September 29, 1864
The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, sends the 10th and 18th US Army Corps north of the James River to attack the outer defenses of Richmond directly, including combats at:
a) Fort Harrison (captured by Brig. Gen. George Stannard, USA)
b) Fort Gilmer (where the Confederates halt the Union advance)
c) New Market Heights
d) Laurel Hill
the Richmond, VA, Campaign. 9/29-30-1864.
The Confederate lines, already pressured, are further stretched to the breaking point.
Brig. Gen. Hiram Burnham, USA, is mortally wounded as he led his men against the Confederate outer defense works of Richmond, VA, at Fort Harrison.
The Battle of Poplar Spring Church, including combats at Wyatt’s, Peebles’, and Pegram’s Farms, Chappell House, and the Vaughan Road, Richmond, VA, Campaign as Lieut.. Gen. A. P. Hill, CSA, beats back the Union offensive. However, the Union lines are extended which further stretches the already thin Rebel lines.
9/29-10/2/1864
Skirmish at Waynesborough, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, continue to clash.
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:
- The Battle of New Market Heights Wikipedia Map: September 29, 1864
- General Butler’s Plan of Attack for September 29, 1864
- The Battle of New Market Heights: September 29, 1864
- MOLLUS MA: The Capture of Richmond by R. B. Prescott
- Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Sept. 29th 1864
- SHS Papers: Volume 01: Attack on Fort Gilmer, September 29, 1864 by Charles Johnston
- The Battle of Chaffin’s Farm: September 29-30, 1864
- At What Battle Did Black Civil War Soldiers Earn the Most Medals of Honor?
- MHSM Papers: The Siege of Petersburg after the Capture of the Weldon Railroad by Brevet Brigadier-General Francis A. Walker
- November 26, 1881 National Tribune: Capture of Fort Harrison - How the Rebels Failed to Retake It