A report on Siege of Petersburg and Battle of Cold Harbor
In the final stage, Lee entrenched his army within besieged Petersburg before finally retreating westward across Virginia.
- Battle of Cold HarborThis theory was tested at the Battle of Cold Harbor (May 31 – June 12) when Grant's army once again came into contact with Lee's near Mechanicsville.
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P. G. T. Beauregard
6 linksConfederate general officer of Louisiana Creole descent who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
Confederate general officer of Louisiana Creole descent who started the American Civil War by leading the attack on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861.
Gen. Robert Hoke's) to Lee for the Battle of Cold Harbor, but Lee urgently wanted more and took the step of offering Beauregard command of the right wing of the Army of Northern Virginia for his cooperation.
Beauregard continued commanding the defenses of Petersburg in the early days of the siege, but with the loss of the Weldon Railroad in the Battle of Globe Tavern (August 18–21), he was criticized for not attacking more forcefully and he became dissatisfied with the command arrangements under Lee.
Battle of the Crater
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The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the siege of Petersburg.
It was actually trench warfare, rather than a true siege, as the armies were aligned along a series of fortified positions and trenches more than 20 mi long, extending from the old Cold Harbor battlefield near Richmond to areas south of Petersburg.
Petersburg, Virginia
4 linksIndependent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
The 1864–65 Siege of Petersburg, which included the Battle of the Crater and nine months of trench warfare devastated the city.
After his defeat at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Grant remained east of Richmond, crossed the James River and moved south to Petersburg.
George Pickett
7 linksCareer United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
After P. G. T. Beauregard bottled up Benjamin Butler in the Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Pickett's division was detached in support of Robert E. Lee's operation in the Overland Campaign, just before the Battle of Cold Harbor, in which Pickett's division occupied the center of the defensive line, a place in which the main Union attack did not occur.
His division participated in the Siege of Petersburg.
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
3 linksMilitary unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
Military unit fighting for the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War.
In part or as a whole, the corps fought in nearly all of the major battles in the Eastern Theater, such as Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg.
VI Corps (Union Army)
5 linksCorps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
In the assault at Cold Harbor, June 1, 1864, the corps sustained another severe loss, 2,715 of its number killed or wounded.
Accompanying the army to Petersburg, it participated in the preliminary operations incidental to the investment of that stronghold.
Bermuda Hundred campaign
6 linksSeries of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond, Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil War.
Series of battles fought at the town of Bermuda Hundred, outside Richmond, Virginia, during May 1864 in the American Civil War.
Although he was able to distract Confederate forces for a brief time, their victories at Proctor's Creek and Ware Bottom Church enabled Beauregard to detach strong reinforcements for Lee's army in time for the fighting at Cold Harbor.
Butler's forces were eventually used in the Siege of Petersburg.
Army of the James
2 linksUnion Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.
Union Army that was composed of units from the Department of Virginia and North Carolina and served along the James River during the final operations of the American Civil War in Virginia.
At the Battle of Cold Harbor the XVIII Corps was sent to act under the Army of the Potomac.
The XVIII Corps also participated in the Siege of Petersburg.
Robert Hoke
0 linksConfederate major general during the American Civil War.
Confederate major general during the American Civil War.
Wounded at Chancellorsville, he recovered in time for the defense of Petersburg and Richmond.
His brigade distinguished itself at Cold Harbor (June 1864), acknowledged by Grant as his most costly defeat.
Francis C. Barlow
3 linksLawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.
Lawyer, politician, and Union General during the American Civil War.
He fought at the Battle of Cold Harbor and the Siege of Petersburg in the same command.