Today in the Petersburg Campaign: April 8, 1865

April 8, 1865

The engagement at Appomattox Station, VA, as Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, continued to press Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, while Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, and his cavalry capture the Confederate supply trains at Appomattox Station.  Lee now faced the following:

a) Behind Lee: Maj. Gen. George G. Meade and the 2nd US Army Corps – Maj. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, USA, Commanding and the 6th US Army Corps – Maj. Gen. Horatio G. Wright, USA, Commanding
b) To Lee’s left: Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan’s Cavalry, 5th US Army Corps – Maj. Gen. Charles Griffin, USA, Commanding
c) In Lee’s front towards Lynchburg: Maj. Gen. E.O.C. Ord, USA, and the US Army of the James.

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:

• OR XLVI P1 #1: Report of Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, commanding U.S. Army, March 1864-May, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #4: Itineraries of the Army of the Potomac, Sheridan’s Cavalry Command, and the Army of the James, January-April 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #4: Report of Major General George G. Meade, commanding Army of the Potomac, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #6: Report of Surg. Thomas A. McParlin, Medical Director, Army of the Potomac, Jan 1-Jun 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #7: Report of Surg. John A. Lidell, Inspector of Medical and Hospital Dept, Army of the Potomac, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #9: Report of Captain Charles L. Davis, Chief Signal Officer, AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #13: Report of Bvt. Colonel Ira Spaulding, 50th NY Engineers, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #15: Report of Bvt. Major William H. Paine, Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. James C. Duane, Eng/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #16: Report of Bvt. Captain Charles W. Howell, U. S. Corps of Engineers, II/AOTP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #19: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General Henry L. Abbot, 1st CTHA, commanding Siege Train, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #21: Reports of Major General Andrew A. Humphreys, commanding II/AotP, March 29-April 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #22: Report of Surg. Charles Page, Medical Director, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 10, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #23: Reports of Asst. Surg. Charles Smart, Medical Inspector, II/AotP, Mar 1-Apr 30, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #24: Report of Captain John G. Pelton, 14th CT, Chief of Ambulances, II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #25: Reports of Bvt. Major General Nelson A. Miles, commanding 1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #26: Report of Colonel George W. Scott, 61st NY, commanding 1/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #27: Report of Captain Lucius H. Ives, 26th MI, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #28: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Welcome A. Crafts, 5th NH, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #29: Report of Capt. Francis R. Humphreys, 2nd NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #30: Report of Major George W. Schaffer, Sixty-first New York Infantry, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #31: Report of Captain William A. F. Stockton, 140th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #32: Report of Colonel Robert Nugent, 69th NY, commanding 2/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #33: Report of Captain Patrick H. Bird, 28th MA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #34: Report of Captain William H. Terwilliger, 63rd NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #35: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James J. Smith, 69th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #36: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Denis F. Burke, 88th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #37: Report of Major Seward F. Gould, 4th NYHA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #38: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Clinton D. MacDougall, 111th NY, commanding 3/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #39: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Pokorny, 7th NY (Veteran), Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #40: Report of Major John McE. Hyde, 39th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #41: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Henry M. Karples, 52nd NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #43: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Hyde, 125th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #44: Report of Captain I. Hart Wilder, 126th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #45: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General John Ramsey, 8th NJ, commanding 4/1/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #47: Report of Captain Nathaniel P. Lane, 66th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #48: Report of Colonel William M. Mintzer, 53rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #49: Report of Captain John R. Weltner, 116th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #52: Report of Colonel George T. Egbert, 183rd PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #54: Report of Bvt. General Francis C. Barlow, commanding 2/II/AotP, April 6-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #55: