March 31, 1865
Action at Crow’s House, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Action at Hatcher’s Run, or Boydton Road, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
The engagement at Dinwiddie Court-House, VA, where Maj. Gen. George Pickett, CSA, repels the attacks by Maj. Gens. Philip H. Sheridan, and Gouverneur Warren, USA, however retreating to Five Forks, which weakens the Petersburg, VA, line, which will ultimately help cause the final break in Lee’s defensive position.
The engagement at the White Oak Road, or White Oak Ride, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
Note: All “Today In The Petersburg Campaign” blog entries are used with permission from Ronald A. Mosocco’s Chronological Tracking of the American Civil War per the Official Records of the War of the Rebellion. Order the book HERE.
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Mentions of This Date at The Siege of Petersburg Online:
- Actions Around Petersburg Wikipedia Map: March 29-April 1, 1865
- The Battle of White Oak Road NPS Map: Prelude
- The Battle of White Oak Road NPS Map: March 31, 1865 Morning
- The Battle of White Oak Road NPS Map: March 31, 1865 Afternoon
- The Battle of White Oak Road NPS Map: Aftermath
- The Battle of White Oak Road CWPT Map
- MOLLUS ME: The Military Operations on the White Oak Road, Virginia, March 31, 1865 by Brevet Major-General Joshua L. Chamberlain
- The Battle of White Oak Road: March 31, 1865 (Maine MOLLUS Vol. 1)
- Map No 3 Battle-Field of Dinwiddie C.H. Fought Friday March 31st, 1865 (OR Atlas 74:2)
- The Battle of White Oak Road: March 31, 1865
- The Battle of Dinwiddie Court House: March 31, 1865