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Post by lordroel on Sept 16, 2023 5:39:10 GMT
Day 158 of the United States Civil War, September 16th 1861
District of Columbia
The United States Navy calls home its African squadron, which has been apprehending slave ships off the coast, in order to increase its strength at home.
The following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army:
- William Nelson
- Horatio Gouverneur Wright.
United States Navy, Captain Silas Horton Stringham tendered his resignation as commander of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron. He had received a letter from (United States) Assistant Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox that he felt indicated disapproval of his measures to enforce the blockade. Stringham’s resignation was accepted on September 18th 1861.
The United States Ironclad Board reported to (United States) Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles: "For river and harbor service we consider iron-clad vessels of light draught, or floating batteries thus shielded, as very important . . . Armored ships or batteries may be employed advantageously to pass fortifications on land for ulterior objects of attack, to run a blockade, or to reduce temporary batteries on the shores of rivers and the approaches to our harbors.'' The Board recommended construction of three ironclads (USS MONITOR, USS GALENA, and USS NEW IRONSIDE).
Virginia
Incidents at Harper’s Ferry, Magruder’s Ferry, and Princeton.
West Virginia
Leroy Pope Walker resigned as Confederate Secretary of War and sought a command in the Confederate Army.
United States Army, Colonel Robert Latimer McCook’s brigade joined United States Army, Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox near Carnifex Ferry and the combined force advanced to Spy Rock, on their way to confront the Confederates at Sewell Mountain.
A group of women from Morgantown, writing to the Wheeling Intelligencer under the signature "Many Ladies," requested that Kanawha, the proposed name for the new state, be changed to Western Virginia.
Pennsylvania
Local city militia units in Philadelphia received issue of a thousand new Enfield rifles recently purchased by the Committee of Councils on the Safety and Defence of the City. Four days earlier, the city council had passed resolutions pressing "the necessity of sustaining and building up the several bodies of troops dwelling in our midst for the safety and defense of our city" to resist any Confederate assault on Philadelphia.
Maryland
United States troops began a systematic search of Baltimore for caches of arms that could either find their way to the South or be used against them on the streets of the city. Almost immediately, they discovered a hundred rifles concealed beneath the Egeton and Keyes Auction House at Saratoga and North Streets. Soon after, troops seized around sixty muskets from the armory of the Independent Grays, a city militia unit. Searches continued over the next few days but few other finds were made.
New York
After just three issues of James A. McMaster's new Catholic journal called the Freeman's Appeal, all largely critical of the Lincoln Administration, (United States) Secretary of State Seward ordered the United States Marshal in New York, Robert Murray, to arrest McMaster and suspend its publication. McMaster was imprisoned at Fort Lafayette in New York Harbor. He was freed on October 23rd 1861 after taking a loyalty oath but did not resume publishing till April 1862.
Mississippi
Confederate forces evacuated Ship Island in Mississippi Sound as the presence of United States naval forces made it impossible to sustain them.
Missouri
Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard,“General” D R Atchison crossed the Missouri River to the southern bank during the night and prepared for a fight with United States troops reported to be in the area. United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel John Scott was encamped nearby in Centreville, ten miles north of Liberty, when he heard artillery fire in the distance.
Kentucky
The steamship USS CONESTOGA under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Seth Ledyard Phelps, captured the Confederate steamers V R STEPHENSON and GAZELLE on the Cumberland River.
