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #212: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles H. Smith, 1st Me Cav, commanding 3/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #213: Report of Major General Edward O. C. Ord, commanding Army of the James, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #214: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Peter S. Michie, Chief Engineer, AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #219: Report of Major General John Gibbon, commanding XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #221: Reports of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #222: Report of Colonel Thomas O. Osborn, 39th IL, commanding 1/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #223: Report of Captain Homer A. Plympton, 39th IL, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #225: Report of Colonel James C. Briscoe, 199th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #226: Report of Colonel George B. Dandy, 100th NY, commanding 3/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #227: Report of Captain Francis G. Hickerson, 10th CT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #228: Report of Captain Henry C. Adams, 11th ME, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #229: Report of Captain Edwin Nichols, 100th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #230: Report of Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild, 89th NY, commanding 4/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #231: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Edward A. True, 8th ME, Mar 27-Apr 6, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #234: Report of Colonel John B. Murray, 148th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #236: Report of Captain George H. Hill, 55th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #240: Report of Bvt. Major General John W. Turner, commanding Ind/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #253: Report of Colonel James Shaw, Jr., 7th USCT, commanding 1/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #254: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Ulysses Doubleday, 45th USCT, commanding 2/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #256: Report of Colonel Llewellyn F. Haskell, 41st USCT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #258: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James Givin, 127th USCT, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #259: Report of Colonel William W. Woodward, 116th USCT, commanding 3/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #273: Report of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/Fourth/ANV, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #277: Report of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding Cav/ANV, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• MHSM Papers V6: Operations of the Fifth Corps on the Left, March 29 to Nightfall March 31, 1865: Gravelly Run
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• MAP: 9th Offensive Against Petersburg, Situation: March 30, 1865
• LT: March 30, 1865 Theodore Lyman
• LT: March 30, 1865 Samuel K. Miller
• LT: March 30, 1865 Robert E. Lee
• LT: March 30, 1865 Ansel Bartlett (58th Massachusetts)
• 150 Years Ago Today: A Lull Before the Storm: March 30, 1865
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: March 30, 1865
• NP: April 3, 1865 Richmond Examiner: Operations on the Southside, March 28-31, 1865
• MOLLUS WI V1: Assault on the Lines of Petersburg, April 2, 1865 by Charles H. Anson
• NP: April 1, 1965 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 39: Five Forks: Signal For Evacuation
• NP: December 6, 1945 Baldwinsville NY Messenger: 185th New York at Petersburg, Part 5
• CLARK NC: 27th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• ITINERARY: 48th North Carolina