#DYK: During the Petersburg Campaign (June 1864-April 1865) City Point, VA served as Gen Ulysses S Grant's HQ. From here, he coordinated the entire Federal war effort. City Point became the largest supply base of the #CivilWar and one of the busiest ports in the world. #Logistics

Day 1

The Battle of Moorefield, WV was fought #OTD in 1864. It was the final cavalry engagement of Jubal Early’s summer campaign in the Shenandoah Valley, and took place as his cavalry, under John McCausland, attempted to withdraw to the south and rejoin Early’s main body. #CivilWar 🧵

#OTD in 1864, a Confederate agent plants a bomb on a gunpowder barge at the Federal supply base of City Point outside of Petersburg, VA. The explosion kills at least 43 people and destroys part of the wharf. At his nearby HQ, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant dodges falling debris. #CivilWar

#OTD in 1864, a week's long diversionary operation is begun by Federal troops against the defenses of Richmond near Deep Bottom. Gen Ulysses S Grant hopes that this will divert Confederate attention from his upcoming offensive aimed at the Weldon RR south of Petersburg. #CivilWar

General Daniel Phineas Woodbury, a West Point graduate who helped construct the defenses around Washington, DC, during the #CivilWar and served as commander of the Engineer Brigade of the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign, died #OTD in 1864. He was 51. 🧵

Alright, folks. What nickname from the listing in this 1863 newspaper article (***not your own***) is your favorite? Have at it! #USGrant200

#OTD In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln, speaking to group of Ohio soldiers, states, "It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives." #CivilWar

#DYK: Among the Federal regiments at Appomattox were several units still wearing their distinctive Zouave style uniforms. Modeled on North African French colonial units. the Zouaves considered themselves an elite force during the #CivilWar. Pictured are soldiers from the 146th NY

The Second Battle of Reams Station was fought #OTD in 1864 as part of the Siege of PetersburgNPS. The U.S. Army’s II Corps under Gen. Winfield Hancock began destroying portions of the Petersburg Railroad, a vital confederate supply line. A.P. Hill’s corps was sent to stop them. 🧵

#DYK thousands of Confederate soldiers who were captured during the Appomattox Campaign prior to April 8, 1865 were not paroled and sent home like those who surrendered at Appomattox CH. They were transported to Federal POW camps and not released until late June or July #CivilWar

The Battle of Richmond, KY, ended #OTD in 1862. The first major engagement of the confederate Heartland Campaign, the battle was fought by portions of Edmund Kirby Smith’s army and the defending U.S. Army force under General. William “Bull” Nelson. #CivilWar 🧵

#OTD in 1864, fighting continues near Jonesborough, GA, south of Atlanta. Federal troops under Gen William T. Sherman have now cut the Macon and Western RR, the last supply line open to the Confederates. Gen John B. Hood orders the evacuation of Atlanta that afternoon. #CivilWar

#OTD in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln proclaims September 5 as a day of celebration for the recent Federal victories at Atlanta and Mobile Bay. Meanwhile, General John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee licks its wounds near Lovejoy's Station, south of Atlanta. #CivilWar

#OTD in 1864, Gen. George McClellan formally accepts the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States. All but disavowing the antiwar peace plank in the party's platform, McClellan emphasizes that "the Union is the one condition of #Peace." #CivilWar #Politics

THIS GAME

#OTD in 1864, President Abraham Lincoln and Gen Ulysses S Grant are frustrated at the continuing deadlock in the Shenandoah Valley and with Gen Philip Sheridan's movements. However, the maneuvering and skirmishing of the past month will soon come to a violent conclusion #CivilWar

The single bloodiest day in U.S. history took place #OTD in 1862, when Gen. George McClellan’s Army of the Potomac attacked Robert E. Lee’s army at the Battle of antietamnps. It was the culminating battle of Lee’s Maryland Campaign. #CivilWar🧵