June 9, 1864
Engagement at Petersburg, VA, as Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, throws back Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s, USA, feeble attempt to capture Petersburg, VA.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys: June 9, 1864
- June 11, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler's Department
- June 11, 1864 Wisconsin Daily Patriot: From Fort Monroe
- June 11, 1864 Albany Evening Journal: Important from the South Side
- June 11, 1864 Boston Daily Advertiser: From Fortress Monroe
- June 11, 1864 Illustrated New Age: From General Butler's Department
- June 11, 1864 Baltimore Sun: A Demonstration on Petersburg
- June 11, 1864 Cleveland Plain Dealer: Assault on Petersburg
- June 11, 1864 New York Herald-Tribune: From Fortress Monroe
- June 12, 1864 New York Herald: Butler: Attempt to Destroy Rebel Supplies at Petersburg
- June 13, 1864 Cleveland Plain Dealer: General Butler's Grudge
- June 13, 1864 Richmond Examiner: More of the Petersburg Raid
- June 13, 1864 Daily National Intelligencer: From the South Side of Richmond
- June 13, 1864 Milwaukee Sentinel: From Butler's Department
- June 13, 1864 Milwaukee Sentinel: From Butler's Army
- June 13, 1864 New York Herald-Tribune: From General Butler The Attack on Petersburg
- June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Spoils
- June 14, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler's Department
- MHSM Papers: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
- June 14, 1864 Wisconsin Daily Patriot: Movement Against Richmond
- June 14, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The End Of The Petersburg Raid
- June 14, 1864 New York Herald Tribune: From Gen Butler From The South Side
- Operations South of the James River: I. First Attempts to Capture Petersburg by August V. Kautz
- June 14, 1864 Lowell Daily Citizen And News: Army News
- Operations South of the James River: II. Repelling the First Assault on Petersburg by R. E. Colston
- June 14, 1864 Daily National Intelligencer: The Movement On Petersburg
- June 15, 1864 Daily Ohio Statesman: Attack By Gunboats On Fort Clifton
- June 15, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: General Butler's Operations
- June 15, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: From The South Side
- June 16, 1864 Macon Telegraph: Another Exciting Day
- June 16, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: The Attack On Petersburg
- June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Rebel Accounts Of General Kautzs Demonstration On Petersburg
- June 17, 1864 Columbus Daily Enquirer: The Late Attack On Petersburg
- June 18, 1864 Stoughton Sentinel: The Great Battles In Virginia
- June 18, 1864 Washington National Intelligencer: Southern News Via Richmond