News and Notes

• “Captured at Petersburg” at Battlefield Back Stories
• BTC Notes: The Richmond Fayette, Hampden, Thomas, and Blount’s Lynchburg Artillery
• BTC Notes: 59th Virginia Infantry
• John Foskett Reviews The Petersburg Campaign, Volume 1 at Civil War News
• Captain Charles C. Morey’s Final Charge at the Siege of Petersburg
• BTC Notes: The 1st and 2nd Rockbridge Artillery
• Gun Tubes and Types for All Union Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg Now Available
• Which Regiment or Battery are YOU Interested In?
• A Note on the August 16, 1864 New York Evening Post: The Colored Troops at Petersburg
• Remaining Weapons Posted for Units at the Siege of Petersburg on June 30, 1864
• Making Sense of An “Action” Here and a “Skirmish” There at the Siege of Petersburg
• New Jersey, New Hampshire, and New York Weapons Posted
• Weapons Posted For Many Union Infantry Units Today
• “Paddy the Horse” Ginley Wins a Medal of Honor at Reams Station
• Finally Finished!…Sort Of
• Irish in the American Civil War Remembers Patrick Kelly and James P. McMahon
• BTC Sources: Remembering the Battle of the Crater: War as Murder
• Book Review: Letters Home to Sarah: The Civil War Letters of Guy C. Taylor, Thirty-Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers
• Account of the Battle of the Mine Explosion… by Silas Stevenson, 100th Pennsylvania
• Harry Smeltzer Interviews Crater Author John Schmutz at Bull Runnings
• October 2012: Where I’m at and Where I’m Going
• Review: Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard & His Fellow Veterans
• Craig Swain on Coehorn Mortars
• BTC Notes: Civil War Talks: Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans
• Thanks to John Hennessy for a Large Number of Petersburg Newspaper Clippings
• Preview: New Siege of Petersburg Diary from the 36th Wisconsin
• Washington Times Newspaper Article on the First Battle of Deep Bottom
• List of Casualties in Lane’s Brigade from May 5, 1864 to October 1, 1864
• Review: No Freedom Shrieker: The Civil War Letters of Union Soldier Charles Biddlecom
• Changes at Petersburg National Battlefield
• Changes to the Navigation Menu: March 4, 2012
• The Siege of Petersburg Online is Back
• Ulysses S. Grant’s Utter Failure at the Battle of Petersburg: June 15-18, 1864 by Bryce Suderow
• Modern Day Photos of The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads: October 7, 1864 by Charles Bowery
• Civil War Book Preview: Ed Bearss’ The Petersburg Campaign, Vol. 1: The Eastern Front Battles, June – August 1864
• Preserving the Darbytown Road Battlefields by Charles Bowery
• The Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads: October 7, 1864 by Charles Bowery
• The Winners Are…
• “An Ugly Looking Chance for a Charge”: The Battle of Darbytown Road, October 13, 1864 by Bryce Suderow
• Web Site Review: History Central
• Confederate Army Strength at Second Deep Bottom by Bryce Suderow
• One Week Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway
• Web Site Review: Civil War Animated’s Petersburg and Appomattox Page
• Two Weeks Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway
• Who Defended Fort Gregg?: A Confederate Controversy, Part 1
• New Union Ordnance Returns for 3rd Quarter 1864: Michigan and Minnesota
• New Union Ordnance Returns for 3rd Quarter 1864: Massachusetts
• New Union Ordnance Returns for 3rd Quarter 1864: Maryland
• At What Battle Did Black Civil War Soldiers Earn the Most Medals of Honor?