Report of Colonel William A. Olmsted, 59th NY, commanding 1/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #56: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph W. Spaulding, 19th ME, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #57: Report of Colonel James P. McIvor, 170th NY, commanding 2/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #58: Report of Colonel Daniel Woodall, 1st DE, commanding 3/2/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #61: Report of Major Henry F. Chew, 12th NJ, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #62: Report of Lieutenant Colonel George F. Hopper, 10th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #63: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Francis E. Pierce, 108th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #64: Report of Captain Charles McAnally, 69th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #65: Report of Captain John H. Gallager, 106th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #67: Report of Brigadier General Regis de Trobriand, commanding 3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #70: Report of Brigadier General Byron R. Pierce, commanding 2/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #71: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Robert McAllister, 11th NJ, commanding 3/3/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #72: Report of Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel John G. Hazard, 1st RI Lt Arty, commanding Arty/II/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #73: Report of Captain J. Webb Adams, 10th Btty MA Lt Arty, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #75: Reports of Bvt. Major General Charles Griffin, commanding V/AotP, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #76: Report of Asst. Surg. Charles K. Winne, Medical Inspector, V/AotP, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #78: Report of Brigadier General Joshua L. Chamberlain, commanding 1/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #79: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Edgar M. Gregory, 91st PA, commanding 2/1/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #80: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Myers, 187th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #81: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Doolittle, 188th NY, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #85: Report of Captain George R. Abbott, 1st ME SS Bn, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #92: Reports of Brigadier General Joseph Hayes, commanding 1/2/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #98: Reports of Colonel John A. Kellogg, 6th WI, commanding 1/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #99: Report of Colonel Jonathan Tarbell, 91st NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #101: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Rouse S. Egelston, 97th NY, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #102: Report of Colonel Thomas F. McCoy, 107th PA, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #103: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Richard Coulter, 11th PA, commanding 3/3/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #104: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles S. Wainwright, 1st NY Lt Arty, commanding Arty/V/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #105: Reports of Major General Horatio G. Wright, commanding VI/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #106: Reports of Bvt. Major General Frank Wheaton, commanding 1/VI/AotP, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #108: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Baldwin Hufty, 4th NJ, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #118: Report of Major William C. Gray, 119th PA, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #121: Report of Bvt. Major General George W. Getty, commanding 2/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #127: Report of Bvt. Major General Lewis A. Grant, commanding 2/2/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #134: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Jacob J. Janeway, 14th NJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #135: Reports of Colonel Andrew N. McDonald, 106th NY, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #136: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Charles Bogardus, 151st NY, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #139: Reports of Bvt. Brigadier General J. Warren Keifer, 110th OH, commanding 2/3/VI/AotP, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #149: Reports of Bvt. Captain Orsamus R. Van Etten, 1st NY Btty, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #162: Report of Colonel James Bintliff, 38th WI, commanding 3/1/IX/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 8, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #167: Report of Brigadier General Simon G. Griffin, commanding 2/IX/AotP, Mar 25-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #170: Report of Bvt. Major General John F. Hartranft, commanding 3/IX/AotP, Mar 30-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #199: Reports of Major General Philip H. Sheridan, commanding Cav/Union, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #200: Report of Bvt. Major General Wesley Merritt, commanding Cav/AotS, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #201: Report of Brigadier General Thomas C. Devin, commanding 1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #202: Report of Brigadier General Alfred Gibbs, commanding ReserveBrig/1/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #203: Report of Bvt. Major General George A. Custer, commanding 