He served his Country with Honor and Distingtion
Graduated US Military Academy West Point 1854
Appointed Captain US Army 8161
Brevetted Brigadier General For Gallantry and Distinguished Service
Chief Commissary of Svbsistence of the Armies operating against Richmond
Retired January 18, 1897
To understand his contributions to the campaign against Richmond, it is good to learn about Grant's logistical headquarters at City Point, VA.
From NPS Petersburg National Battlefield website: During the siege of Petersburg General Grant's headquarters was at City Point, Virginia, eight miles behind Union lines. A small port town at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, City Point had been connected to Petersburg by railroad prior to the war. Its strategic position next to the railroad bed and the rivers offered Grant easy access to points along the front, as well as good transportation and communications with Fort Monroe, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Supplying the Army
More important than being the headquarters for the United States Armies, City Point was the supply base for the Union forces fighting at Petersburg. Overnight the tiny village became one of the busiest ports in the world as hundreds of ships arrived off its shores bringing food, clothing, ammunition, and other supplies for the Union army. For example, on an average day during the siege the Union army had stored in and around City Point 9,000,000 meals of food and 12,000 tons of hay and oats. The only food not imported from the North was bread, which the army produced on site. In a bakery built on the grounds commissary personnel produced 100,000 rations of bread a day for the hungry soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Contributor: Gary Carlberg (50690535)
Graduated US Military Academy West Point 1854
Appointed Captain US Army 8161
Brevetted Brigadier General For Gallantry and Distinguished Service
Chief Commissary of Svbsistence of the Armies operating against Richmond
Retired January 18, 1897
To understand his contributions to the campaign against Richmond, it is good to learn about Grant's logistical headquarters at City Point, VA.
From NPS Petersburg National Battlefield website: During the siege of Petersburg General Grant's headquarters was at City Point, Virginia, eight miles behind Union lines. A small port town at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, City Point had been connected to Petersburg by railroad prior to the war. Its strategic position next to the railroad bed and the rivers offered Grant easy access to points along the front, as well as good transportation and communications with Fort Monroe, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Supplying the Army
More important than being the headquarters for the United States Armies, City Point was the supply base for the Union forces fighting at Petersburg. Overnight the tiny village became one of the busiest ports in the world as hundreds of ships arrived off its shores bringing food, clothing, ammunition, and other supplies for the Union army. For example, on an average day during the siege the Union army had stored in and around City Point 9,000,000 meals of food and 12,000 tons of hay and oats. The only food not imported from the North was bread, which the army produced on site. In a bakery built on the grounds commissary personnel produced 100,000 rations of bread a day for the hungry soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Contributor: Gary Carlberg (50690535)
He served his Country with Honor and Distingtion
Graduated US Military Academy West Point 1854
Appointed Captain US Army 8161
Brevetted Brigadier General For Gallantry and Distinguished Service
Chief Commissary of Svbsistence of the Armies operating against Richmond
Retired January 18, 1897
To understand his contributions to the campaign against Richmond, it is good to learn about Grant's logistical headquarters at City Point, VA.
From NPS Petersburg National Battlefield website: During the siege of Petersburg General Grant's headquarters was at City Point, Virginia, eight miles behind Union lines. A small port town at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, City Point had been connected to Petersburg by railroad prior to the war. Its strategic position next to the railroad bed and the rivers offered Grant easy access to points along the front, as well as good transportation and communications with Fort Monroe, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Supplying the Army
More important than being the headquarters for the United States Armies, City Point was the supply base for the Union forces fighting at Petersburg. Overnight the tiny village became one of the busiest ports in the world as hundreds of ships arrived off its shores bringing food, clothing, ammunition, and other supplies for the Union army. For example, on an average day during the siege the Union army had stored in and around City Point 9,000,000 meals of food and 12,000 tons of hay and oats. The only food not imported from the North was bread, which the army produced on site. In a bakery built on the grounds commissary personnel produced 100,000 rations of bread a day for the hungry soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Contributor: Gary Carlberg (50690535)
Graduated US Military Academy West Point 1854
Appointed Captain US Army 8161
Brevetted Brigadier General For Gallantry and Distinguished Service
Chief Commissary of Svbsistence of the Armies operating against Richmond
Retired January 18, 1897
To understand his contributions to the campaign against Richmond, it is good to learn about Grant's logistical headquarters at City Point, VA.
From NPS Petersburg National Battlefield website: During the siege of Petersburg General Grant's headquarters was at City Point, Virginia, eight miles behind Union lines. A small port town at the confluence of the James and Appomattox Rivers, City Point had been connected to Petersburg by railroad prior to the war. Its strategic position next to the railroad bed and the rivers offered Grant easy access to points along the front, as well as good transportation and communications with Fort Monroe, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Supplying the Army
More important than being the headquarters for the United States Armies, City Point was the supply base for the Union forces fighting at Petersburg. Overnight the tiny village became one of the busiest ports in the world as hundreds of ships arrived off its shores bringing food, clothing, ammunition, and other supplies for the Union army. For example, on an average day during the siege the Union army had stored in and around City Point 9,000,000 meals of food and 12,000 tons of hay and oats. The only food not imported from the North was bread, which the army produced on site. In a bakery built on the grounds commissary personnel produced 100,000 rations of bread a day for the hungry soldiers fighting in the trenches.
Contributor: Gary Carlberg (50690535)
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