Today in the Petersburg Campaign: October 27, 1864

October 27, 1864

The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher’s Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.  10/27-28/1864.

The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA.  (The final) Winter is fast approaching.  10/27-28/1864.

Skirmish in front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road Wikipedia Map: October 27, 1864
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road NPS Map: October 27, 1864
• OR XL P1 #244: Reports of Colonel Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, June 14-October 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding US Army, August 9-December 11, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #5: Reports of Major General George G. Meade, commanding AotP, August 1-December 12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #6: Itinerary of the Army of the Potomac and Army of the James, August 1-December 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #7: Number 7. Return of Casualties in the Union Forces, Aug. 13-20, 18-21, 25, Sep. 29-30, Oct. 7, 13, 27-28, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov. Dec. 1864
• OR XLII P1 #10: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, U. S. Army, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, August 1-December 26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #11: Report of Brigadier General Marsena R. Patrick, Provost-Marshal-General, AotP, July 30-November 1, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #12: Reports of Major Benjamin F. Fisher, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, August 1-October 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #14: Report of Brigadier General Henry W. Benham, commanding Eng/AotP and Defenses of City Point, August 1-November 19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #15: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James W. Walsh, 3rd PA Cav, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #17: Reports of Major General Winfield S. Hancock, commanding II/AotP, August 12-October 28, 1864
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• OR XLII P1 #19: Reports of Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, August 12-26, October 27-30, and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #48: Report of Brigadier General Thomas W. Egan, commanding 2/II/AotP, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #49: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Horace P. Rugg, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Aug 12-26 and Oct 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #51: Report of Major Isaac W. Starbird, 19th ME, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #53: Report of Captain Isaac H. Boyd, 19th MA, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #54: Report of Captain Gustave Magnitzky, 20th MA, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #57: Report of Lieutenant William Ludgate, 59th NY, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #60: Report of Lieutenant Charles H. Dygert, 152nd NY, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #61: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kleckner, 184th PA, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #63: Report of Captain George A. Fisk, 36th WI, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #65: Reports of Colonel James M. Willett, 8th NYHA, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #67: Reports of Brigadier General Thomas A. Smyth, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, August 23-25 and October 25-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #68: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Samuel A. Moore, 14th CT, August 15-16, 25, and October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #69: Report of Captain John T. Dent, 1st Delaware, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #70: Reports of Captain Henry F. Chew, 12th NJ, August 23-26 and October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #71: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George F. Hopper, 10th NY, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #72: Report of Lieutenant Andrew Boyd, 108th NY, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #73: Report of Major Patrick S. Tinen, 69th PA, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #74: Report of Captain Charles McAnally, 69th PA, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #75: Report of Lieutenant John H. Gallager, 106th PA, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #76: Report of Captain John Fordyce, 7th WV, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #77: Reports of Bvt. Major General Gershom Mott, commanding 3/II/AotP, Aug 12-19, Sept 10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, and Dec 6-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #81: Reports of Brigadier General P. Regis de Trobriand, commanding 1/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20, Oct 26-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #83: Reports of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, Oct 1-5 and 27, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #84: Reports of Major Nathaniel Shatswell, 1st MAHA, Aug 15-16, Sept 30-Oct 5, and Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #86: Report of Colonel John Pulford, 5th MI, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #87: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin C. Butler, 93rd NY, Aug 15-16 and Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #90: Reports of Captain Lorenzo D. Bumpus, 57th PA, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #92: Report of Captain John R. Ross, 84th PA, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #95: Report of Captain James Miller, 105th PA, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #96: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Casper W. Tyler, 141st PA, Aug 15-16 and Oct 1-5 and 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #99: Report of Captain Benjamin M. Peck, 141st PA, commanding 1st USSS, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #100: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Aug 13-20 and 25, Sept 9-10, Oct 1-5 and 24-28, Nov 5, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #108: Report of Major John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #111: Report of Lieutenant Edward S. Smith, 15th NY Btty, commanding 10th MA Btty, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #119: Reports of Lieutenant John W. Roder, Btty K 4th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #120: Report of Lieutenant W. Butler Beck, Btty C and I 5th US Arty, Aug 12-27 and Oct 25-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #121: Reports of Major General Gouvernour K. Warren, commanding V/AotP, Aug 18-21 and 31, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• Map Showing Operations of the Fifth Corps, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• Map Showing Condition of Union Lines, October 27, 1864: Official Records
• OR XLII P1 #126: Report of Lieutenant George W. Dresser, 4th US Arty, Inspector of Artillery, Arty/V/AotP, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #127: Reports of Brigadier General Charles Griffin, commanding 1/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #129: Report of Colonel Horatio G. Sickel, 198th PA, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, Sept 30 and Oct 27, 1864
• Affair of the Williamsburg Road or Fair Oaks No. 2, Oct. 26-27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #160: Reports of Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford, commanding 3/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #162: Reports of Brigadier General Edward S. Bragg, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Oct 27-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #176: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General J. William Hofmann, 56th PA, commanding 3/3/V/AotP, Oct 27-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #177: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Horatio N. Warren, 142nd PA, Oct 27-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #180: Report of Captain John McKinlock, 147th NY, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #182: Reports of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, Oct 27-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #183: Reports of Captain Charles Barlow, 121st PA, Oct 27-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #186: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #187: Reports of Major General John G. Parke, commanding IX/AotP, Aug 15-Oct 28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #189: Reports of Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 1/IX/AotP, Sept 30-Oct 8 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #192: Report of Brigadier General John F. Hartranft, commanding 1/1/IX/AotP, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #199: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Byron M. Cutcheon, 20th MI, commanding 2/1/IX/AotP, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #204: Reports of Colonel Napoleon B. McLaughlen, 57th MA, commanding 3/1/IX/AotP, Sept 30-Oct 8 and 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #207: Reports of Brigadier General Robert B. Potter, commanding 2/IX/AotP, Sept 29-Oct 19 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #215: Report of Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, commanding 3/IX/AotP, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #221: Report of Colonel John C. Tidball, 4th NYHA, commanding Arty/IX/AotP, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #224: Report of Captain Edward W Rogers, 19th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #225: Report of Lieutenant Peter L. Moore, 27th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #227: Reports of Captain Jacob Roemer, 34th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #228: Reports of Captain Samuel H. Rhoads, Btty D PA Lt Arty, Aug 1-Oct 28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #229: Reports of Bvt. Major General David McM. Gregg, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, Aug 22-26, Oct 26-28, Nov 7, and Dec 1, 4, and 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #231: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Dec 12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #232: Reports of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-27, Oct 26-29, Nov 24, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #236: Reports of Colonel Michael Kerwin, 13th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Aug 1-20 and Oct 26-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #239: Report of Major Joseph W. Wistar, 8th PA Cav, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #240: Report of Lieutenant Lewis McMakin, 13th PA Cav, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #242: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel John K. Robinson, 16th PA Cav, Sept 15 and Oct 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #243: Report of Lieutenant Edwin L. Garvin, Batteries H and I 1st US Arty, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #244: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles H. Smith, 1st ME Cav, commanding 3/2/Cav/AotP, Oct 26-28 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #246: Reports of Captain Henry R. Clum, Signal Corps, Chief Signal Officer, AotJ, Sept 1-Oct 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #256: Report of Col. Alvin C. Voris, 67th OH, commanding 1/1/X/AotJ, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #258: Report of Lieut. James Hannum, 39th IL, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #262: Report of Lieut. John C. Edwards, 62nd OH, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #264: Report of Capt. Lewis C. Hunt, 67th OH, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #266: Reports of Col. Joseph C. Abbott, 7th NH, commanding 2/1/X/AotJ, Sept 28-Oct 7 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #270: Reports of Captain Seager S. Atwell, 7th CT, Aug 17-21, Sept 28-Oct 7, Oct 13 and 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #271: Reports of Major Frederick W. Prince, 16th NYHA, Sept 28-Oct 13 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #272: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Randlett, 3rd NH, Aug 14-17, Sept 29, and Oct 1, 7, 13, and 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #276: Reports of Colonel Harris M. Plaisted, 11th ME, commanding 3/1/X/AotJ, Aug 27-Sept 25 and Oct 1, 7, 13, and 27-29, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #278: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Edwin S. Greeley, 10th CT, October 27-29, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #281: Reports of Captain Simeon H. Merrill, 11th ME, October 13 and 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #288: Report of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 2/X/AotJ, Sept 28-Oct 4 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #291: Reports of Colonel Galusha Pennypacker, 97th PA, commanding 2/2/X/AotJ, Sept 28-Oct 1 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #292: Reports of Colonel Louis Bell, 4th NH, commanding 3/2/X/AotJ, Sept 28-Oct 1 and Oct 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #294: Report of Colonel James Shaw, Jr., 7th USCT, commanding 1/3/X/AotJ, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #296: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Llewellyn F. Haskell, 7th USCT, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #298: Report of Captain Hugh S. Thompson, 9th USCT, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #299: Report of Captain John W. Falconer, 41st USCT, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #300: Reports of Colonel Ulysses Doubleday, 45th USCT, commanding 2/3/X/AotJ, Oct 13 and 27-29, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #302: Report of Captain Frederick E. Camp, 29th CT, October 27-28, 1864
• The Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road: October 27-28, 1864
• The Battle of Boydton Plank Road: October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #315: Report of Bvt. Major General Godfrey Weitzel, commanding XVIII/AotJ, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #318: Report of Brigadier General Gilman Marston, commanding 1/XVIII/AotJ, October 27-29, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #319: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Raulston, 81st NY, commanding 1/1/XVIII/AotJ, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #321: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joab N. Patterson, 2nd NH, commanding 3/1/XVIII/AotJ, October 26-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #323: Report of Brigadier General Charles A. Heckman, commanding 2/XVIII/AotJ, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #325: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John B. Murray, 148th NY, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #327: Report of Colonel Harrison S. Fairchild, 89th NY, commanding 3/2/XVIII/AotJ, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #328: Report of Captain Frank W. Tremain, 89th NY, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #329: Report of Major Samuel K. Vaughan, 19th WI, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #330: Report of Colonel Alonzo G. Draper, 36th USCT, commanding 3/XVIII/AotJ, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #332: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Ira C. Terry, 22nd USCT, October 27-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #334: Report of Lieutenant Wallace F. Randolph, 5th US Arty, Acting ADC, Arty/XVIII/AotJ, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #350: Medals of Honor, August 1-December 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #351: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Aug 16-Dec 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #353: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Arty/ANV, August 10-December 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #357: Report of Lieutenant General James Longstreet, commanding First/ANV, October 19-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #360: Return of Casualties, Field/First/ANV, October 27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #362: Reports of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/DNCSV, Aug 2-Dec 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #365: Reports of Brigadier General William H. Wallace, commanding Elliott/Johnson/DNCSV, Oct 27 and Nov 5, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #367: Itinerary of Hardaway Light Artillery Battalion, Aug 13-Dec 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #370: Report of Colonel James R. Hagood, 1st SC (Hagood’s), Aug 14-Dec 10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #374: Reports of Major General Wade Hampton, C. S. Army commanding Cav/ANV, Aug 25, Sept 14-17, Sept 29-Oct 1, Oct 27-28, and Dec 7-11, 1864
• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• The Battle of Burgess Mill: October 27, 1864 (First Day of Battle of Boydton Plank Road) by Bryce Suderow
• MHSM Papers V5: The Siege of Petersburg after the Capture of the Weldon Railroad by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
• MHSM Papers V5: The Expedition to the Boydton Plank Road, October, 1864 by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
• OR XLVI P1 #23: Reports of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, Mar 1-Apr 30, 1865
• NT: April 15, 1882 National Tribune: An Incident at Hatcher’s Run
• SHS Papers: Volume 7: General Longstreet’s Report of Affair of October 27th, 1864
• NP: August 11, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 9
• NP: November 17, 1864 Windham County Transcript: From the Twenty-Ninth (CT) Regiment
• OR LI P1: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, October 1-31, 1864
• CT AG 64-65: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James F. Brown, 21st Connecticut, of operations September 3, 1864 to April 10, 1865
• OR LI P1: Report of Bvt. Major General Rufus Ingalls, Chief Quartermaster, Union Armies, July 1, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• OR LI P1: Report of Colonel Richard N. Batchelder, Chief Quartermaster, AotP, June 30, 1864 – June 30, 1865
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• NP: October 6, 1905 Herald and News (Newberry, SC): J. B. Lyle Captures 600 Men at 2nd Fair Oaks
• Book Review: Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
• Richmond Must Fall: The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, October 1864
• NP: July 25, 1919 Adirondack Record (Au Sable, NY): The 118th NY at Chaffin’s Farm and Second Fair Oaks
• NP: June 8, 1882 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Butler’s SC Cavalry Brigade at the Siege of Petersburg
• Book Review: Allegany to Appomattox: The Life and Letters of Private William Whitlock of the 188th New York Volunteers
• A Sketch at Darbytown Road: October 27, 1864
• NP: May 27, 1908 St. Johnsville NY News: John Reardon Diary (115th NY): September 26-December 5, 1864
• CLARK NC: 8th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 1st North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• Confederate Casualties at Burgess Mill by Bryce Suderow
• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Boydton Plank Road: October 27, 1864
• LT: October 27, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road: October 27, 1864
• LT: October 27, 1864 Samuel K. Miller
• 150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: October 27, 1864
• MAP: The Attack on “Fort Crater”: October 27, 1864 (Civil War Regiments, Vol. 2, No. 2)
• 150 Years Ago Today: Skirmish in Front of Fort Morton and Fort Sedgwick: October 27, 1864
• LT: October 28, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: October 28, 1864 Delevan Bates (30th United States Colored Troops)
• LT: November 2, 1864 Robert E. Lee
• LT: November 3, 1864 Spencer G. Welch (13th South Carolina)
• LT: November 4, 1864 Justus G. Matteson (10th New York Cavalry)
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27-28, 1864 TOPO
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 1
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 2
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 3
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 4
• BEARSS MAP: Battle of Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864 Map 5
• NP: September 17, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Death Grapple at Petersburg: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 2
• SHS Papers: Volume 14: Campaign of 1864 and 1865 by Charles W. Field
• Hampton Newsome Video on the October 1864 Battles Around Petersburg and Richmond
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 15th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: September 15, 1897 Anderson (SC) Intelligencer: Butler’s SC Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Scenes from Hatcher’s Run
• NP: October 28, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 32: “The Inequality Is Too Great”
• NP: March 26, 1953 Sandy Creek (NY) News: Thomas Moore (96th NY) at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 3
• NP: October 25, 1945 Baldwinsville NY Messenger: 185th New York at Petersburg, Part 2
• MAP: The Battle of Burgess Mill, October 27, 1864 (NARA: Horace Rugg)
• CLARK NC: 2nd North Carolina Cavalry at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 26th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 27th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Fifth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers
• UPR: Report of Major Hollon Richardson, 7th WI, October 27-28, 1864
• CLARK NC: 44th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• LT: October 30, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• LT: November 7, 1864 Henry F. Young (7th Wisconsin)
• NP: December 23, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 110th PA, Thanksgiving at Fort Sedgwick, November, 1864
• NP: March 4, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 4