150 Years Ago Today at Petersburg: August 19, 1864

August 19, 1864

Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill, CSA, attacks the Union forces on the Weldon Railroad, capturing 2,500 and pushing the Federals back, but not away from the railroad, a vital Confederate link.

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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:

• 150 Years Ago Today: Battle of Globe Tavern: August 19, 1864
• The Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for the Weldon Railroad, August 1864 by John Horn
• Blue & Gray Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 5 (2007): Battle of Globe Tavern (Aug. 18-19, 21, 1864) and 2nd Ream’s Station (Aug. 25, 1864)
• B&L: Actions on the Weldon Railroad by Orlando B. Willcox
• CIR: 9-P-17 Hays’ and Stafford’s Brigades August 19, 1864
• CLARK NC: 8th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 26th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 35th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 38th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• CV: V29N6: Life Among Bullets—In The Rifle Pits
• DI: August 1864 John D. Vautier (88th PA) Diary Entries
• Petersburg Medals of Honor: Equal to the Emergency
• ITINERARY: 85th Pennsylvania
• LT: August 19, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: August 20, 1864 Theodore Lyman
• LT: August 21, 1864 Warren H. Freeman (13th/39th Massachusetts)
• LT: September 4, 1864 Charles McKnight
• MAP: 11th US Actions During the Petersburg Campaign, June 18, 1864-April 8, 1865(16th Infantry Regiment Association)
• MAP: Battle of the Weldon Railroad: August 19, 1864 (16th Infantry Regiment Association)
• MHSM Papers V5: Operations Against the Weldon Railroad, August 18, 19, 21, 1864 by Captain Charles H. Porter
• NP: August 25, 1864 Brockport (NY) Republic: The War
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 21st PA Cav at Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• NP: September 2, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 76th PA at Fussell’s Mill, August 16, 1864
• NP: September 3, 1864 Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Telegraph: 32nd MA at the Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864
• NP: February 25, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 3
• NP: August 17, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 25: A Vital Rail Loss
• NT: November 10, 1898 National Tribune: The Pennsylvania Reserves from Cold Harbor to Appomattox
• OR XL P1 #314: Confederate Roll of Honor, July 30-October 7, 1864
• 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
• 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
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• OR XLII P1 #23: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, August 13-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #27: Report of Captain William Church, 4th NYHA, August 13-20, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #30: Reports of Colonel William Wilson, 81st PA, August 13-20 and December 9-10, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #34: Reports of Captain Horatio N. Hunt, 64th NY, August 13-20 and 22-26, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #125: Report of Capt. William F. Drum, 2nd US, Chief Ambulance Officer, V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #132: Report of Captain Chester K. Hughes, 143rd PA, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #133: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John Irvin, 149th PA, August 18-21, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #135: Report of Captain Joseph A. Ege, 187th PA, August 18-27, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #143: Report of Lieutenant Colonel De Witt C. McCoy, 83rd PA, August 18-27, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #144: Report of Bvt. Major General Romeyn B. Ayres, commanding 2/V/AotP, Aug 18-21 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #145: Statement of Brig. Gen. Joseph Hayes, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, August 18-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #146: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Frederick Winthrop, 5th NY Vet, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, Aug 18-21, Oct 8, and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #149: Report of Lieutenant J. Chester White, 10th US, commanding 14th US, August 19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #150: Reports of Colonel Samuel A. Graham, Purnell MD Inf, commanding 2/2/V/AotP, Aug 18-Sept 2 and Oct 1 and 8, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #152: Report of Captain James A. Haughey, 3rd DE, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #153: Report of Colonel J. William Hofmann, 56th PA, commanding 3/2/V/AotP, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #154: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. La Motte, 4th DE, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #155: Report of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook, 76th NY, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #156: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James Creney, 95th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #157: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George Harney, 147th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #158: Report of Major John T. Jack, 56th PA, August 18-28, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #159: Report of Captain Thomas E. Carter, 157th PA, August 18-28, 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 #161: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Aug 18-Sept 12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #163: Report of Colonel Charles W. Tilden, 16th ME, August 18-19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #164: Report of Colonel Charles Wheelock, 97th NY, commanding 2/3/V/AotP, July 29-August 30, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #167: Report of Captain Henry H. Fish, 94th NY, Aug 18-Sept 2, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #168: Reports of Colonel Charles Wheelock, 97th NY, Aug 18 and Dec 7-12, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #169: Report of Captain Delos E. Hall, 97th NY, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #170: Report of Captain F. Haines, 11th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #172: Report of Capt. Henry Whiteside, 88th PA, August 18-25, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #174: Report of Major Henry J. Sheafer, 107th PA, August 18-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #184: Report of Brigadier General Lysander Cutler, commanding 4/V/AotP, July 30-Aug 23, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #185: Reports of Brigadier General Edward S. Bragg, commanding 1/4/V/AotP, August 18-21, 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 #188: Reports of Brigadier General Julius White, commanding 1/IX/AotP August 19-20, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #190: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph H. Barnes, 29th MA, commanding 1/1/IX/AotP, August 19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #197: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Gilbert P. Robinson, 3rd MD, commanding 2/1/IX/AotP, August 19, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #214: Reports of Brigadier General Orlando B. Willcox, commanding 3/IX/AotP, Aug 19-21 and 25-26, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #216: Report of Brigadier General John F. Hartranft, commanding 1/3/IX/AotP, August 19-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #217: Report of Colonel William Humphrey, 2nd MI, commanding 2/3/IX/AotP, August 19-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #218: Report of Colonel Charles V. DeLand, 1st MI SS, August 19-22, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #220: Reports of Captain John M. Kesselmark, 46th NY, August 19-21, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #222: Report of Captain Adelbert B. Twitchell, 7th ME Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #223: Report of Captain Edward J. Jones, 11th MA Btty, Aug 1-Nov 5, 1864
• OR XLII P1 #224: Report of Captain Edward W Rogers, 19th NY Btty, Aug 1-Oct 31, 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 #231: Report of Asst. Surg. Elias J. Marsh, Surgeon-in-Chief, 2/Cav/AotP, July 30-Dec 12, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #257: Report of Capt. Lewis T. Whipple, 39th IL, August 13-20, 1864
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• OR XLII P1 #372: Reports of Lieutenant General Ambrose P. Hill, commanding Third/ANV, August 19-25, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern: August 18-21, 1864
• The Battle of Globe Tavern, August 18-21, 1864: Official Records
• The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 19, 1864 Map 1
• The Battle of Globe Tavern NPS Map: August 19, 1864 Map 2
• The Battle of Globe Tavern Wikipedia Map: August 18-20, 1864
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom CWPT Map
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom: August 14-20, 1864
• The Second Battle of Deep Bottom Wikipedia Map: August 14-20, 1864
• UPR: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Mark Finnicum, 7th WI, August 18-21, 1864