Campaign from the Rapidan to the James River, Va.
MAY 4-JUNE 12, 1864
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXXVI/1 [S# 67]
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS
May 4, 1864 |
Advance of the Army of the Potomac, Skirmish near Chancellorsville |
May 5- 7, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness (including combats at Parker's Store, Craig's Meeting-House, the Brock Road, Todd's Tavern, the Furnaces, &c) |
May 7, 1864 |
Maj Gen Richard H Anderson, C S Army, assigned to command of the First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
May 8, 1864 |
Maj Gen Jubal A Early, C S Army, assigned to command of the Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
May 8-21, 1864 |
Operations about Spotsylvania Court-House (including combats at Todd's Tavern, Corbin's Bridge, Alsop's Farm, and Laurel Hill (8th); the Ny River and the Po River (10th); the Angle or the Salient (12th); Piney Branch Church (15th); Harris' Farm (19th); Stanard's Mill and Guiney's Station (21st), &c) |
May 9, 1864 |
Brig Gen Horatio G Wright, U S Army, assumes command of the Sixth Army Corps |
May 9-24, 1864 |
Sheridan's expedition from Todd's Tavern to the James River (including combats at Davenport (9th); Beaver Dam Station, North Anna, and Davenport Ford (9th and 10th); Ground Squirrel Bridge or Church, Glen Allen Station, Ashland, and Yellow Tavern (11th); Meadow Bridges, Mechanicsville, Strawberry Hill, Brook Church or Richmond Fortifications (12th); and skirmishes en route at Mattapony Church, Jones' Bridge, Haxall's, White House Landing, Hanover Court-House, &c) |
May 22-June 1, 1864 |
Operations on the line of the North Anna, the Pamunkey, and the Totopotomoy Rivers (including combats at Quarles' Mills, Ox Ford, and Jericho Bridge, or Ford, or Mills, on the North Anna (May 23-26); Hanover Junction, Sexton's Station, Mount Carmel Church, Dabney's Ferry, Hanovertown, Little River, Pole Cat Creek, and Salem Church (May 27); Aenon Church, Jones' Farm, Crump's Creek, and Haw's Shop (May 28); Totopotomoy River (May 28-31); Matadequin Creek, Old Church, Shady Grove, and Armstrong's Farm (May 30); Mechump's Creek, Shallow Creek, Turner's Farm, and Bethesda Church (May 31); Ashland (June 1), &c) |
May 24, 1864 |
The Ninth Army Corps assigned to the Army of the Potomac |
May 29, 1864 |
Maj Gen Jubal A Early, C S Army, assigned to command of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia |
May 31-June 12, 1864 |
Operations at and about Cold Harbor |
June 3, 1864 |
Action at Haw's Shop, Skirmish near Via's House |
June 7-24, 1864 |
The Trevilian Raid (including combats at Trevilian Station and Newark or Mallory's Cross-Roads (11th and 12th); King and Queen Court-House (18th and 20th); White House or Saint Peter's Church, and Black Creek or Tunstall's Station (21st); Jones' Bridge (23d); and Saint Mary's Church (24th), &c) |
June 10, 1864 |
Skirmish at Old Church |
June 12, 1864 |
Action at Long Bridge, Skirmish at White House Landing |