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Post by lordroel on Aug 12, 2024 2:46:15 GMT
Day 490 of the United States Civil War, August 12th 1862
Virginia
William Barksdale,is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Hearing that the United States Army of Virginia had concentrated at Culpeper Court House, Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson withdrew from Cedar Mountain across the Rapidan towards a more defensible position nearer to Gordonsville. United States Army, Major General John Pope scouted to the Rapidan and then withdrew back to Culpeper.
West Virginia
At a war meeting in Wheeling, John Sherman and John Bingham spoke and resolutions were passed in support of the United States and condemning John S. Carlile.
Tennessee
After making a forced march from Sparta, Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan surprised the United States garrison at Gallatin on the vital Louisville & Nashville Railroad. The garrison comprised detachments from the 2nd Indiana Infantry Regiment (United States), 4th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (United States), 5th Kentucky Infantry Regiment (United States), and 1st Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (United States). After the Confederates captured the town and the defenders, they burned the railroad depot and destroyed some bridge trestles. Morgan’s men also set fire to a captured United States supply train loaded with hay and pushed it into the 800-foot railroad tunnel seven miles north of the town. The wooden support beams caught fire and burned until the tunnel collapsed, closing the tunnel and the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for several months. Morgan reported United States casualties as 80 killed or wounded and 200 prisoners for the loss of 24 Confederates.
Alabama
The destruction of the railroad tunnel near Gallatin, Tennessee, suddenly severed the main line of supply for United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell’s army at Bridgeport. The Cumberland River was too low for navigation and Buell was forced to consume his depot of rations collected at Stevenson. The long bridge over the Tennessee River was now finally repaired at Bridgeport, opening his route towards Chattanooga, Tennessee, but Buell lacked the assurance of the supplies he required being available to sustain that advance.
Louisiana
United States troops evacuated Baton Rouge. United States Army, Colonel George W Cahill took over the command from United States Army, Brigadier General Thomas Williams, who had been killed at Baton Rouge a week earlier. The brigade was transported back to New Orleans, to strengthen the city’s defence.
Missouri
A United States expedition set out from Camp Gamble to search for Confederate guerrillas.
Skirmish between Humansville and Stockton involving the 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Van Buren involving the 24th Missouri Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Sempronius H Boyd.
A United States expedition set out from Fort Leavenworth for Independence to intercept the Confederate guerrillas who had captured the town and were now heading for Kansas City.
Texas
The gunboat USS ARTHUR under the command of United States Navy, Acting Lieutenant John W Kittredge, captured the armed schooner BREAKER at Aransas Pass, near McGloin;s Bluffs.
The Confederate schooner ELMA and sloop HANNAH were burned in Nueces Bay near Corpus Christi to prevent their capture by the gunboat USS ARTHUR (six 32-pounder smoothbore guns).
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Day 491 of the United States Civil War, August 13th 1862VirginiaUnited States reconnaissance towards Orange Court House. Skirmish near Orange Court House involving cavalry under United States Army, Brigadier General John Buford. Skirmish at Blue Stone. The United States steamers USS GEORGE PEABODY and USS WEST POINT collided on the Potomac River. Over 70 men were killed or drowned in the accident. Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee determined with certainty that the United States Army of the Potomac was being withdrawn from the Peninsula to reinforce United States Army, Major General John Pope near Culpeper. He put ten brigades from Confederate States Army, Major General James Longstreet’s Right Wing on the march to join Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s Left Wing of the army near Gordonsville. That left Lee with half of Longstreet’s Right Wing to observe United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan’s remaining force on the James River. He also moved Confederate States Army, Brigadier General John Bell Hood’s division of his own and Colonel Evander McIver Law’s brigades to Hanover Junction to block any southward advance from Fredericksburg. United States Army, Major-General Ambrose Everett Burnside’s troops were concentrating at Fredericksburg after disembarking at Aquia. TennesseeSkirmish at Huntsville in Scott County involving the 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William Clift. Skirmish near Medon, fifteen miles south of Jackson involving troops under United States Army, Brigadier General Leonard Fulton Ross. Confederate States Army, Colonel John S Scott’s cavalry departed Kingston to precede the invasion of Kentucky ahead of General Braxton Bragg’s army. Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith marched north from Knoxville with 21,000 men and headed for the Cumberland Gap. The Confederate raiders of Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan were driven out of Gallatin by United States Army, Colonel J F Miller, commanding the 69th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) and 11th Michigan Infantry Regiment (United States). TexasUSS KENINGTON under the command of United States Navy, Acting Master Crocker, seized the schooner Troyoff Sabine Pass, with a cargo of cotton. GeorgiaUnited States Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont reported the presence of two Confederate rams and ironclads at Savannah. One of them was described as more of a floating battery with eight 10-inch guns, which was listing, leaky, and lacked power. Their purpose was to protect vessels running the blockade into the Savannah River. CSS GEORGIA and CSS ATLANTA were too slow and drew too much water to be effective warships. The two ships remained at anchor in the river between Fort Jackson and the first river obstructions, a few hundred yards apart. The intention was to move CSS ATLANTA closer to the stern of CSS Georgia so that it could bear its guns as a floating battery to cover the obstructions. The CSS ATLANTA was expected to remain all but immobile. LouisianaConfederate States Army, Major General John Cabell Breckinridge was summoned to command a division at Chattanooga. Part of his force that had attacked Baton Rouge was dispersed to help garrison Port Hudson and Vicksburg. The remainder rejoined the Army of Tennessee. MissouriSkirmish at Yellow Creek (or Muscle Fork) on the Chariton River involving United States Navy, Colonel Odon Guitar’s 9th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States). Skirmish on the Grand River. North CarolinaExpedition to New Bern began. Reconnaissance to Swansbore began. Skirmish on the Black River, twenty miles above Georgetown, involving Confederates from Major R P Emanuel’s 4th South Carolina Cavalry. South CarolinaUnited States Navy, Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont reported on the presence of two Confederate rams and ironclads at Charleston. The ironclads at Charleston were the RICHMOND class casemate ironclad CSS PALMETTO STATE (1 × 7 in (178 mm) Brooke rifle, 1 × 6.4 in (163 mm) Brooke rifle and 2 × 8 in (203 mm) smoothbore guns), and the ironclad ram CSS CHICORA (2 x 9 in (229 mm) smoothbores and 4 x 6 in (152 mm) 32-pounder muzzle loading rifles). Both ironclads were slow and had inadequate engines, which required frequent repairs. Their armour was four inches thick in a casemate design. Each ironclad carried a spar torpedo, projecting from the bow either clear of the water or submerged five or six feet below the surface, as required. Every night one or more of these two ironclads anchored in the channel near Fort Sumter to deter a night attack on Fort Sumter or a dash into the harbour by United States ships. The later CSS COLOMBIA had six inches of iron on her casemate and was superior to the other ironclads. However, CSS COLOMBIA became flooded and never rendered valuable service. For all their defects, the Charleston warships provided some protection to Charleston harbour. Painting: Confederate ironclads CSS CHICORA and CSS PALMETTO STATE in Charleston Harbor
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Post by lordroel on Aug 14, 2024 2:49:33 GMT
Day 492 of the United States Civil War, August 14th 1862
(YouTube) Civil War Week By Week - The Battle of Cedar Mountain (August 8th-14th 1862)
District of Columbia
(United States) President Abraham Lincoln speaks to a visiting delegation of Free Blacks on the subject of slavery and colonization amidst the current backdrop of warfare: “But for your race among us there could not be war, although many men engaged on either side do not care for you one way or the other. . . . It is better for us both, therefore, to be separated.” The President notes that while Liberia has been a possibility for such relocation: “The place I am thinking about for having a colony is in Central America.” Touting the advantages of this choice, Lincoln asks the delegation to consider the proposal.
