Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 14, 1864

June 14, 1864

Skirmish near Harrison’s Landing, VA, the Richmond (VA) Campaign.

The Union Second Corps, Army of the Potomac begins crossing the James River by boat on the night of June 14-15, 1864, en route to Petersburg, Virginia.

Union engineers work feverishly to finish construction of a massive pontoon bridge over the James River at Wilcox’s Landing, finishing just before midnight.

The 91st Pennsylvania and 155th Pennsylvania are transferred from the Second Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac to the First Division, Second Corps, Army of the Potomac.

The Union gunboat USS Eutaw shells Confederate cavalry at Turkey Bend on the James River.

Union regiments from William F. “Baldy” Smith’s Eighteenth Corps, Army of the James begin landing on Bermuda Hundred after being ferried there from White House.

Major General Quincy A. Gillmore is relieved of command of the Tenth Corps, Army of the James. Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry, as the senior commander remaining, assumes command of the line of defenses on Bermuda Hundred.

Brigadier General Robert S. Foster assumes command of the First Division, Tenth Corps, Army of the James, by order of Brigadier General Alfred H. Terry.

The 132nd Ohio arrived at Bermuda Hundred and was ordered to report to Brigadier General Alfred Terry, commander of the Tenth Corps, Army of the James, for duty. He planned to distribute this and the other newly arrived Ohio regiments in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred without any official attachment to a specific unit.

The 130th Ohio arrived at Bermuda Hundred and was ordered to the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred and reported to General Pond of the Third Brigade, First Division, Tenth Corps, Army of the James for temporary duty in the Defenses of Bermuda Hundred.

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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• CT AG 65-66: Report of Major Thomas Wright, 31st USCT, of operations June 4-November 6, 1864
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• Today in the Petersburg Campaign: June 14, 1864
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• MAP: The James River Movement (NP: Philadelphia Inquirer)
• “Death Were No Terror to His Soul”: Major Edward G. Park of the 35th Massachusetts
• MHSM Papers V5: Crossing of the James and Advance on Petersburg, June 13-16, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
• MHSM Papers V5: Crossing of the James and First Assault Upon Petersburg, June 12-15,1864 by Frank E. Peabody
• MHSM Papers V5: Operations of the Army of the Potomac, June 5-15, 1864 by Colonel Theodore Lyman
• No. 4 Map Showing Position of Pontoon Bridge on Which the Army of the Potomac Crossed the James River June 14th and 15th 1864 (OR Atlas 68:6)
• NP: June 15, 1864 Cincinnati Daily Enquirer: From The Potomac Army
• NP: June 15, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: Official Dispatch from Gen. Lee, June 14
• NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Examiner: General Lee’s Army, June 14
• NP: June 15, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 13-14
• NP: June 16, 1864 New York Herald: Mr. William H. Stiners Despatch
• NP: June 16, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: From the Petersburg Front, June 15, 1864
• NP: June 16, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: From the James River, June 13-14
• NP: June 16, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Latest Official War Gazette, June 12-14
• NP: June 16, 1864 Raleigh Confederate: Telegraphic Reports: From Gen. Lee’s Army, June 14
• NP: June 16, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News, June 14
• NP: June 17, 1864 Albany Evening Journal: Army of the Potomac Addition Particulars Of Its Movements
• NP: June 17, 1864 Albany Evening Journal: Latest From Grants Army
• NP: June 17, 1864 Lowell Daily Citizen And News: The War News
• NP: June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Fighting Near Petersburg
• NP: June 17, 1864 New York Herald: Mr. William H. Stimer’s Despatch of June 15, 1864
• NP: June 17, 1864 Petersburg Daily Express: Telegraphic Reports, June 15-16
• NP: June 17, 1864 Philadelphia Illustrated New Age: The War
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• NP: June 17, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: The Siege of Richmond, June 13-15
• NP: June 17, 1864 Richmond Examiner: The War News
• NP: June 17, 1864 Trenton State Gazette: News From Gen Grant
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• NP: June 20, 1864 Philadelphia Inquirer: Richmond via Petersburg
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• NP: July 16, 1864 Irish-American (NY): Letter from the 5th New Hampshire Vols.
• NP: December 9, 1864 The Bedford Inquirer: 55th PA at Bermuda Hundred, Second Petersburg and Chaffin’s Farm, May-November, 1864
• NP: July 2, 1870 The Plantation (Atlanta, GA): Memorable Days of Gracie’s Brigade at Second Petersburg, June 17-18, 1864
• NP: February 18, 1925 Potsdam NY Courier and Freeman: Orlando P. Benson Diary, 92nd NY, Part 2
• NP: June 14, 1964 Petersburg Progress-Index: Siege Centennial, Part 8: Bridging The James River
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