Maryland
The 34th New York Infantry Regiment (United States) skirmished with enemy scouts at Seneca Creek, opposite Poolesville.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 17, 2023 8:22:58 GMT
Day 159 of the United States Civil War, September 17th 1861Virginia Leroy Pope Walker, is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Judah Philip Benjamin succeeded Leroy Pope Walker as acting (Confederate States) Secretary of War. Thomas Bragg replaced Judah Philip Benjamin as 2nd Confederate States Attorney General. Operation at Cheat Mountain ended. United States Army, Brigadier General Joseph Jones Reynolds began preparations for a new offensive against the Confederate forces stationed at Camp Bartow on the Greenbrier River. IndianaAt around eight o'clock in the evening, a train carrying four companies of the 19th Illinois Infantry Regiment (United States) crashed into Beaver Creek near Huron, Indiana, around 140 miles west of Cincinnati when the bridge gave way after a derailment. Two cars suffered the most severe damage when, after landing in the creek, the box car and caboose landed on top of them. Eighteen men in these cars were killed and dozens others injured, many severely. Sabotage was suspected but later a broken rail was determined to be the cause. Drawing: the train crash MarylandIncidents at Point of Rocks and Great Falls. New YorkMembers of the 48th NY Volunteer Infantry Regiment (United States), the "Continental Guard," recruited mainly from Brooklyn, leave the state under the command of United States Army, Colonel James H. Perry for three years of federal service. MississippiIncident at Ship Island. A landing party under the command of United States Navy, Captain Melanchthon Smith from the gunboat USS MASSACHUSETTS took possession of the abandoned and incomplete fortifications on Ship Island without facing a shot. The Confederates had evacuated the island on the preceding day. North CarolinaA landing party led by United States Navy, Lieutenant J Y Maxwell from the sloop-of-war USS PAWNEE destroyed Confederate guns and fortifications at Fort Ocracoke on Beacon Island, closing Ocracoke Inlet to blockade-runners. United States Navy, Admiral D. D. Porter later wrote: "The closing of these inlets [Hatteras and Ocracoke] to the Sounds of North Carolina sent the blockade runners elsewhere to find entrance to Southern markets, but as channel after channel was closed the smugglers' chance diminished. . ."MissouriUnited States Army, Brigadier General Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss moved his troops along and to the north of the Hannibal & St Joseph Railroad to protect the area from guerrilla actions by pro-Confederate agitators. In a skirmish at Morristown, a Confederate force was defeated with a loss of seven men killed. United States losses were reported as three killed and six wounded. (Missouri) Operations to Control Missouri - Action at Blue Mills LandingUnited States forces attempted to prevent pro-Confederate Missouri State Guards from leaving northern Missouri to cross the Missouri River near the confluence with the Blue River. The secessionists were on their way to reinforce Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, Major General Sterling Price at Lexington. United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel John Scott broke camp at Centreville at 2 am. He arrived in Liberty at 7 am and sent scouts to locate the enemy. Skirmishing began at about 11am. At noon, Scott marched five miles in the direction of the firing and approached Blue Mills Landing on the Missouri River. Scott had a force of about 600 men including detachments of the 3rd Iowa Infantry Regiment (United States), some Home Guards, and one 6-pounder gun. Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, Major-General D R Atchison also marched in the direction of the firing and approached Blue Mills Landing. Atchison, who lived in Liberty, deployed his men in the brush on either side of the Missouri River bottomland road leading to the landing. At about 3pm, Scott’s troops encountered the State Guard pickets and were attacked from both sides. Scott’s artillerymen fired two rounds of canister, inflicting heavy losses. However, a fresh volley from the State Guards scattered or killed most of the gunners. Scott ordered his outnumbered force to fall back to the bluffs in Liberty, hauling off the gun by hand. Atchison attempted a flanking movement on the United States right, which resulted in a sharp fight. The United States forces continued to withdraw, firing as they retreated, taking with them nearly all of their wounded, but abandoning their ammunition wagon and a caisson. The State Guard pursued for some distance, but Atchison did not press the attack. Just before nightfall, Scott’s force retired to Liberty, entering the town about an hour after sunset. After sunset, the United States troops returned to retrieve their dead from the field. Atchison and the State Guards from northern Missouri then crossed the river to reinforce Price for his attack on Lexington. United States losses where nineteen dead as a result of the fighting. Approximately 80 were wounded. Three men Confederate were killed; 18 were wounded.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 18, 2023 2:52:40 GMT