(United States) President Abraham Lincoln issues a Executive Order:
August 14, 1862
War Department,
Order Respecting Volunteers and Militia.
Ordered, first. That after the 15th of this month bounty and advanced pay shall not be paid to volunteers for any new regiments, but only to volunteers for regiments now in the field and volunteers to fill up new regiments now organizing, but not yet full.
Second. Volunteers to fill up new regiments now organizing will be received and paid the bounty and advanced pay until the 22d day of this month, and if not completed by that time the incomplete regiments will be consolidated and superfluous officers mustered out.
Third. Volunteers to fill up the old regiments will be received and paid the bounty and advanced pay until the 1st day of September.
Fourth. The draft for 300,000 militia called for by the President will be made on Wednesday, the 3d day of September, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 5 p.m., and continue from day to day between the same hours until completed.
Fifth. If the old regiments should not be filled up by volunteers before the 1st day of September, a special draft will be ordered for the deficiency.
Sixth. The exigeneies of the service require that officers now in the field should remain with their commands, and no officer now in the field in the regular or volunteer service will under any circumstances be detailed to accept a new command.
By order of the President:
Edwin M. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
Virginia
From the Confederate war department, John B. Jones is convinced that General Lee will accomplish great things, having “gone up the country to command in person. Now let Lincoln beware, for there is danger.”
Skirmish at Blue Stone,
United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan continued to evacuate the Army of the Potomac from the Peninsula as ordered by United States Army, General-in-Chief Major General Henry Wager Halleck. The V Corps and VI Corps began to board transports bound for Aquia. Confirmation of the accelerating withdrawal was communicated by a deserter to Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee.
Missouri
Expedition to Independence ended.
Expedition from Ozark to Forsyth began.
A United States force from the 5th Missouri Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States) encountered a group of Confederate guerrillas near and forced them to retreat. They burned the homes of suspected guerrillas in the area.
North Carolina
Expedition to New Bern ended.
A United States reconnaissance began from Newport to Swansboro under United States Army, Colonel Charles A Heckman (9th New Jersey Infantry).
South Carolina
The gunboat USS POCAHONTAS under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant George B Balch and the steam tug TREATY made an expedition up the Black River from Georgetown and exchanged fire at close range with Confederate troops along both banks of the river. They fought their way for 20 miles during an unsuccessful attempt to capture the steamer Nina.
Tennessee
Skirmish at Mount Pleasant between Confederate guerrillas and Union troops from the command of Brigadier-General James Scott Negley.
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith departed Knoxville and commenced his invasion of Kentucky with the field forces of the Department of East Tennessee. Smith’s army comprised three of his four divisions totalling 12,000 men under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Henry Heth, Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, and Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Thomas James Churchill. The fourth division of Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Carter Littlepage Stevenson was left behind with a further 9,000 men to keep the pressure on United States Army, Brigadier General George Washington Morgan’s garrison of 8,000 men at Cumberland Gap.
Washington Territory
Skirmish at Grande Ronde Prairie involving the 1st Regiment of Washington Territory Volunteer Infantry (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Justus Steinberger and the 1st Oregon Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of under the command of United States Army, Colonel Thomas R. Cornelius.
Indian Territory
Skirmish at La Bonti Creek.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 15, 2024 2:47:36 GMT
Day 493 of the United States Civil War, August 15th 1862
Virginia
Georgian Irby Scott recounts the fighting he and his comrades had experienced earlier at Cedar Mountain to the “Loved ones at home.” After describing the losses in his regiment he turns to a happier subject, but then embraces the darker reality of his point: “Gen. [Jubal] Early rode up to our regt just as the fight closed, and said the 12th Ga. was his fighting regt he has seven or eight regts in his brigade. . . . I like a good name, but I think we have most too much of it for our own good.” Scott is worried about conditions at home: “I feel great solicitude on your account the times are so hard and every thing so high. I do not see how you are going to get along then sell your cotton at such a low price. I wish I could send you some money, but at this time I have none to spare. I have to buy all rations and pay the cash for them everything is high here as well as it is in Georgia. Bacon is worth from 35 to 50 cents a pound, flour $5 per hundred etc.”
Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee left Richmond by train and reached Gordonsville to take command of the reunited forces of the Army of Northern Virginia of Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson and Confederate States Army, Major General James Longstreet. This force numbered 55,000 men. The United Army of Virginia under United States Army, Major General John Pope also numbered about 55,000 men and was deployed around its headquarters at Culpeper. The centre of the United States line was posted at Cedar Mountain and its left was opposite Clark’s Mountain.
United States Army, Colonel Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn assumed command of United States forces in the Kanawha Valley.
United States expedition from Fredericksburg to Port Royal began.
Reconnaissance to Aldie and Centreville began.
United States Navy, Commodore Charles Wilkes, commanding the James River Flotilla, ordered the wooden-hulled broadside ironclad USS GALENA under the command of United States Navy, Commander John Rodgers, the double-ended gunboat USS PORT ROYAL and USS SATELLITE to cover the withdrawal of the left wing of the Army of the Potomac from Harrison’s Landing.
West Virginia
Under orders of United States Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox, troops of the 1st and 2nd provisional brigades began march to Camp Piatt from the Pack's Ferry and Raleigh County areas:
Special Orders,
No. 150.
Hdqrs. District of the Kanawha.
Flat Top Mountain, August 14, 1862.
1.The First Provisional Brigade will move to Camp Piatt, taking up its march at 3 o'clock to-morrow morning. The detachment of Twenty-third Regiment at Pack's Ferry will thoroughly destroy all boats, large and small, in that vicinity, doing the same as secretly as possible after dark to-night.
2. Colonel Moore, with the Second Provisional Brigade, will move to Raleigh Court-House, starting at the time above ordered. At Raleigh he will leave the Thirty-seventh and Thirty-fourth Ohio, and proceed to Camp Piatt with the Twenty-eighth, Simmonds' battery, and Schambeck's cavalry. Captain McMahan's company, Second Virginia Cavalry, will accompany the Second Brigade and be under Colonel Moor's command to Raleigh, and will there report to Colonel Siber, Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
3. The whole movement will be conducted in the best order possible, and the destination will be concealed from all except officers immediately and necessarily obliged to be informed. Each evening rations for the next day will be cooked, and the march will be commenced each morning at the same hour. Commandants of brigades will see that all possible means are taken to keep the columns well closed, to prevent straggling and make speed.
By command of Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox:
G. M. Bascom,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
Mississippi
Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg, resumes command of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi.
Texas
The Confederate steamer A BEE ran aground at the entrance of the Nueces River near Corpus Christi and was burned to avoid capture by USS ARTHUR under the command of United States Navy, Acting Lieutenant John W Kittredge.
Arkansas
Skirmish at Clarendon.
Louisiana
Incident at Port Hudson.
Missouri
Incident at White Oak Ridge.
United States Army, Major Emory S Foster led a force of 740 to 800 men from Lexington to Lone Jack. Other United States forces were dispatched from Kansas under United States Army, Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt (2,500 men) and from Missouri under United States Army, Brigadier General Fitz Henry Warren (600 men), but they would not arrive in time for the impending engagement. On reaching the Lone Jack area, Foster received intelligence that 1,600 Confederates under Confederate States Army, Colonel J T Coffee and Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel Tracy were camped near town and he prepared to attack them. The Confederate command was more accurately estimated at 800 men. At about 11 pm, Foster and his men attacked the Confederate camp and dispersed the enemy. The firing of his two guns during this brief skirmish proved to be Foster’s undoing, for it alerted Confederate States Army, Colonel Vard Cockrell and other Confederate commands in the area of Foster’s position. Foster’s men had returned to town to rest along the main street having spent several days in the saddle. Cockrell conferred with guerrilla leaders Upton Hays, Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel Sydney D Jackman, and DeWitt C Hunter and determined to give battle the next morning to overwhelm the much smaller United States force.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 16, 2024 7:13:25 GMT
Day 494 of the United States Civil War, August 16th 1862
District of Columbia
United States Army, Brigadier General Charles Pomeroy Stone was released from prison after serving 189 days of servitude for falsely supposed offences arising from the scandalous defeat at Ball’s Bluff.
