Today in the Petersburg Campaign: July 23, 1864

July 23, 1864

Skirmish near Kernstown, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves down the Shenandoah Valley against Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA.

Maj. Gen. David B. Birney, USA, assumes the command of the 10th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

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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