Day 160 of the United States Civil War, September 18th 1861District of ColumbiaDuring the summer of 1861, a four-person Board chaired by United States Navy, Captain Samuel Francis Du Pont was formed to study the implementation of the blockade and make recommendations to improve its efficiency. In the Board’s report presented on July 16th 1861, it was recommended that the Atlantic region should be divided into northern and southern sectors. On September 18th 1861, the (United States) Navy Department approved this division with the dividing line being the border between North Carolina and South Carolina, although the implementation of this was delayed for a time. United States Navy, Captain Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough was nominated to command the Atlantic Blockading Squadron, succeeding United States Navy, Captain Silas Horton Stringham who resigned when he believed that his efforts were not properly recognized. VirginiaThe gunboat USS RESCUE under the command of Master Edward L Haines, captured the Confederate schooner HARTFORD with a cargo of wheat and tobacco on the Potomac River. MarylandSkirmish near Berlin. Kentucky The Pro-United States legislature of Kentucky stipulates that force should be used to eradicate Confederate forces from the state, while the Southern troops under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Simon B. Buckner counter such pressure with an advance into Bowling Green. With the state's early hope of neutrality gone, the Pro-United States Kentucky state legislature voted to drive out Confederate forces. They named United States Army, Brigadier General Robert Anderson, the hero of Fort Sumter, as commander of the state militia with headquarters in Louisville and United States Army, brigadier general Thomas L. Crittenden head of the state guard. Anderson's poor health meant that his tenure lasted only three weeks after which he resigned and turned over command to United States Army, Brigadier General William T. Sherman. The United States Post Office ordered the Louisville Courier excluded until further notice from the mails due to its demonstrated "hostility to the Government and authorities of the United States." (Missouri) Operations to Control Missouri - Siege of LexingtonPro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, Major General Sterling Price had besieged the United States garrison in Lexington since September 13th 1861. Price determined to order a new assault on Lexington. Price’s Missouri State Guard advanced under heavy United States artillery fire, pushing the enemy back into their inner works. Price’s guns responded to United States Army, Colonel James A Mulligan’s artillery with nine hours of bombardment, using heated shot in an endeavour to set afire the Masonic College and other United States positions. Mulligan stationed a youth in the attic of the college’s main building, and the boy extinguished all incoming rounds before they could set the building ablaze. Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, Brigadier General Thomas Harris ordered his soldiers from his 2nd Division Missouri State Guard to capture the large and important Anderson house. It was being used as a hospital and, shocked at what he considered a violation of the Laws of War, United States Army, Colonel James A Mulligan ordered the structure to be retaken. Company B of the 23rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (United States), Company B of the 13th Missouri Infantry Regiment (United States), and volunteers from the 1st Illinois Cavalry Regiment (United states) charged from the United States lines and recaptured the house, suffering heavy casualties in the process. Harris’s troops recaptured the hospital later in the day and it remained in Missouri State Guard hands thereafter. Map: Map of the last three days of battle
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Post by lordroel on Sept 19, 2023 2:41:06 GMT
Day 161 of the United States Civil War, September 19th 1861
District of Columbia
John Blair Smith Todd, is appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Issued by the United States War Department on September 19, 1861, General Orders Number 80, placed United States Army, Brigadier General Ormsby M. Mitchel in command of the Department of the Ohio:
General Orders No. 80
War Dep’t, Adjutant General’s Office,
Washington, September 19, 1861
1. The military Department of Ohio will, in future, consist of the State of that name, Indiana, and so much of Kentucky as lies within fifteen miles of Cincinnati, under the command of Brigadier General Mitchell, of the United States Volunteers; headquarters Cincinnati.So much of Virginia as lies west of the Blue Ridge mountains will constitute, in future, a separate command, to be called the Department of Western Virginia, under the command of Brigadier General Rosecrans; headquarters in the field. The latter will continue to draw reinforcements by requisitions upon the Governor of Ohio, as heretofore, or by order addressed direct to the U.S. Commander of that State, as often as may be necessary.
2. The attention of officers of the regular army is again directed to section 11 of the act of Congress approved August 3d, 1861, and promulgated in General Orders No. 54, current series, from this office, which prescribes that in all cases of enlistment and re-enlistment in the military service, the prescribed oath may be administered by any commissioned officer of the army. Fees to civil officers, for said service, will therefore not be admitted.