Virginia
Edward Dorr Tracy is appointed Major General in the Confederate States Army.
Expedition from Fredericksburg to Port Royal ended.
Reconnaissance to Louisa Court House by Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee’s cavalry brigade began.
Skirmish at Wire Bridge.
The United States Army of the Potomac completed its evacuation of the fortified camp at Harrison’s Landing and the final rearguards crossed the Chickahominy River on their way to Yorktown and Fort Monroe.
Aware that United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan’s Army of the Potomac was being transported by sea from the James River to join United States Army, Major General John Pope’s army at Culpeper, Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee decided to seize the initiative against Pope. He devised a plan to use Clark’s Mountain to shield the concentration of his army and to attack Pope’s eastern flank. This would cut Pope from the main route along which reinforcements from McClellan’s army were expected to arrive and also sever his direct line of communications with Washington, DC. A cavalry brigade was ordered to cross upstream in the darkness to destroy the bridge at Rappahannock Station and sever the railroad. That would be the prelude for a general advance that would trap the United States Army of Virginia between the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers. Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson proposed an immediate advance but Confederate States Army, Major General James Longstreet advised a day to wait for the army’s logistics to be improved and for the staff to plan the operation more thoroughly. Lee agreed to the delay as his cavalry had not yet arrived to carry out the raid into the enemy’s rear. The Confederate army moved up to defensive positions along the Rapidan River with orders to cross at dawn the following day.
Alabama
United States Army, Major-General Don Carlos Buell received word that 15,000 Confederate troops were heading to attack Nashville from the direction of Knoxville. Buell sent for the two divisions of reinforcements promised to him from the army of United States Army, Major General Ulysses Simpson Grant. Buell sent United States Army, Major General William Nelson to Kentucky to raise and train new forces to defend his lines of communications and to suppress the persistent Confederate raiders. This new force covering his rear would release his field army to engage in more proactive campaigns in Tennessee and Alabama.
Arkansas
A United States naval expedition left Helena for the Mississippi River and Yazoo River. United States Navy, Lieutenant-Commander Seth Ledyard Phelps led a fleet including CITY-class ironclad gunboat USS MOUND CITY, ironclad river gunboat USS BENTON, Gunboat USS GENERAL BRAGG, and the rams USS MONARCH, USS SAMSON, USS LIONESS, and USS SWITZERLAND, under United States Army, Colonel Alfred Washington Ellet. The fleet convoyed troops under United States Army, Colonel Charles Robert Woods for a joint expedition up the Mississippi from Helena as far as the Yazoo River. The force was to be landed at various points en route to raid and disrupt Confederate riverside installations.
Kansas
The United States Army of Kansas of United States Army, Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt was established with three brigades. These were led by United States Army, Brigadier General Frederick C Salomon, United States Army, Colonel William Weer, and United States Army, Colonel William F Cloud.
Kentucky
Governor of Kentucky, Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky since 1859, resigned from his post.
Louisiana
Incident at Milliken’s Bend.
Mississippi
Skirmish at Horn Lake Creek between the 5th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (United States) and Confederate guerrillas.
(Mississippi) Operations North of Boston Mountains - Battle of Lone Jack
(YouTube) Battle of Lone Jack - August 15th -16th 1862)
On August 15th 1862 United States Army, Major Emory S. Foster, under orders from Totten, led a 740-man combined force from Lexington to Lone Jack. Other forces were dispatched from Kansas under United States Army, General James G. Blunt (2,500 men) and Missouri under United States Army, General Fitz Henry Warren (600 men), but they would not arrive in time for the engagement. Upon reaching the Lone Jack area, Foster received intelligence that 1,600 Confederates under Confederate States Army, Colonel John T. Coffee and Confederate States Army, Lieutenant colonel Tracy were camped near town and prepared to attack them. The estimate of the Confederate command was revised down to only 800 and at about 11:00 p.m., Foster and his men attacked the Confederate camp and dispersed the enemy. The firing of his cannon during this brief skirmish proved to be Foster's undoing, for it alerted Confederate States Army, Colonel Vard Cockrell and other Confederate commands in the area of Foster's position and intent to fight. Foster's men returned to town to rest along the main street, having spent several days in the saddle. Confederate States Army, Colonel Cockrell conferred with Confederate States Army, colonel Upton Hays, Confederate States Army, Lieutenant colonel Sidney D. Jackman, and DeWitt C. Hunter and determined to give battle the next morning with the intent of overwhelming the much smaller Union force.
Cockrell's plan was to clandestinely deploy Hunter, Jackman and Tracy's forces in a field to the west of town well before sunrise on August 16th and await the opening of the fight. Hays was to initiate the battle with a mounted attack from the north as daylight approached, whereupon the others would launch a surprise flank attack. Hays did not attack as early as planned, instead reconnoitering the other commands before advancing. As daylight appeared Foster's pickets became aware of Hays' advance. This gave Foster's men a brief opportunity to deploy, spoiling the element of surprise.
With sunrise exposing them while awaiting Hays' tardy advance, Jackman, Hunter, and Tracy attacked but were held in check. Hays then performed a dismounted attack from the north. Together his force and Tracy's crumpled the United States right flank, forcing the 7th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States) commanded by United States Army, Captain Milton H. Brawner back onto the artillery. The cannoneers now began a desperate fight. United States Army, Captain Long's 2nd Battalion Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States) concealed behind a hedge row of Osage orange trees poured a crossfire on the Confederates, temporarily repulsing them.
On the other side of the field Hunter's force was stalled by three companies of United States Army, Captain Plumb's 6th Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States). A mounted force (possibly Coffee's) approached on Hunter's flank and he mistook them for Federals. The mounted men attacked but were surprised and repulsed by fire from Capt. Slocum's company of the 7th Missouri State Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States) behind another Osage orange hedge. Hunter, now short of ammunition, abandoned the field for the ammunition train, exposing Jackman's flank. Jackman was also short of ammunition and retired as well.
Tracy's and Hays' commands renewed their attack to the north, eventually displacing the Indiana artillerists. With no remaining Confederate threat to the south, Captain Plumb now counterattacked to the north, reclaiming the artillery. Jackman and Hunter's resupplied men then returned to the field. Hays attempted to counterattack but a counter-charge by Plumb forced him to retreat. Much of the fighting then devolved into a war of attrition between Confederates on the western side of the street, United States men on the right with their artillery in the middle. The artillerists were soon routed and the guns changed hands several times. Foster recaptured the guns a final time, being severely wounded himself in the process.
After five hours of fighting and the loss – by wounding – of Foster, Confederate States Army, Colonel John T. Coffee and his 800 men reappeared north of town causing Foster's successor, United States Army, Captain Milton H. Brawner, to order a retreat. The men left the field in good order and returned to Lexington. The cannon were hastily spiked or disabled and hidden before the Federals departed. The Confederates secured a victory, but the approach of United States forces including Blunt and Fitz Henry Warren forced the Rebels to withdraw on August 17th. General Fitz Warren occupied the town that day.
