September 10, 1864---The Chimneys

SEPTEMBER 10, 1864:    

In addition to the ten major offensives against Petersburg, there were dozens of minor patrols, actions, and skirmishes during the Siege of Petersburg.  The complete list of these events is found in the Official Records, Serial Numbers 80, 87, and 95. Today, Union troops move against the Confederate works at a place called The Chimneys.  The Union takes 90 Confederate Prisoners of War. 30 Union men are captured. No deaths are reported. 

September 9, 1864---HOPE

SEPTEMBER 9, 1864:     

John Beauchamp Jones writes in his diary: 

We hear of great rejoicing in the United States over the fall of Atlanta, and this may be premature. President Lincoln has issued a proclamation for thanksgiving in the churches, etc. 

Mr. Benjamin informs the Secretary of War that the President has agreed to facilitate the emigration of Polish exiles and a few hundred Scotchmen, to come through Mexico, etc. The former will enter our service. 

The HOPE  has arrived at Wilmington with Sir Wm. Armstrong’s present of a fine 12-pounder, all its equipments, ammunition, etc. Also (for sale) two 150-pounder rifled guns, with equipments, etc. 

Jones’s treatment as major wartime developments of the addition of a small number of fighting men to the army and the arrival from Britain of a single blockade runner bearing three cannons speaks louder than many volumes regarding conditions in the Confederacy at this point in time.   

The Blockade Runner HOPE