By Order:
L. Thomas, Adjutant General
Virginia
Governor of Virginia John Letcher issued a proclamation calling for sheriffs in the counties for which vacancies had occurred at the Virginia State Convention to hold elections on October 24th. Twelve western Virginia counties were covered by this proclamation.
The following are appointed Major Generals in the Confederate States Army:
- Gustavus Woodson Smith.
- Earl Van Dorn.
West Virginia
The Department of Western Virginia, under the command of United States Army, Brigadier General William Starke Rosecrans, was created under General Orders No. 80 from the Adjutant General's Office. The Department of Western Virginia consisted of Virginia west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its area was taken from the Department of the East and the Department of the Ohio.
Missouri
Two detachments landed from Union gunboats to reconnoitre near Glasgow clashed during the night. They fired by mistake on each other and four men were reported killed and several wounded.
North Carolina
The gunboat USS GEMSBOK captured the blockade-running schooner HARMONY, en route from Nova Scotia to Ocracoke.
South Carolina
United States Army, Brigadier General Thomas West Sherman assumed command of the expedition which was preparing to land at Port Royal in November 1861.
New York
The 47th New York Infantry Regiment (United states), with 678 Soldiers, recruited principally from New York City leave for Washington, D.C. under the command of United States Army, Colonel Henry Moore.
Department of the Ohio
The Department of the Ohio was reorganised to include Ohio, Indiana, and the part of Kentucky within 15 miles of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The states of Ohio and Indiana were transferred from the Department of the East to the Department of the Ohio.
The part of Kentucky within 15 miles of Cincinnati transferred from the Department of the Cumberland to the Department of the Ohio.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 20, 2023 2:54:21 GMT
Day 162 of the United States Civil War, September 20th 1861
Virginia
United States Army, Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox occupied Sewell Mountain, which had been abandoned by Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Henry Alexander Wise. Gradually four United States brigades of the Army of Occupation concentrated in the area but lengthy supply lines and difficult terrain soon forced their withdrawal back to Gauley Bridge.
Kentucky
Confederate troops evacuated Mayfield.
Maryland
Skirmish opposite Seneca Creek.
Missouri
Incident at Osceola.
(Missouri) Operations to Control Missouri - Siege of Lexington
The Confederates kept the United States forces trapped in Lexington under heavy artillery fire and prepared for a final attack to end the siege. Early in the morning, Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, Major General Sterling Price’s men advanced behind mobile breastworks made of water-soaked bales of hemp, in order to storm the United States works at the Anderson House in a rush. Although the United States defenders poured red-hot cannon shot into the advancing bales, their soaking in the Missouri River the previous night had given them immunity to the United States shells. By early afternoon, the rolling fortification had advanced close enough for the Southerners to take the United States works in a final rush. United States Army, Colonel James A Mulligan requested surrender terms after midday, and by 2 pm his men had vacated their trenches and stacked their arms.
The United States reported 36 killed, 117 wounded, 8 missing and 3,000 captured while the Confederates suffered 30 killed, 120 wounded. United States Army, Colonel James A Mulligan refused to give his parole along with his men but was nevertheless escorted out of Confederate captivity as a gesture of respect for his robust defence.