United States Army, Captain Milton H. Brawner reported United States losses as 43 killed, 154 wounded, and 75 missing/captured, a casualty rate of 34 percent and this was almost certainly too low. Confederate States Army, Colonel Hunter reported burying 119 Federals and 47 Rebels, but the true losses are unknown. Excluded from Hunter's total were an unknown number of dead Confederates claimed by their friends and families for burial elsewhere. A recent roll call list of Federals killed at the action as compiled in service records by Wayne Schnetzer reveals 65 killed and at least 29 who later died from wounds received at Lone Jack. The list of known Confederate participation and deaths is less complete, but at least 55 names are listed as killed, with at least 4 others later succumbing to their wounds.
Tennessee
Skirmish at Cumberland Gap.
Skirmish at Rogers’ Gap.
Skirmish at Meriwether’s (or Merryweather’s) Ferry on the Obion River involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General Grenville Mellen Dodge.
The Confederate Army of Kentucky was established under Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith in eastern Tennessee. Smith commanded four divisions under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Carter Littlepage Stevenson, Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Henry Heth, Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, and Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Thomas James Churchill. A cavalry contingent was commanded by Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan. The army passed over the Cumberland Mountains and crossed into Kentucky.
(Texas) Operations to Blockade the Texas Coast - Battle of Corpus Christi
A United States naval force, comprising USS SACHEM, USS REINDEER, USS BELLE ITALIA, and the yacht USS CORYPHEUS (one 30-pounder rifle and one 24-pounder howitzer), all under the command of United States Navy, Acting Lieutenant John W Kittredge, began a bombardment of Corpus Christi.
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Day 495 of the United States Civil War, August 17th 1862VirginiaConfederate States Army, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, is assigned to the command of all the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia. United States reconnaissance to Forge Bridge and Jones’ Bridge. West VirginiaUnited States Army, Major General, Jacob Dolson Cox turned over command of the District of the Kanawha to United States Army, Colonel J. A. J. Lightburn: Hdqrs. District of the Kanawha,
Gauley Bridge, Va., August 17, 1862.
General Orders, No. 31.
1.Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox hereby turns over to Col. J. A. J. Lightburn, Fourth Virginia Volunteers, the command of this district.
2. Commandants of all the forces in the Kanawha Valley not already ordered to accompany the commanding general out of the district will report to Colonel Lightburn for orders.
3. Brigade Surg. George M. Kellogg will report for duty to Colonel Lightburn as medical director of the district.
4. Commandants of the several posts now held will proceed immediately to put such positions in the strongest defensive condition, so that they may serve as bases for active operations at any time.
By command of Brig. Gen. J. D. Cox:
G. M. Bascom,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.ArkansasExpedition to Helena ended. KansasUnited States expedition from Fort Leavenworth to Hickory Grove began. KentuckySkirmish at Flat Lick. A United States force of Home Guards arrived at Mammoth Cave and ran into a small group of Confederate guerrillas. A brief skirmish ensued and the Confederates were captured. Confederate States Army, Colonel John S Scott’s cavalry made an expedition covering 160 miles to attack London near Richmond. They defeated parts of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (United States) and the 3rd Tennessee Infantry Regiment (United States) in a two-hour battle. Only 65 United States soldiers escaped to the nearby mountains; 50 men were killed or wounded and 75 were captured. MinnesotaOperation at New Ulm began. A Sioux Indian uprising began in the state of Minnesota. The Santee Sioux of Minnesota under Chief Little Crow, angered by the failure of the United States government to provide annuities and by the poor quality of rations, went on the rampage. They murdered several settlers near the small town of Acton and began a week of attacks against nearby settlements and United States forces. They killed approximately 800 settlers and soldiers in all, took many prisoners, and caused extensive property damage throughout the Minnesota River Valley. Fort Ridgely, about twelve miles from the Lower Sioux Agency, became the refuge for white civilians. The fort’s commander, United States Army, Captain John S Marsh, set out with most of his men for the Lower Sioux Agency. Before reaching the agency, a large force surprised the soldiers, and killed half of them including Marsh, before pursuing the survivors back to the fort. MissouriExpedition to Forsyth and Ozark ended. After the Confederate victory at Lone Jack, United States forces led by United States Army, Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt and United States Army, Brigadier General Fitz Henry Warren arrived and forced the Confederates to withdraw from the area. Warren occupied the town of Lone Jack the same day. North Carolina A landing party from the gunboat USS ELLIS (1 32-pounder rifled cannon and 1 12-pounder howitzer) under the command of United States Navy, Master Benjamin H Porter, destroyed Confederate salt works, a battery, and barracks near Swansboro. Pencil drawing: USS ELLIS TennesseeSkirmish at Pine Mountain.
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Day 496 of the United States Civil War, August 18th 1862
District of Columbia
The United States Army’s Adjutant-General’s Office took steps to improve the calibre of officers promoted to General Officer grades in the United States Regular Army. Any such promotion or appointment would now require proof of “meritorious or distinguished services“. For promotions to General Officer grades in the United States Volunteers, the candidate would need to have shown that they “by some successful achievement in the field shall have displayed the military abilities required….” Provisions were also made to examine the conduct, character, and fitness of such candidates.
Virginia
In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session.
Skirmish at Huttonsville.
Skirmish at Clark’s Mountain involving United States troops from the command of United States Army, Brigadier General Jesse Lee Reno.
Skirmish near Rapidan Station.
Warned of his vulnerability by a copy of the Confederate plans captured at Racoon Ford the previous day, United States Army, Major-General John Pope prepared to move to a safer position along the northern bank of the Rappahannock River. He needed to escape a threat to envelop his left flank and to cut off his line of retreat at Rappahannock Bridge. Such a move would trap Pope’s army between the Rappahannock River and the Rapidan River.
The late arrival of the cavalry brigade of Confederate States Army, Brigadier-General Fitzhugh Lee from Hanover caused a further postponement to the impending Confederate advance across the Rapidan against the United States army of United States Army, Major General John Pope.
Alabama
Stung by repeated criticisms of his advance towards Chattanooga, United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell tendered his resignation to General-in-Chief Major-General Henry Wager Halleck. His resignation was not accepted but he was required to maintain his advance despite the difficulties which Buell had explained.
Kentucky
James F Robinson became the 22nd Governor of Kentucky.
Incident at Albany.
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith’s army reached Barboursville, ensuring the isolation of the United States garrison at Cumberland Gap. His army of four divisions rested for one week and prepared to advance further into Kentucky.
Louisiana
United States naval forces under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander S L Phelps, including USS MOUND CITY, USS BENTON, USS GENERAL BRAGG and the army rams USS MONARCH, USS SAMSON, USS LIONESS, and USS SWITZERLAND, captured the steamer FAIRPLAY near Bolivar above Vicksburg, with a large cargo of arms. The expedition also destroyed a newly erected Confederate battery about 20 miles up the Yazoo River.
Minnesota
A group of Sioux warriors successfully ambushed a Union detachment at Redwood Ferry, killing several soldiers.
Missouri
Expedition to Camp Gamble ended.
Skirmish at White Oak Ridge.
Tennessee
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin H Bristow led 800 Kentucky cavalrymen to Clarksville, which was held by the 71st Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) with 320 men under the command of United States Army, Colonel Rodney Mason. The Confederates demanded the surrender of the garrison and this was given. Mason was later cashiered from the service by (United States) President Abraham Lincoln for “repeated acts of cowardice in the face of the enemy.”
United States troops from the command of United States Army, Brigadier General Grenville Mellen Dodge encountered a small group of Confederate guerrillas at Dyersburg and dispersed them.
United States troops from the command of United States Army, Brigadier General Grenville Mellen Dodge captured two Confederate steamers between Waggoner’s Landing and Walker’s Landing on the Tennessee River.
