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Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road

Confederate Commanders

Lieut. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill

Brig. Gen. William Mahone

Confederate Officers

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Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee

Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan

Brig. Gen. Birkett D. Fry

Brig. Gen. James Conner

Brig. Gen. James Dearing

Brig. Gen. Lumsford L. Lomax

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Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Gen. Robert E. Lee

Army of Northern Virginia

Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton

Chief of Artillery

Diary of the I Corps

Army of Northern Virginia

Col. James P. Simms

53rd Georgia Infantry

Commander, Simm's (Bryan's) Brigade

Maj. Gen. Bushrod R. Johnson

Commander, Johnson's Division

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June 21- 23, 1864

Petersburg, VA

Inconclusive

Also called 1st Battle of Weldon Railroad

Part of the Siege of Petersburg

Union Commanders

Maj. Gen. David B. Birney

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Union Officers

Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren

Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside

Brig. Gen. Francis C. Barlow

Brig. Gen. John Gibbon

Brig. Gen. Joshua T. Owen

Brig. Gen. Robert O. Tyler

Brig. Gen. Gershom Mott

Brig. Gen. Charles Griffin

Brig. Gen. Joseph J. Bartlett

Brig. Gen. Romeyn B. Ayres

Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford

Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson

Brig. Gen. John B. McIntosh

Brig. Gen. August V. Kautz

Brig. Gen. Byron R. Pierce

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p900

Davis, William C. "Death in the Trenches Grant at Petersburg." The Civil War. Vol. 25 of 27. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books,

          1986. p 55-56, 81-83

Hotchkiss, Jed. "Virginia." The Confederate Military History. Vol III Part I. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2008. p 518

Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.

------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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