New York
Troops recruited from Erie and Chautauqua counties as part of the 49th New York Infantry Regiment (United States), the Second Buffalo Regiment, leave for Washington, D.C. under the command of United States Army, Colonel David D. Bidwell.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 21, 2023 2:52:57 GMT
Day 163 of the United States Civil War, September 21st 1861District of ColumbiaEdward Dickinson Baker, is appointed Major General in the United States Army. Despite his assurance that only “tangible and unmistakable evidence” existed for holding the suspected Marylanders, (United States) President Abraham Lincoln instructs (United States) Secretary of State William Seward to review the case of “Mr. Miller,” an employee “at the Arsenal” who has been “implicated for disloyalty, by some evidence before the Congressional Investigating Committee.” A personal interview has satisfied the president that the man is actually a loyal Unionist. VirginiaAlbert Gallatin Blanchard, is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army. Confederate States Army, General Robert E. Lee, is in immediate command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, West Virginia. A boat from the gunboat USS SEMINOLE (1 × 280 mm Dahlgren gun, 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 6 × 32-pounder guns, 1 × light 12-pounder gun) under the command of United States Navy, Commander Edward R. Thomson captured the sloop MARYLAND on the Potomac River. Drawing: USS SEMINOLE Kentucky Reconnaissance to Columbus began. Former (United States) Vice-President, John Cabell Breckinridge (1857 - 1861) and Presidential candidate in 1860, left Frankfort to join the Confederates. MissouriA Confederate force was attacked at Papinsville (Papinville). United States losses were reported as 17 killed and 40 wounded; Confederate losses were reported as 40 killed and 100 captured. Tennessee Confederate States Army, General Joseph E. Johnston, calls upon the state of Tennessee for 30,000 men. Confederate States Army, Major General Leonidas Polk is assigned to the command of the 1st (or Western) Division, the Confederate Forces, Department No. 2,. New YorkSome 700 troops serving under United States Army, Colonel Francis L. Vinton and the 43rd New York Infantry Regiment (United States), known as the Vinton Rifles or the Albany and Yates’ Rifles, deparet for Washington, D.C. for their three-year federal service. The regiment was raised primarily in Albany with five companies from Albany, two from New York city, one from Montgomery county, one from Washington county and one from Otsego county. Department of the OhioUnited States Army, Brigadier General Ormsby McKnight Mitchel arrived to command the Department of the Ohio, succeeding United States Army, Major General William Starke Rosecrans.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 22, 2023 6:10:31 GMT
Day 164 of the United States Civil War, September 22nd 1861
District of Columbia
United States Navy, Captain William Wister McKean assumed command of the Gulf Blockading Squadron of the United States Navy, succeeding United States Navy, Captain William Mervine.
In another “Private & confidential” communication, this time with the United States Senator who had replaced Stephen Douglas upon the latter’s death, (United States) President Abram Lincoln asserts that Fremont’s proclamation is “purely political, and not within the range of military law:” If a commanding General finds a necessity to seize the farm of a private owner, for a pasture, an encampment, or a fortification, he has the right to do so, and to so hold it, as long as the necessity lasts; and this is within military law, because [it is] within military necessity. But to say the farm shall no longer belong to the owner, or his heirs forever; and this as well when the farm is not needed for military purposes as when it is, is purely political, without the savour of military law about it. And the same is true of slaves.”
Kentucky
Reconnaissance to Columbus ended.
Incident at Mayfield Creek.
Missouri
The 7th Iowa Infantry Regiment (United States) encountered Confederate cavalry at Elliott’s Mill and reported three casualties.
Incident at Camp Crittenden.
Pro-United States Jayhawkers from Kansas led by James Henry Lane burned the town of Osceola.
North Carolina
The gunboat USS GEMSBOK (4 × 8 200 mm guns and 2 × 32-pounders) under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Lewis Drake Voorhees captured the schooner MARY E PINDAR off Federal Point, attempting to run the blockade with a cargo of lime.
Tennessee
Confederate States Army, General Albert Sidney Johnston called upon the states of Arkansas and Mississippi to raise 10,000 men each for service in the defense of Tennessee.
Territory of New Mexico
Navajo Indians gathered at Fort Fauntleroy in New Mexico for an issue of rations and friendly horseraces between the Navajo and the New Mexico Volunteers stationed there. A convivial atmosphere was transformed with a disagreement over the final race of the day, the visitors expelled, and a Navajo man shot dead by a sentry. In all, the troops killed twelve Navajo men, women, and children and wounded around forty more.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 23, 2023 7:34:55 GMT
Day 165 of the United States Civil War, September 23rd 1861
District of Columbia
United States Navy, Captain Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough assumed command of the Atlantic Blockading Squadron of the United States Navy, succeeding United States Navy, Captain Silas Horton Stringham.
The following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army:
- John Gross Barnard.
- Winfield Scott Hancock.
- John Newton.
- Innis Newton Palmer.
- Stewart Van Vliet.
- Seth Williams.