Texas
A landing party of sailors from gunboat USS BELLE ITALIA, supported by ships’ gunfire, attempted to seize a Confederate battery at Corpus Christi. They were driven back by a cavalry force. The fleet lacked troops to maintain an occupation, ended its bombardment and withdrew. Despite the shortage of soldiers to garrison Corpus Christi, Sabine City, or Galveston, the United States fleet effectively controlled the Texas coast and pinned down Confederate forces to defend the ports.
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Day 497 of the United States Civil War, August 19th 1862
District of Columbia
The following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army:
James Birdseye McPherson.
Orlando Bolivar Willcox.
Virginia
Expedition to Fredericksburg and Port Royal began.
Reconnaissance to Aldie and Centreville ended.
Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee climbed to a signal station on Clark’s Mountain and observed that the United States camps around Culpeper were abandoned. He also saw long lines of United States wagons heading northwards. He ordered a pursuit to begin the following day, having realised that he had failed to trap the United States Army of Virginia between the Rapidan and Rappahannock Rivers.
Department of the Ohio (United States)
The United States Department of the Ohio is re-established, comprising of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Kentucky east of the Tennessee River; United States Army, Major General Horatio G. Wright, commanding.
Alabama
United States reconnaissances from Woodville to Guntervsille began.
Arkansas
Skirmish at Clear Creek.
Idaho Territory
Expedition against Snake Indians began.
Louisiana
Skirmish at Tallulah Station.
Minnesota
Sioux Indians passed by Fort Ridgely on their way to New Ulm.
Mississippi
United States expeditions from Rienzi to Marietta and Bay Springs began.
Skirmish at Marietta involving United States troops from Colonel Albert Lindley Lee’s 7th Kansas Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Missouri
Incident at Clear Creek.
Skirmish at White Oak Ridge.
Tennessee
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan began a raid on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad.
United States Navy, Captain John Ancrum Winslow in command of the sloop-of-war USS ST LOUIS the burning by Confederates of the steamer SWALLOW , which had run aground below Memphis.
New York
Newspaper editor Horace Greeley decides to ramp up pressure on President Lincoln regarding emancipation by publishing, “The Prayer of Twenty Millions.” Using his influential New York Tribune as the platform, Greeley observes:“I do not intrude to tell you—for you must know already—that a great proportion of those who triumphed in your election, and of all who desire the unqualified suppression of the rebellion now desolating our country, are sorely disappointed and deeply pained by the policy you seem to be pursuing with regard to the slaves of rebels.”
Greeley insists that Lincoln’s failings regarding slavery and rebellion dated from the inauguration of his administration: “Had you, sir, in your Inaugural Address, unmistakably given notice that, in case the rebellion already commenced, were persisted in, and your efforts to preserve the Union and enforce the laws should be resisted by armed force, you would recognize no loyal person as rightfully held in Slavery by a traitor, we believe the rebellion would have received a staggering if not fatal blow. . . . Had you then proclaimed that rebellion would strike the shackles from the slaves of every traitor, the wealthy and the cautious would have been supplied with a powerful inducement to remain loyal.”
Greeley is convinced that the president has been too long under conservative influences that have checked his willingness to do more to exhibit “a frank, declared, unqualified, ungrudging execution of the laws of the land, more especially of the Confiscation Act.”
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Day 498 of the United States Civil War, August 20th 1862
Virginia
Skirmish at Brandy Station.
Skirmish at Bull Run.
Skirmish at Freeman’s Ford.
Skirmish at Raccoon Ford.
Skirmish at Rappahannock Station.
United States Amy, Major General Pope continued his withdrawal of the Army of Virginia from its exposed position at Clark’s Mountain to the line of the Rappahannock River, completing the relocation the following day.
All the United States troops of the Army of the Potomac retreating from Harrison’s Landing reached Yorktown, Newport News, and Fortress Monroe, and prepared to embark for Washington, DC. United States Amy, Major General Fitz John Porter’s V Corps completed its embarkation during the day at Newport News and left for Aquia Creek.
United States Amy, Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside was ordered to move his IX Corps from Fredericksburg westwards to join United States Amy, Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia near Culpeper.
In the early morning, Confederate States Army, Colonel William Henry Fitzhugh Lee led his cavalry brigade to Kelly’s Ford on the Rappahannock River. They drove away a small United States cavalry force. Meanwhile,
Confederate States Army, Brigadier General James Ewell Brown Stuart led the bulk of his cavalry toward Stevensburg. During the afternoon, they encountered five Union regiments under Brigadier-General George Dashiell Bayard. The Confederates forced the United States cavalry to turn back towards the Rappahannock River. The majority of the United States force managed to escape across the river but 64 men were captured. The Confederates suffered 3 men killed and 13 wounded.
Alabama
Reconnaissances to Guntersville and Woodville ended.
Louisiana
United States Amy, Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler sent transports upriver to Baton Rouge to withdraw the garrison from the city and to return the troops to New Orleans.
Skirmish at Baton Rouge involving Confederate troops from the command of Confederate States Amy, Brigadier General Daniel Ruggles.
Confederate States Amy, Major General Richard Taylor arrived in Alexandria to organise the defence of western Louisiana. He found fewer than 2,000 troops available to defend the region. There were two troops of Home Guard cavalry, a battalion of Texan mounted infantry, and a mob of scattered guerrillas. He commenced a strenuous effort to strengthen and train his forces, to equip and supply them, so that they could conduct disruptive operations towards New Orleans.
Minnesota
About 400 Sioux warriors began to attack Fort Ridgely, which was commanded by United States Amy, Lieutenant Timothy J Sheehan (5th Minnesota Infantry), but they were repulsed.
Mississippi
Incidents at Marietta and Day Springs.
Missouri
United States reconnaissance to Dunklin County, Stoddard County, and Wayne County began.
Skirmish at Union Mills.
Tennessee
Raid on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tennessee
Skirmish at Murfreesboro.
Skirmish at Pilot Knob.
Skirmish at Drake’s Creek
Skirmish at Manscoe Creek near Edgefield Junction.
Skirmish at Edgefield Junction.
West Louisiana (Confederate States)
Confederate States Army, Major General Richard Taylor is assigned to the command of the District of West Louisiana.
Trans-Mississippi Department (Confederate States)
The Districts of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas are constituted into the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department.
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Day 499 of the United States Civil War, August 21st 1862
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Virginia
The Confederate States Navy now comprised nine squadrons. The Charleston Squadron in South Carolina existed from 1862 to 1863, the European Squadron from 1863 to February 1865, the Galveston Squadron in the Trans-Mississippi area from 1861 to 1863, the James River Squadron in Virginia from 1861 to 1865, the Mississippi River Squadron from 1861 to 1862, the Mobile Squadron in Alabama from 1862 to 1864, the North Carolina Squadron from 1862 to 1864, the Red River Squadron in 1863, and the Savannah River Squadron in Georgia from 1861 to 1864.
In Southwest Virginia, Confederate States Army staff officer Edward O. Guerrant reacts to the news that Queen Victoria has reiterated a policy of nonintervention in the American conflict: “We will conquer our independence, & be under no obligations to ‘Her Britannic Majesty’ or any other Crowned head on Earth. We will prove to the world that a brave & determined people, by the help of God, cannot be conquered.”
The 58th New York Infantry Regiment (United States) operating with the of the United Army of Virginia occupied the north bank of the Rappahannock River. They were reinforced strongly and deterred all Confederate attempts to approach the crossings with a strong show of infantry and artillery.
Skirmish at Catlett’s Station.
Skirmish at Kelly’s Ford.
Skirmish at Beverly Ford (Cunningham’s Ford).
Skirmish at Freeman’s Ford involving the Union 9th New York Cavalry and 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States).
United States Army, Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman’s III Corps (Potomac) embarked near Fort Monroe and began to sail for Alexandria, following V Corps which had departed the previous day.