3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #204: Report of Colonel Alexander C. M. Pennington, 3rd NJ Cav, commanding 1/3/Cav/AotS, Mar 29-Apr 1, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #205: Report of Major James Bliss, 8th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #206: Report of Colonel John J. Coppinger, 15th NY Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #207: Report of Lieutenant Colonel Josiah Hall, 1st VT Cav, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #208: Report of Major General George Crook, commanding 2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #209: Report of Brigadier General Henry E. Davies, Jr., commanding 1/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #210: Report of Major Walter R. Robbins, 1st NJ Cav, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #211: Report of Colonel Samuel B. M. Young, 4th PA Cav, commanding 2/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #212: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Charles H. Smith, 1st Me Cav, commanding 3/2/Cav/AotP, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #213: Report of Major General Edward O. C. Ord, commanding Army of the James, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #219: Report of Major General John Gibbon, commanding XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #220: Report of Lieutenant Frederick J. Amsden, Signal Corps Det/XXIV/AotJ, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #221: Reports of Brigadier General Robert S. Foster, commanding 1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #222: Report of Colonel Thomas O. Osborn, 39th IL, commanding 1/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #225: Report of Colonel James C. Briscoe, 199th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• NP: August 18, 1902 New Orleans Times-Picayune: Donaldsonville Cannoniers at the Siege of Petersburg, Part 10
• OR XLVI P1 #226: Report of Colonel George B. Dandy, 100th NY, commanding 3/1/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #228: Report of Captain Henry C. Adams, 11th ME, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #232: Report of Captain Edward H. Reynolds, 8th ME, April 6-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #233: Report of Captain William Dobie, 89th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #234: Report of Colonel John B. Murray, 148th NY, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #236: Report of Captain George H. Hill, 55th PA, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #240: Report of Bvt. Major General John W. Turner, commanding Ind/XXIV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #241: Reports of Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Potter, 34th MA, commanding 1/Ind/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #243: Reports of Colonel William B. Curtis, 12th WV, commanding 2/Ind/XXIV/AotJ, April 2-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #245: Report of Captain George T. Anthony, 17th NY Btty, Mar 26-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #246: Report of Captain Samuel S. Elder, Btty B 1st US Arty, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #254: Report of Bvt. Brigadier General Ulysses Doubleday, 45th USCT, commanding 2/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #255: Report of Colonel Samuel C. Armstrong, 8th USCT, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #256: Report of Colonel Llewellyn F. Haskell, 41st USCT, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #258: Report of Lieutenant Colonel James Givin, 127th USCT, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #259: Report of Colonel William W. Woodward, 116th USCT, commanding 3/2/XXV/AotJ, Mar 27-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #260: Report of Brigadier General Ranald S. Mackenzie, commanding Cav/AotJ, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #261: Report of Colonel Robert M. West, 5th PA Cav, 1/Cav/AotJ, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #262: Report of Major J. Stannard Baker, 1st DC Cav, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #263: Report of Colonel Andrew W. Evans, 1st MD Cav (US), Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #264: Report of Lieutenant Col Franklin A. Stratton, 11th PA Cav, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #266: Medals of Honor, Mar 31-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #267: Reports of General Robert E. Lee, commanding Army of Northern Virginia, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #270: Report of Brigadier General William N. Pendleton, Chief of Artillery, ANV, April 1-9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #273: Report of Major General Bushrod R. Johnson, commanding Johnson/Fourth/ANV, Mar 29-Apr 9, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #274: Report of Brigadier General William H. Wallace, commanding Wallace/Johnson/Fourth/ANV, Mar 28-Apr 8, 1865
• OR XLVI P1 #277: Report of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, commanding Cav/ANV, Mar 28-Apr 9, 1865
• CT AG 65-66: Report of Captain Francis G. Hickerson, 10th Connecticut, of operations April 2-18, 1865
• LT: April 8, 1865 Samuel K. Miller
• NP: October 8, 1884 The Clarion (Jackson, MS): The Surrender-Homeward Bound!: Last Days of Harris’ Mississippi Brigade, Part 5
• CLARK NC: Ellis North Carolina Artillery at the Siege of Petersburg
• CLARK NC: 11th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• MAP: 11th US Actions During the Petersburg Campaign, June 18, 1864-April 8, 1865(16th Infantry Regiment Association)
• CLARK NC: 38th North Carolina at the Siege of Petersburg
• NP: April 21, 1865 The Bedford Inquirer: 206th PA Enters the Burning City of Richmond, April 3, 1865