Virginia
Gabriel James Rains, is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Confederate troops approached Romney and encountered United States scouts at Mechanicsburg Gap and Hanging Rock Pass.
Incident at Romney.
Skirmish at Cassville.
Kentucky
The timberclad gunboat USS LEXINGTON under the command of United States Navy, Commander Stembel, proceeded to Owenshoro, Kentucky, "for the purpose of keeping the Ohio River open" and in order to protect United States interests in the area. Such expeditions deep into territory with Confederate sympathies were fundamental in containing Southern advances in the border states.
Troops under the command of Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollifcoffer’s command encountered United States scouts at Fort Albany.
Missouri
In addition to his Senate service, United States Army, Colonel James Henry Lane raised a brigade of “Jayhawkers”, composed of the 3rd Kansas Infantry Regiment (United States), 4th Kansas Infantry Regiment (United States) and the 5th Kansas Infantry Regiment (United States). He led this mixed force against pockets of pro-Confederate resistance in northwestern Missouri. His raids culminated in the sacking and burning of Osceola, during which Lane’s Kansas Brigade killed at least nine or ten men for the loss of one man killed and four wounded. The Jayhawkers pillaged, looted, and burned the town. Lane was severely criticised and his brigade was later broken up because of its dearth of discipline.
Missouri
United States Army, Major General John Charles Frémont closed the Evening News newspaper in St Louis, in retribution for criticising his inactivity with respect to the Siege of Lexington.
North Carolina
The steamship USS CAMBRIDGE under the command of United States Navy, Commander W.A. Parker captured the British schooner JULIA bound for Beaufort.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 24, 2023 8:04:56 GMT
Day 166 of the United States Civil War, September 24th 1861
District of Columbia
Prince Philippe d'Orleans, Comte de Paris, was the twenty-three year-old grandson of King Louis Philippe, the deposed king of France. He and his younger brother, Robert, Duc de Chartres, traveled to the United States and took commissions in the United States Army and served on the staff of General George McClellan during the Peninsular Campaign.
Virginia
James Ewell Brown (JEB) Stuart, is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Incident at Romney - The 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) and 8th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) advanced from New Creek towards Romney. They forced Mechanicsville Gap, reporting 3 killed and 10 wounded, and a Confederate loss of 15 killed and 30 wounded.
Louisiana
The schooner USS DART (one 12-pounder howitzer) captured the Confederate schooner CECELIA off the coast. The captured ship was later fitted out and renamed as the Union cruiser USS Huntsville.
Maryland
The 28th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel John White Geary engaged in a skirmish at Point of Rocks.
Missouri
Stung by criticism of his lacklustre performance, United States Army, Major General John Charles Frémont concentrated his forces to begin a more energetic campaign and named his field command the Western Army.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 25, 2023 2:55:01 GMT
Day 167 of the United States Civil War, September 25th 1861
District of Columbia
United States Army, Brigadier General Sylvester Churchill, Inspector-General of the United States Army, retired.
(United States) Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles instructed Flag Officer Samuel Francis Du Pont, commanding South Atlantic Blockading Squadron regarding the employment of black men as sailors and workers: “The Department finds it necessary to adopt a regulation with respect to the large and increasing number of persons of colour, commonly known as ‘contrabands.’ now subsisted at the navy yards and on board ships-of-war. These can neither be expelled from the service, to which they have resorted, nor can they be maintained unemployed, and it is not proper that they should be compelled to render necessary and regular services without compensation. You are therefore authorized, when their services can be made useful, to enlist them for the naval service, under the same forms and regulations as apply to other enlistments. They will be allowed, however, no higher rating than ‘boys,’ at a compensation of ten dollars per month and one ration per day.”
Virginia
Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Henry Alexander Wise, is relieved from command in Western Virginia.
United States Army, Brigadier-General William Farrar Smith led 3,000 men to reconnoitre and forage between the Chain Bridge over the Potomac and Lewinsville. The 54th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) engaged a Confederate force at Chapmansville, reporting 29 Confederates killed for the loss of 4 men killed and 8 wounded.