Tennessee
United States Army, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman informs the editors of the Memphis newspapers of his policy toward those civilians who not only harbor Confederate guerrillas, but allow them to operate in an area without specific involvement in their activities: “If an officer is in pursuit [of guerrillas] he would be perfectly justified in retaliating on the farmers among whom they mingle. It is not our wish or policy to destroy the farmers or their farms, but of course there is and must be a remedy for all Evils, if the farmers of a neighborhood encourage or even permit in their midst a set of Guerrillas they cannot expect to escape the necessary consequences. . . . These principles of war and common sense should be made familiar to the people that they may clearly understand how . . . they lay themselves clearly liable to all the risks of war without any of its excitement.”
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan was attacked by a force of 640 United States cavalry sent from McMinnville to stop his cavalry raiders. The United States Army, commander Brigadier General Richard W Johnson found the Confederates’ abandoned camp and then pursued them to Gallatin. In a running battle over three miles, the United States troops were overpowered. Johnson was captured along with 75 others. After further skirmishing along the Hartsville Road, Morgan went on to damage the Louisville & Nashville Railroad at Hartsville, seventeen miles east of Gallatin.
Minnesota
Incident at Fort Ridgely.
Mississippi
Expeditions to Marietta and Rienzi ended.
Reconnaissance to Bay Springs ended.
Missouri
Skirmish at Neosho involving the 6th Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Clark Wright.
South Carolina
Confederate forces launched a surprise attack on a United States company from 3rd New Hampshire Infantry Regiment (United States) posted on Pinckney Island and forced them to withdraw.
California
Incidents at Light Prairie near Arcata involving the 2nd California Infantry Regiment (United States).
Kansas
Incident at Paola.
Kentucky
Raid on Louisville & Nashville Railroad ended.
Incident at Yates Ford.
Louisiana
The United States garrison at Baton Rouge was withdrawn by river transports towards New Orleans.
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Day 500 of the United States Civil War, August 22nd 1862District of ColumbiaThe following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army: - John Reese Kenly. - Alexander Schimmelfennig. Although (United States) President Abraham Lincoln has taken steps internally to address emancipation, he responds to Horace Greeley’s publication of “The Prayer of Twenty Millions”:“As to the policy I ‘seem to be pursuing,’ as you say, I have not meant to leave anyone in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union, unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that. What I do about slavery, and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause.”Virginia Skirmish at Manassas. Skirmish at Hazel River. Skirmish at Leary’s Ford Skirmish at Kelly’s Ford. Skirmish at Johnson’s Ford. Skirmishes along the Rappahannock River. A Confederate raid continued towards Catlett’s Station. Confederate States Army, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart crossed the Rappahannock at Waterloo Bridge and Hart’s Ford with 1,500 cavalrymen from the brigades of Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Beverly Holcombe Robertson and Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Fitzhugh Lee, supported by two guns. His aim was to threaten and cut United States communications along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. The column reached Warrenton undetected and arrived after dark at Auburn Mills, within striking distance of Catlett’s Station. He overran a United States camp but darkness and torrential storms made further operations impossible. A captured slave known previously to Stuart volunteered to lead Stuart to United States Army, Major General John Pope’s headquarters. A raid was prepared for the pre-dawn morning. Confederate cavalry movements and skirmishes fixed United States Army, Major General John Pope’s army in place along the river while Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s wing of the army marched via Thoroughfare Gap to capture Bristoe Station, with the aim of destroying the United States supply depot at Manassas Junction, far in the United States rear. Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Albert Gallatin Jenkins began the Trans-Allegheny Raid in western Virginia. Alabama Skirmish at Trinity near Decatur involving the 3rd Michigan Cavalry Regiment (United States). GeorgiaThe wooden sidewheel steamet USS KEYSTONE STATE under the command of United States Navy, Commander William E Le Roy, captured the British schooner FANNY with a cargo of salt, near St Simon’s Sound. KentuckySkirmish at Crab Orchard. LouisianaUSS TENNESSEE under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant-Commander Philip C Johnson, was directed to move the United States Marine garrison from Pilot Town to occupy the Pensacola Navy Yard in Florida. (Minnesota) Dakota War of 1862 - Battle of Fort Ridgely (YouTube) Battle of Fort Ridgely - August 20th -22nd 1862)The Santee Sioux of Minnesota under Chief Little Crow attacked Fort Ridgley with 800 men for the second time in three days. The garrison and civilians held on to the fort. Map: Illustration of Fort Ridgely at the time of the battle in 1862 Mississippi. Skirmish at Bolivar. Washington Territory (United States) Expedition to Fort Walla Walla and Grande Ronde Prairie ended.
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Day 501 of the United States Civil War, August 23rd 1862
Virginia
Matthew Duncan Ector is made Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
In Yorktown, Va., United States Army, colonel Alvin Coe Voris explains that a brief visit home to Ohio was not as satisfactory as he had wished: “My time was so taken up with business that I did not get rested, and had hardly time to realize that I was really at home.” Now that he is back on duty, the depression extends to the war itself:“The war should have been closed before this, but as matters now indicate we will have another bloody year. I am not in a writing mood today.”
Confederate States Army, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart’s cavalry made a daring raid on United States Army, Major General John Pope’s headquarters at Catlett’s Station. The 1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment (Confederate States) and 5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (Confederate States) attacked parts of the United States camp. The 9th Virginia Cavalry Regiment (Confederate States) captured some officers from the staff of United states Army, Major General John Pope as well as Pope’s personal tent and some personal and military property. Among the items captured was Pope’s despatch book. Stuart’s engineer officer, Regiment Confederate States Army, Major W W Blackford, failed to destroy the railroad bridge over Cedar Run as the heavy, sodden timbers resisted all efforts to chop them or set them on fire. Stuart withdrew with 200 to 300 prisoners taken from the Maryland Purnell Legion and the 1st Pennsylvania Rifles Rehiment (United States). The raid ended after 26 hours, covering 60 miles. The reconnaissance confirmed that the United States Army of Virginia’s right flank was vulnerable to a turning movement.
Skirmish at Fauquier.
Skirmish at Sulphur Springs.
Skirmish at White Sulphur Springs.
Skirmish at Warrenton Springs.
Skirmish at Smithfield involving the 2nd Maryland Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Great Run.
Skirmish at Freeman’s Ford.
Skirmish at Fant’s (or Pant’s) Ford.
Skirmish at Beverly Ford.
Confederate raiders captured a United States train between Winchester and Harper’s Ferry.
Skirmish at Rappahannock Station involving the Confederate Washington (Louisiana) Artillery and 10th Georgia Infantry Regiment (Confederate States) under the command of Confederate States Army, Colonel George T Anderson.
Skirmish at Moorefield.
United States Army, Major General William Buel Franklin’s VI Corps (Potomac) completed its embarkation at Fort Monroe and headed for Alexandria and Washington, DC.
United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan embarked at Old Point Comfort to join the Army of the Potomac in northern Virginia.
United States Army, Brigadier General Jacob Dolson Cox took two brigades under United States Army, Brigadier-General Eliakim Parker Scammon and United States Army, Colonel Augustus Moor (Kanawha division) towards Virginia, leaving just two brigades to hold all the ground between Gauley and Charleston. Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee ordered Confederate States Army, Major General William Wing Loring to invade western Virginia to exploit this opportunity.
Alabama
Confederate raiders derailed and burned a train at Trinity near Decatur while under fire from United States troops.
California
Skirmish on Little River involving the 2nd California Infantry Regiment (United States).
