Army of the James

Army · United States · April 28, 1864 – August 1, 1865

Benjamin Butler's, then E. O. C. Ord's, Union army on the James River; it besieged Richmond and blocked Lee's last escape at Appomattox.

May 5, 1864 Lands at City Point and Bermuda Hundred · map
May 16, 1864 Beaten at Proctor's Creek (Second Drewry's Bluff) · map
May 17, 1864 – June 14, 1864 Bottled up at Bermuda Hundred · map
June 15, 1864 – April 1, 1865 Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (Siege of Petersburg) · map
April 2, 1865 Breaks through at Petersburg; Weitzel's corps enters Richmond on 3 April · map
April 9, 1865 Ord's infantry blocks Lee at Appomattox (Battle of Appomattox Court House) · map
April 15, 1865 – August 1, 1865 Occupies Richmond · map