The gunboat USS JACOB BELL (one 8" Dahlgren smoothbore gun and one 32-pounder gun) under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Edward P. McCrea, and the gunboat USS SEMINOLE (1 × 11 280 mm Dahlgren gun, 1 × 30-pounder Parrott rifle, 6 × 32-pounder guns and 1 × light 12-pounder gun) under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Charles S. Norton, engaged Confederate battery at Freestone Point, Virginia.
The Confederate Army of the Potomac around Manassas Junction was reorganised to form two unofficial “Corps” or groups of divisions. The newest group (unofficially II Corps) was assigned to Confederate States Army, Major General Gustavus Woodson Smith. Smith’s command mainly comprised the forces of the former Army of the Shenandoah. The unofficial I Corps was also formed under Confederate States Army, General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and was mainly made up of Beauregard’s original Manassas brigades.
California
Expedition to Temecula Ranch began.
Expedition to Oak Grove began.
The District of Southern California is created, United states Army, Colonel George, 9th Infantry Regiment (United States), is assigned to its command, consisting of the following counties:
- Buena Vista.
- Los Angeles.
- Santa Barbara.
- San Bernardino.
- San Diego.
- San Luis Obispo.
- Tulare.
Kentucky
A party of seventeen Confederate recruits, including James Brown Clay, the son of the renowned United States Senator from Kentucky, Henry Clay, was captured at Danville while travelling to join Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer’s forces.
New Mexico Territory
Skirmish at Canada Alamosa.
Brazil
The merchant cruiser CSS SUMTER under the command of Raphael Semmes captured the American ship JOSEPH PARK off the northeastern coast of South America. The ship was burned three days later at sea.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 26, 2023 2:50:00 GMT
Day 168 of the United States Civil War, September 26th 1861
Kentucky
Expedition from Cumberland Ford to Clay County began. The five-day Union operation left Cumberland Ford and involved skirmishes at Laurel Bridge and Laurel County
Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Felix Kirk Zollicoffer captured the Salt Works in Clay County,
Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner destroyed the locks at the mouth of the Muddy River near Lucas Bend.
Missouri
Skirmishes at Belmont and Hunter’s Farm.
A skirmish at Lucas Bend resulted in four Confederates killed and five captured and an unknown Union loss.
New Mexico Territory
Skirmish at Fort Craig.
Skirmish at Fort Thorn.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 27, 2023 2:53:18 GMT
Day 169 of the United States Civil War, September 27th 1861
Virginia
The following Confederate command assignments took place:
- Confederate States Army, Major General John P. McCown, - Department of East Tennessee.
- Confederate States Army, Major General Samuel Jones, - District of Middle Tennessee.
Missouri
A Confederate force commanded by Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Simon Bolivar Buckner arrived near Lucas Bend. The United States controlled the nearby river locks at the mouth of the Muddy River but abandoned their position after finding that they were outnumbered. Buckner’s men destroyed the locks.
United States forces engaged the advanced guard of a Confederate force led by Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Benjamin McCulloch near Shanghai in Benton County.
Fifteen transport ships moved a United States force of 15,000 men from St Louis up the Missouri River.