• Three Weeks Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway
• New Union Ordnance Returns for 3rd Quarter 1864: Illinois and Indiana, Maine
• BTC Notes: A History of the One Hundred and Seventeenth Regiment, N.Y. Volunteers,[Fourth Oneida]
• “A Gloom Over the Entire Command”: The 117th New York at the Second Battle of Petersburg, June 15-17, 1864
• Union Casualties in the Appomattox Campaign: March 28-April 9, 1865
• One Month Left In the FREE Civil War Book Giveaway
• The Siege of Petersburg Online: Plans for Early 2012
• Enter for a Chance to Win a FREE Copy of Earl J. Hess’ In the Trenches at Petersburg
• New Union Ordnance Returns for 3rd Quarter 1864: US Regulars, Connecticut, Delaware
• The “Great Steam Duck,” Artis Avis, and a Nineteenth Century Con Man
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 18-P-17 Pickett’s Division August 29, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 17-P-17 Kirkland’s Brigade August 16, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 16-P-17 Fry’s Brigade August 15, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 15-P-17 Davis’ Brigade August 16, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 14-P-17 Heth’s Division August 18, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 12-P-17 3rd Corps Artillery ANV September 1, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 6-P-17 Finegan’s Brigade August 16, 1864
• New Confederate Inspection Report: 5-P-17 Harris’ Brigade August 30, 1864
• The Battle of Burgess Mill: October 27, 1864 (First Day of Battle of Boydton Plank Road) by Bryce Suderow
• Review: The Battle of New Market Heights: Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword
• The Official Records, Volume XLII, Part I (Petersburg Campaign August 1-December 31, 1864) is Now Complete at Beyond the Crater
• The 36th Wisconsin at the Second Battle of Petersburg: Major H.M. Brown’s Account
• The Capture of Colonel (General) Francis A. Walker at Second Reams’ Station: August 25, 1864
• General Mahone’s 1892 Statement on the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, June 22, 1864
• The Western Career of James St. Clair Morton: Chief Engineer of the Ninth Corps
• Trading Cards at Petersburg National Battlefield
• A USCT Lt on the 1864 Democratic Convention in Chicago
• Introducing the New Beyond the Crater Store
• Review: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment: 1861-1865
• Petersburg National Battlefield “Traveler’s Checklist” at National Parks Traveler
• The Battle of the Crater Elsewhere
• BTC Notes: A History of the 15th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry 1861-1865
• 8/11/2011 Petersburg Progress-Index: Albert N. Raiford, 9th VA, Co B
• Review: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864
• BTC Sources: A Melancholy Affair at the Weldon Railroad: The Vermont Brigade, June 23, 1864
• BTC Sources: An Entryway to Further Research
• The Battle of the Crater: 147 Years Ago Today
• 7/28/2011 Syracuse Post-Standard: John Lockwood, 111th New York, Co. F
• 7/27/2011 Petersburg Progress-Index: Arrowhead Camp at Petersburg National Battlefield
• 7/27/2011 New Port Richey (FL) Patch: James McNeill, 9th FL, Co I
• 7/25/2011 Kansas City Star: Jesse H. Hutchins, 5th AL Bn, Co A
• Newspaper Article: Powhatan Beaty, 5th USCT, Co G
• Newspaper Article: James Jennings, 56th North Carolina, Company C (The Pasquotank Boys)
• Southern Historical Society Papers Now Online at Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University
• Aerial Assault at the Siege of Petersburg?
• Siege of Petersburg Map: Battlefield America #112: The Petersburg Campaign
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundred and Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers
• Review: The Soul of a Soldier: The True Story of a Mounted Pioneer in the Civil War
• BTC Notes: History of the One Hundredth Regiment of New York State Volunteers
• BTC Notes: A Regimental History: The One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth New York State Volunteers
• BTC Notes: 6th Virginia Infantry
• John David Hoptak and the 48th Pennsylvania at the Siege of Petersburg
• Review: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Battalion (James Battalion): 1861-1865
• Jim Miller Reviews The Confederate Alamo at Civil War Notebook
• Phenomenal Research Resources on CD/DVD from the National Archives, Part 1: Ordnance Returns
• Richard Sommers’ MASSIVE Thesis on the Fifth Offensive at Petersburg is FREE Online
• BTC Notes: A History of the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers
• BTC Notes: The Story of the 116th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
• Review: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
• Review: Dear Friend Amelia: The Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd
• BTC Notes: The Confederate Alamo: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865
• The National Tribune: The Postwar Mouthpiece of the GAR is Online!
• Review: Into the Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg
• BTC Notes: Dear Friend Amelia: The Civil War Letters of Private John Tidd by Mary Jordan and Joyce Hatch
• BTC Notes: A Detailed New Way to Look at Siege of Petersburg Materials
• BTC Notes: Into The Crater: The Mine Attack at Petersburg by Earl J. Hess
• Army of the Potomac Morale at the Siege of Petersburg
• Grant’s and Meade’s Learning Curves: A Look at the First Four Siege of Petersburg Offensives
• 24th VA Cavalry: Account of July 27, 1864 Union Cavalry Demonstration Against Deep Bottom
• Have a Kindle? Subscribe to Beyond the Crater Today!