Kentucky
Confederate States Army, Colonel John S Scott’s 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (Confederate States) ran into a force of United States cavalry at Big Hill on the road to Lexington at the western edge of the Cumberland Mountains. The United States troops consisted of the 7th Kentucky Cavalry Regiment (United States) and a battalion of the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (United States) commanded by United States Army, Colonel Leonidas Metcalfe. As Scott’s men approached, Metcalfe ordered a cavalry charge but no more than a hundred of his men followed him; the remainder fled at the first shot. A few men from the 3rd Tennessee Cavalry Regiment (Confederate States) rescued Metcalfe. Scott pursued the fugitives towards Richmond, twenty miles southeast of Lexington. During the chase, the Confederates captured a United States dispatch revealing that heavy United States reinforcements were marching to Richmond. United States casualties were 10 men killed and 40 wounded. The Confederates lost 25 killed and wounded.
Louisiana
A boat crew from USS ESSEX under the command of United States Navy, Captain William David Porter, was fired upon by Confederate guerrillas at Bayou Sara. USS ESSEX shelled the town in retaliation.
Minnesota
Operation at New Ulm ended.
Mississippi
Skirmish at Greenville involving the 76th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Charles R Woods.
Missouri
Skirmish at Four Mile.
Skirmish Near Wayman’s Mill on Spring Creek involving the 3rd Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel John M Glover.
Skirmish at Hickory Grove near Kansas City involving the 10th Kansas Infantry Regiment(United States) under the command of United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel John T Burris and the 6th Kansas Cavalry Regiment(United States).
South Carolina
The gunboat USS BIENVILLE under the command of United States Navy, Commander James Robert Madison Mullany, seized the British blockade-runner LOUISA off Cape Romain.
Tennessee
Skirmish near Fort Donelson involving the 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment (United states) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William W Lowe.
Anxious for his supply lines to Nashville, United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell ordered the two divisions on their way from United States Army, Major General Ulysses Simpson Grant to reinforce him at Stevenson and Bridgeport, Alabama, to change their route. They were re-directed towards Nashville by forced marches. Buell ordered the stores in his depot at Stevenson to be moved north in preparation for a full evacuation. The long bridge at Bridgeport, which had only been completed for two weeks, was now prepared for destruction.
Department of the Ohio (United States)
United States Army, Major General Horatio G. Wright, assumes the command of the Department of the Ohio, TN, etal.
Bahamas
The screw-assisted sloop of war USS ADIRONACK (2 × 11 in (280 mm) smoothbore guns, 4 × 32-pounder smoothbore guns, 2 × 24-pounder smoothbore guns and 1 × 12-pounder smoothbore gun) under the command of United States Navy, Captain Guert Gansevoort, ran onto a reef outside Man of War Cay and was abandoned after efforts to save her failed.
Cuba
The gunboat USS JAMES S CHAMBERS (four 32-pounder guns) under the command of United States Navy, Acting Master D Frank Mosman, seized the schooner CORELIA off the coast.
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Day 502 of the United States Civil War, August 24th 1862
Virginia
Skirmish at Coyle’s Tavern.
Skirmish at Fauquier.
Skirmish at Sulphur Springs.
Skirmish at White Sulphur Springs involving the 25th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William P Richardson and 75th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Rappahannock Station.
Skirmish at Waterloo Bridge involving the 23rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment (Confederate States).
Skirmish at Warrenton Springs.
United States Army, Major General Edwin Vose Sumner’s II Corps (Potomac) embarked on the Yorktown peninsula and began to sail to Aquia Creek. This meant that four of the five corps of the Army of the Potomac were now either disembarking or sailing for northern Virginia, leaving only United States Army, Major General Erasmus Darwin Keyes’ IV Corps (Potomac) still in the defences of Yorktown.
United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan came ashore at Aquia Creek to take over field command of the Army of the Potomac, which was concentrating between Aquia and Alexandria. He was advised that the two corps of United States Army, Major General Fitz John Porter (V Corps) and United States Army, Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman (III Corps) had already been designated for attachment to the command of United States Army, Major General John Pope and the Army of Virginia. Under instruction from United States Army, Major General Henry Wager Halleck, McClellan remained at Alexandria, assisting in the disembarkation of the rest of the Army of the Potomac and expediting their movement to join Pope.
Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee was given the captured despatch book of United States Army, Major General John Pope. This revealed that United States reinforcements from United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan’s army were expected to join Pope within five days. The leading element from United States Army, Major General Fitz John Porter’s V Corps was recorded as having already landed at Aquia Creek three days earlier and had marched the following day to Falmouth. Lee also learned that United States forces in western Virginia had been weakened to provide a division of reinforcements for Pope. This prompted and informed a new and ambitious plan for Lee to march urgently and boldly into Pope’s rear before these reinforcements took away the opportunity to attack him in detail. Lee rode to Jeffersonton, two miles from the Rapidan River, where Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson had his headquarters. He gave Jackson discretionary orders to march north behind the Bull Run Mountains and through Thoroughfare Gap to any convenient point where he could cut the United States lines of communications on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. If he forced a United States retreat by this risky manoeuvre, Lee proposed to reunite the two wings of his army in the vicinity of Manassas Junction.
The gunboat USS HENRY ANDREW (2 × 32 pdr (15 kg) guns and 1 × 20 pdr (9.1 kg) gun) under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Arthur S Gardner, was wrecked after grounding during a heavy gale fifteen miles south of Cape Henry.
Tennessee
In Memphis, United States Army, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman tells an old friend living in nearby Coahoma County, Mississippi: “I know it is no use for us now to discuss this War is on us. We are Enemies, still private friends. In the one Capacity I will do you all the harm I can, yet on the other if here you may have as of old my last Cent, my last shirt and pants. You ask me of your negroes, and I will immediately ascertain if they be under my Military Control and I will moreover see that they are one and all told what is true of all—Boys if you want to go to your master, Go—you are free to choose. You must think for yourselves, Your master has seceded from his Parent Government and you have seceded from him—both wrong by law—but both exercising an undoubted right to rebel. If your boys want to go, I will enable them to go, but I wont advise, persuade or force them.”
Kentucky
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith’s army left Barboursville and headed north after deciding that the fortifications at Cumberland Gap were too strong to assault. Smith had earlier agreed to march west to combine with General Braxton Bragg in Middle Tennessee but chose instead to march north in order to liberate pro-Confederate areas of central Kentucky. In Smith’s absence with the Army of Kentucky, Confederate States Army, Major General John Porter McCown assumed territorial command of the Department of East Tennessee at Knoxville far to the south.
Louisiana
A day after its boat crew was fired on by Confederate guerrillas, USS ESSEX under the command of United States Navy, Captain William David Porter, shelled the town of Bayou Sara in reprisal.
Missouri
Reconnaissances from Salem to Current River began.
Skirmish near Bloomfield involving the 24th Missouri Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Simpronius H Boyd.
Skirmish at Dallas.
Skirmish at Crooked Creek involving the Union 12th Missouri Militia Cavalry.
Skirmish near Lamar at Coon Creek involving Union troops from the command of Brigadier-General James Gilpatrick Blunt.
North Carolina
USS ISAAC N SEYMOUR under the command of United States Navy, Acting Master Francis S Wells, ran aground and sank in the Neuse River.
The gunboat USS STAR AND STRIPES (four 8-inch 55 cwt cannon and one 20-pounder Parrott rifle) under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant McCook, captured the British ship MARY ELIZABETH, attempting to run the blockade into Wilmington with a cargo of salt and fruit.
Texas
The yacht USS CORYPHEUS, tender to USS ARTHUR under the command of United States Navy, Acting Lieutenant John W Kittredge, captured the schooner WATER WITCH off Aransas Bay.
