Full name
Samuel Perkins Spear
Place of Birth
Boston, MA
Burial Place
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York, NY
Birth Date Certainty
Estimated
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
0
No. of Children
0
Occupation
Military
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Military
US military (Pre-Civil War)
Union Army
Date Event
In Hanover County, Virginia, Pennsylvania cavalry capture W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee, son of Robert E. Lee
In North Carolina, Union infantry land at Winton on the Chowan River to disrupt Confederate supply lines
In North Carolina, Union cavalry and infantry rendezvous on the Chowan River.
In North Carolina, Confederate defenders turn back a Union cavalry attack on the Weldon Railroad Bridge
At Ream's Station in Virginia, Confederate units make a powerful effort to regain the control of the vital Weldon Railroad
- In Virginia, Union attacks at Chaffin's Farm tighten the ring around Petersburg
In Virginia, Confederate attempts to relieve pressure on Petersburg are defeated on the Darbytown and New Market Roads
How to Cite This Page: "Spear, Samuel Perkins," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hddev.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/40103.