Skirmish near Norfolk involving the 8th Illinois Infantry Regiment (United States under the command of United States Army, Colonel Richard James Oglesby.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 28, 2023 2:52:06 GMT
Day 170 of the United States Civil War, September 28th 1861District of Columbia(United States) President Abraham Lincoln, at the request of Congress, had in early August issued a proclamation designating the last Thursday in the upcoming month of September as "a day of humiliation, prayer, and fasting for all the people of the nation." Accordingly, churches and civic groups across the country, especially in the large cities of the North, held observations on this, the designated day. The following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army: - John Milton Brannan. - William Thomas Harbaugh Brooks. - William Wallace Burns. - William Henry French. - John Porter Hatch. - Randolph Barnes Narcy. - Isaac Ingalls Stevens. - David Sloane Stanley. - William Kerley Strong. - George Sykes. - Thomas Williams. - George Wright. Virginia The Confederates evacuated Munson’s Hill, where an outpost had been maintained within sight of the centre of Washington, D.C. Drawing: Confederate positions on the hill in September 1861 The 71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Edward D Baker moved forward and occupied the height, only to discover that the single field gun which had protected it since July was no more than a decoy, a so-called “Quaker Gun” consisting of a timber log on a fake carriage. The discovery of dummy guns keeping the United States Army at bay aroused public indignation and scandal against the apparent inactivity of the Army of the Potomac. Drawing: Munson's Hill, with the Earthwork thrown up by the Confederates in front of the United States Lines Skirmish near Vanderburgh’s House at Bailey’s Crossroads near Munson’s Hill. KentuckyA Confederate detachment seized 200 barrels of salt and destroyed the Goose Creek Salt Works in Clay County. They returned to their camp at Cumberland Ford on 30 September 30. North CarolinaThe sidewheel steam frigate USS SUSQUEHANNA captured the Confederate schooner SAN JUAN, bound for Elizabeth City with a cargo of salt, sugar, and gin.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 29, 2023 7:08:40 GMT
Day 171 of the United States Civil War, September 29th 1861
District of Columbia
Feeling the pressure from various directions, (United States) President Abraham Lincoln reminds Governor of Indiana, Oliver P. Morton of the national scope that his attentions must take:“I write this letter because I wish you to believe of us (as we certainly believe of you) that we are doing the very best we can. You do not receive arms from us as fast as you need them; but it is because we have not near enough to meet all the pressing demands; and we are obliged to share around what we have, sending the larger share to the points which appear to need them most. As to Kentucky, you do not estimate that state as more important than I do; but I am compelled to watch all points.”
Virginia
Accidental mishap at Munson's Hill, or Camp Advance, VA, with the 69th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
(United States) firing a volley into their sister regiment, the 71 Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
(United States), before the mistake could be discovered, nine men had been killed and around twenty-five wounded in this "friendly fire" incident.
North Carolina
Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Daniel Henry Hill, CSA, is ordered to North Carolina.
The sidewheel steam frigate USS SUSQUEHANNA captured the schooner BALTIMORE off Hatteras Inlet.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Hopkinsville.
Maryland
Skirmish at Berlin.
Missouri
United States Army, Major General John Charles Frémont set out from St Louis to drive back the pro-Confederate forces around Lexington. His grandiose plan encompassed the capture of Little Rock, Arkansas, followed by a march to Memphis, Tennessee, and then an expedition to capture New Orleans, Louisiana. His command numbered 38,000 men formed into five divisions and they were ordered to converge first at Springfield in southwest Missouri. Pro-Confederate Missouri State General Sterling Price advised his unarmed men to return home and to await a new call to arms while he retired with his 7,000 best-equipped troops towards the Osage River.
Tennessee
Skirmishes at Albany and Travisville involving the 12th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William Anderson Hoskins and Home Guards of Houstonville attacked a Confederate encampment. The 100 Confederate troops refused to surrender and, after losing four casualties, they retreated into the surrounding hills.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 30, 2023 6:05:06 GMT
Day 172 of the United States Civil War, September 30th 1861
District of Columbia
Adley Hogan Gladden, is appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Over the last several days of the month, United States Naval ships capture Confederate vessels of various types as the United States blockade slowly begins to take shape.
Virginia
Albin Francisco Schoepf, is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Kentucky
United States expedition to Clay County and Cumberland Ford ended.
The Reverend William Blount Carter presented to United States States army, Brigadier General George Henry Thomas a scheme for an audacious raid to burn the railway bridges in East Tennessee.
Louisiana
The gunboat USS DART under the command of United States Navy, Acting Master Wheeler, captured the schooner ZAVALLA off Vermillion Bay.
USS NIAGARA under the command of United States Navy, Captain John Pope, captured the pilot boat FROLIC at the South West Pass of the Mississippi River.
The CECELIA, currently crewed as a prize by USS HUNTSVILLE (one 64-pounder gun and two 32-pounder guns) under the command of United States Navy, Commander Cicero Price, captured the blockade-running schooner RANCHERO west of Vermillion Bay.
New Mexico Territory
An operation against the Indians began from Camp Robledo began, led by Confederate States Army, Captain R. Hardeman.
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