Inspection of the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg, Va.

Inspection of the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg, Va by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs. Download PDF EPUB FB2

Welcome to The Siege of Petersburg Online, an information compilation site focusing on the Siege of Petersburg during the American Civil War. The Richmond-Petersburg Campaign was, rather than a true siege, a series of nine offensives by the Union forces against the Confederates defending Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia.

The campaign for Petersburg lasted from June. On Sunday, March 2,the Civil War Fortification Study Group visited Fort Davis as one of the closing events of their annual meeting, at Petersburg. Lowe recounted his journey to verify this image, which piqued your blog host's interest.

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Introduction: The Battle of the Crater, popularly known as the Mine of Petersburg, was a Union assault against the Confederate works in hopes of effecting an unopposed breakthrough.

Whilst t he trenches of Richmond-Petersburg was scene to the longest siege in American warfare, it had unfolded in a methodical manner. The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of took place on Jbetween the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E.

Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George G. Meade (under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant).Location: Petersburg, Virginia. The Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Inspection of the battle fields of the siege of Petersburg of Poindexter's Farm, was fought on July 1,between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Gen.

Robert E. Lee, and the Union Army of the Potomac under Maj. Gen. George B. was the final battle of the Seven Days Battles during the American Civil War, taking place on a foot (40 m) elevation Location: Henrico County, Virginia, Coordinates:.

The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15,in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil combat, between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E.

Lee, was part of the Union Army's futile frontal Location: Spotsylvania County and Fredericksburg. Topics include camp life, troop movements, list of soldiers in his company, battle of Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, battle of Ream’s Station, imprisonment at Libby Prison in Richmond, and his exchange and return to Madison, Wisconsin, after visiting family in New Hampshire.

Also includes a pass, 22 January December to March The Siege of Petersburg. FebThe Battle of Hatcher’s Run. Ma Fort Stedman. Ma Michael Foster admitted to Washington Street Hospital in Petersburg, VA with gunshot wound of the pubic region into the bladder and thigh.

April 3, Foster captured as Prisoner of War while in. We marched through woods, fields and across branches, creeks and rivers as we came to them, only a few hours behind the Yankees all the time. Last Thursday we were drawn up in line of battle before day and our Division, with our sharpshooters in front, drove the Yankees through the woods and fields for two or three miles.

The fort underwent a siege by Indians inand in September,was the scene of the last engagement of the American Revolution. HINKLES A stockade fort erected about by John Justus Hinkle, near the site of Riverton, on the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac, in Pendleton County.

(Record Group 77) Overview of Records Locations Table of Contents Administrative History General Records of the Headquarters Office Letters sent and received, Correspondence relating to civil functions, Other records relating to civil functions Correspondence relating to military functions.

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He was wounded at the battle of Malvern Hill on July 1st,and was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on October 17th,and was released on May 14th, "For Isle of Wight County, at the mouth of Pagan Creek, formerly laid out for a town, by the name of Pates Field; and paid for, and houses built upon it." This settlement has become the thriving hamlet of Battery Park, with a population of about two hundred, three-fourths of whom are engaged in the oyster business.

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