Azores
Confederate States Navy, Commander Raphael Semmes assumed command of the recently commissioned commerce raider CSS ALABAMA off the Azorean island of Terceira. The ship was a modern screw-steamer displacing 1,000 tons and was armed with three six 32-pounders on its broadsides and two pivot guns (a 7-inch rifle and an 8-inch smoothbore). Its engines gave 10 knots of speed under steam but sails could raise this to the speed of 15 knots, faster than most contemporary ships. The crew of 144 men began a long cruise to attempt the destruction of the United States merchant fleet.
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Day 503 of the United States Civil War, August 25th 1862
District of Columbia
John Potts Slough is made Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Virginia
As Confederate States Army, General Robert Edward Lee works to determine the exact nature of the forces opposing him under United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan and United States Army, Major General John Pope he realizes that if McClellan no longer poses a threat to Richmond that general can shift his troops to support Pope north of the city. Lee wants to strike before such a junction can occur and sends his trusted lieutenant, Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson on a vast march around Pope’s flank to begin this operation
Skirmish at Fauquier.
Skirmish at White Sulphur Springs (Sulphur Springs) involving the 9th New York Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel John Beardsley.
Skirmish at Warrenton Springs involving the 9th New York Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel John Beardsley.
Skirmish at Waterloo Bridge.
(Virginia) Northern Virginia Campaign - First Battle of Rappahannock Station
(YouTube) First Battle of Rappahannock Station - August 22nd - 25th 1862)
A series of minor actions were fought along the Rappahannock River in Culpeper and Fauquier Counties, including Waterloo Bridge, Lee Springs, Freeman’s Ford, and Sulphur Springs.
A Confederate force was temporarily isolated on the north bank of the Rappahannock River at Sulphur Springs but a bridge was built to extract them on August 24th. The various clashes resulted in a total of a few hundred casualties.
United States Army, Brigadier General Henry Bohlen was killed while his rearguard was attempting to re-cross the Hazel River at Freeman’s Ford. Bohlen was observed by a rebel sharpshooter and shot through the head.
Tennessee
Skirmish at Fort Donelson involving the 5th Iowa Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William W Lowe and 71st Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Major James H Hart.
Skirmish at Murfreesboro.
Department of the Tennessee (United States)
United States Army, Brigadier General John Alexander Logan assumed command of the Sub-District of Jackson, succeeding United States Army, Major General John Alexander McClernand.
Minnesota
The citizens and Union garrison evacuated New Ulm after fearing an attack by Santee Sioux.
Mississippi
Skirmish at Bolivar involving the 76th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Charles R Woods.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Madisonville.
Skirmish at Red Bird Creek.
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith’s army left Barboursville after resting for one week. They headed northwards through the Kentucky Barrens, a land of scarce water and hard going for men and animals.
Department of the Ohio (United States)
The Army of Kentucky was established in the Department of the Ohio.
United States Army, Brigadier General William Nelson assumed command of the Army of Kentucky.
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Post by lordroel on Aug 26, 2024 2:46:11 GMT
Day 504 of the United States Civil War, August 26th 1862VirginiaUnited States Army, Brigadier General George Archibald McCall’s 3rd Division was detached temporarily from Union V Corps as it marched to join the Army of Virginia. The United States II Corps of the Army of the Potomac embarked at Fort Monroe for transportation to northern Virginia. Skirmishes at Gainesville, Haymarket, Manassas Junction, Sulphur Springs, White Sulphur Springs, Warrenton Springs, and Fauquier. (Virginia) Northern Virginia Campaign - Manassas Station OperationsConfederate States Army, Major-General Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s infantry left Salem and marched towards White Plains and then along the Manassas Gap Railroad. They passed through Thoroughfare Gap during the evening. Pressing onwards, they passed through Hay Market and Gainesville until they reached the Warrenton Turnpike. Confederate Major-General James Ewell Brown Stuart’s cavalry also passed by the flank of United States Army, Major General John Pope’s Army of Virginia and then joined Jackson near Gainesville, spreading out to screen his right (southern) flank. Cavalry and infantry continued their hard march, losing stragglers on the way, and moved a further six miles to reach the Orange & Alexandria Railroad at Bristoe Station by sunset. A northbound United States train broke through their attempts to block the line and gave a warning of the Confederate threat. The next train derailed and crashed down an embankment. A third train piled into the wreckage, but a fourth halted in time and backed away southwards, spreading the alarm. Jackson ordered the railroad bridge over Broad Run to be destroyed. Two regiments from Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Isaac Ridgeway Trimble’s brigade were given the burden of an extra night march to reach the main Union supply depot and railroad centre at Manassas Junction. Soon afterward some of Stuart’s cavalry was sent as reinforcements. Confederate States Army, Major General James Longstreet departed his positions on the Rappahannock River behind an artillery demonstration after midday. He could choose to rejoin Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s Left Wing either by following the Warrenton Turnpike or by following Jackson’s route through Salem. He chose the longer but more secure route through Salem, leaving Confederate States Army, Major General Richard Heron Anderson’s division as a rearguard. Longstreet’s Wing now comprised Anderson’s division (formerly Major-General Benjamin Huger’s), Confederate States Army, Brigadier General David Rumph Jones’ division (which had been part of Magruder’s command on the Peninsula), and his own division divided into two demi-divisions of three brigades each under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox and Confederate States Army, Brigadier General James Lawson Kemper, and the division of Confederate States Army, Brigadier John Bell Hood reinforced by a brigade from South Carolina under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Nathan George Evans. Longstreet’s 32,000 men in these five divisions of fifteen brigades marched eleven miles and camped overnight at Orlean. When United States Army, Major General John Pope detected Confederate States Army, Major General Thomas Jonathan Jackson’s movement, he had assumed he was headed towards the Shenandoah Valley and Front Royal. No immediate pursuit was ordered while Jackson conducted his outflanking march to the west. Pope remained in position on the Rappahannock line until reports during the evening convinced him that the enemy forces appearing on the railroad to his rear were conducting more than a temporary raid and that the troops remaining in his front on the Rappahannock were now also on the move. Pope ordered a rapid withdrawal. United States Army, Major General Nathaniel Prentiss Banks’ II Corps (Virginia) and United States Army, Major General Fitz-John Porter’s V Corps (Potomac) were directed to converge on Warrenton Junction, United States Army, Major General Franz Sigel’s I Corps (Virginia) and United States Army, Major General Irvin McDowell’s III Corps (Virginia) were ordered to Gainesville. United States Army, Major General Jesse Lee Reno’s IX Corps (Potomac) and United States Army, Major General Samuel Peter Heintzelman’s III Corps (Potomac) were sent toward Greenwich and Bristoe Station. United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan remained at Alexandria without field forces to command as the final segment of his Army of the Potomac, the VI Corps of United States Army, Major General William Buel Franklin, was detached and sent through Fairfax to join the Army of Virginia. This placed Pope’s 75,000 men in an advantageous central position between the detached Confederate commands of 24,000 men under Jackson at Manassas and 32,000 under Longstreet west of the Bull Run Mountains, over twenty miles apart. The opportunity to attack the Confederates in detail was available but Pope was confused by Jackson’s subsequent manoeuvres and missed the chance to strike. Map: Positions of forces at sunset on 26 August Arkansas A United States force captured the Confederate steamer CSS FAIR PLAY. Minnesota Incident at New Ulm. MississippiSkirmish at Rienzi involving United States Army, Brigadier General Philip Henry Sheridan. The Confederate steamer YORKTOWN, running the blockade from Mobile to Havana, foundered off Ship Island with a cargo of cotton. Missouri Incident at Kirksville. TennesseeSkirmish at Fort Donelson. Skirmish at the Cumberland iron Works. Department of New Mexico (United States)United States Army, Brigadier General James Henry Carleton was appointed to command the Department of New Mexico.
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