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1864:
June 12 -- General Jubal Early left Petersburg to join General Breckinridge in Lynchburg.
June 15-16 -- Confederate victory at Battle of Petersburg, Virginia.
June 17 -- General Early joined General Breckinridge near Lynchburg, Virginia, and skirmished with Union General Hunter.
June 18 -- General Early defeated General Hunter west of Lynchburg, Virginia.
June 19 -- General Hunter retreated to West Virginia, leaving the Shenandoah Valley undefended.
June 19 -- General Grant initiated a siege of Petersburg, Virginia.
June 23 -- General Early left Lynchburg, Virginia, and marched to Buchannon, Virginia. |