• Flights of Angels Sing Thee to Thy Rest: Carlos E. Rogers, Killed April 1, 1865
• An AMAZING New Addition to BTC: The Diary of Octave Bruso
• American Indians in the Civil War? Petersburg National Battlefield is Part of the Story
• The Official Records, Volume XL, Part I (Petersburg Campaign June 13-July 31, 1864) is Now Complete at Beyond the Crater
• Drew Wagenhoffer Reviews THE CONFEDERATE ALAMO: Bloodbath at Petersburg’s Fort Gregg on April 2, 1865 by John J. Fox III at CWBA
• Petersburg National Battlefield to host Memorial Day weekend events
• PBS series features Petersburg’s Battle of the Crater
• Hearing Held on Senator Webb’s Bill to Expand Petersburg Battlefield
• Ulysses S. Grant’s Papers Online Courtesy of Mississippi State University
• G. K. Warren’s Downfall: How the Battles of Quaker Road and White Oak Road Cost Warren His Job
• Petersburg Campaign Related Books from My Google Books Library
• Many stories behind Battle of Appomattox Station
• Two New Maps on the Crater and Jerusalem Plank Road by Petersburg Campaign Author John E. Horn
• New Superintendent Named at Petersburg National Battlefield
• Civil War and Emancipation Day on April 17, 2010 in Richmond, Virginia
• Re-enactors Make March to Appomattox for Surrender Anniversary
• A Plea for Help: The Official Records and Southern Historical Society Papers at Google Books
• Charles H. Bowery Reviews In the Trenches at Petersburg: Field Fortifications and Confederate Defeat at H-Net
• Check out Jerusalem Plank Road: A New Book of Petersburg Campaign Poetry by Brendan Hamilton
• Clock Starts Ticking for a Historic Anniversary
• 145th Anniversary of Confederate Waterloo Marked with Living History Demonstrations
• A Top Notch Source for Unit History Bibliographies
• Lincoln, Grant Meet Again at City Point Park
• Appomattox Court House National Historical Park 145th Anniversary of the Surrender Events April 8, 2010 – April 12, 2010
• Commemoration Dawn Tour Of The Petersburg Breakthrough At Pamplin Historical Park on April 3, 2010
• Protecting Petersburg Area Civil War Battle Sites is An Ongoing Battle
• New Civil War Battle Blog: Scott Patchan’s Shenandoah 1864
• An “Old Man” at the First Battle of Petersburg: Anthony M. Keiley
• BTC Petersburg Campaign Progress Report: 3/08/2010
• Studying the June 22 Fight Near Jerusalem Plank Road: Maps
• How to Find a Specific Page of a Primary Source
• Review In Brief: History and Tour Guide of Five Forks, Hatcher’s Run and Namozine Church
• Review In Brief: Thirty-Six Hours Before Appomattox, April 6 And 7, 1865
• Review In Brief: The Battles of Appomattox Station and Appomattox Court House, April 8-9, 1865
• Review In Brief: Lee’s Last Retreat: The Flight to Appomattox
• New Primary Source: Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
• Artillery Demonstration Held at Petersburg National Battlefield
• Review In Brief: Back Door to Richmond: The Bermuda Hundred Campaign, April-June 1864
• Review In Brief: Mother, May You Never See The Sights I Have Seen
• Review: Shock Troops of the Confederacy by Fred Ray
• Petersburg National Battlefield to Hold Blank Firing Artillery Demonstrations
• by David M. Jordan">Review In Brief: “Happiness Is Not My Companion”: The Life of G. K. Warren by David M. Jordan
• Review: Hampton Legion Infantry C.S.A. by O. Lee Sturkey
• Review: The 13th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry C.S.A. by Mike Wadsworth
• Petersburg Campaign Regimental Histories
• Review: A History of the 3rd South Carolina Regiment: Lee’s Reliables
• Review: Petersburg 1864-65: The longest siege
• Review: No Prouder Fate: The Story of the 11th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
• BTC Petersburg Campaign Progress Report: 2/12/2010
• Petersburg: In the Trenches with the Common Soldier: June 24-27, 2010
• Pamplin Historical Park Announces Spring 2010 Schedule
• Review: News In History Provides A Look Into the Past Via Newspapers

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