First Offensive Order of Battle Finished to Division Level

siegeofpetersburg — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:12:48 +0000

The Siege of Petersburg Order of Battle for Grant’s First Offensive against Petersburg is finished down to division level. I now hope to do the same for the Second Offensive, mostly copying items from the First Offensive because they occurred in close proximity time wise (June 15-18 and June 19-24, respectively). I’ll be using the posts feature of this site to provide progress reports from time to time as well as comment on interesting or confusing aspects of the orders of battle.

Siege of Petersburg Orders of Battle

siegeofpetersburg — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:47:41 +0000

The Siege of Petersburg Online (SOPO for short) is a web site dedicated to the digitization of the Siege of Petersburg, but also including the Bermuda Hundred Campaign and the Appomattox Campaign. This sub-site, The Siege of Petersburg – Orders of Battle, focuses specifically on Orders of Battle for the ten Union offensives against the cities of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, from June 1864 to April 1865.

My Siege of Petersburg sites would not exist without the inspiration provided by Harry Smeltzer’s Bull Runnings.

Siege of Petersburg Orders of Battle

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Order of battle information for brigades, divisions, corps, armies, departments, and army groups will slowly be uploaded over a period of years, both by me (Brett Schulte) and hopefully by future contributors. Regiment, battalion, and battery pages are still hosted over at the main Siege of Petersburg Online site under the Siege of Petersburg Units page. I went with a WordPress hosting solution because it lends itself easily to allowing others to help add to, edit, and otherwise monitor this site.

If you see possible errors with these Orders of Battle, please let me know on the Contact page.

Brett Schulte
Owner/Editor