179th New York Volunteer Infantry

A Union Regiment Forged in the Petersburg Campaign

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chapter 7
June 17, 1864
Burnside's Charge Mid-June 1864 June 16 June 16, 6 p.m. June 17, 4 a.m. June 17, Sunrise at 4:48 a.m. June 17, 6 p.m. Ninth Corps, June 18
June 17, 6 p.m.
Adapted from Michler Warren's Fifth Corps on the left Hancock's Second Corps on the right Potter had attacked before sunrise, Willcox shortly after daybreak and both divisions were regrouping