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Post by lordroel on Oct 11, 2024 7:05:24 GMT
Day 550 of the United States Civil War, October 11th 1862
District of Columbia
James Bowen is appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Virginia
The Confederate Congress in Richmond, VA, votes to exempt from conscription, all men owning 20 or more slaves, causing some to remark that it's a poor man's war.
The Confederate Congress passed the so-called New Unit Law. This permitted the President to vacate the commissions of officers appointed to command new units which did not complete their organisation. This was an attempt to limit the proliferation of supernumerary and sinecure posts.
From Stanton, Va., the surgeon general of the state of North Carolina writes Governor of North Carolina, Zebulon Vance a dire report on the nature of care for the wounded from the recent heavy fighting in Maryland: “I write you an informal note, with a pencil, as pen & ink can not be procured, to give you some account of myself since we parted in Richmond. . . . to Charlottesville, where I found over 50 soldiers from our State, in a condition of great destitution. Their delight at seeing me, & learning that you had sent me to look after their wants cannot be expressed in words. Many of them cried like children, and declared that they would never forget you. I supplied their most pressing wants, and took my departure for this place this afternoon. . . . There are at least 3000 soldiers in the Hospitals here & of the number at least ¼ are North Carolinians. I had supposed the condition of the sick & wounded at Charlottesville bad enough, but it is infinitely better than that of the poor creatures in these Hospitals. Dirty, naked, without shoes, hats or socks, wounded in every possible manner, utterly dispirited & entirely indifferent to everything they present a picture of wretchedness & misery which no tongue or pen can describe.”
North Carolina
Governor of North Carolina, Zebulon Vance receives a letter from the lieutenant colonel of one of the North Carolina regiments: “A spirit of disaffection is rapidly engendering among the soldiers which threatens to show itself in general straggling & desertions if it does not lead to open mutiny. . . . What is said of the 48th N.C. is equally true of other Regts in the service from N.C. & from other States too. What we most pressingly need just now is our full supply of Blankets, of Shoes, & of pants & socks. We need very much all our other clothing too. But we are in the greatest need of these indispensable articles & Must have them, & have them Now. The soldiers of the 48th N.C. & from all the State will patriotically suffer & bear their hardships & privations as long as those from any other State, or as far as human endurance can tolerate such privations. But it would not be wise to experiment to[o] far in such circumstances as now surround us upon the extent of their endurance. With Lincolns proclamation promising freedom to the slaves, what might be the suffering, exhausted, ragged, barefooted & dying Non slaveholders of the South, who are neglected by their government & whose suffering families at home are exposed to so many evils, [to] begin to conclude? Would it not be dangerous to tempt them with too great trials?”
Missouri
The territories of Colorado and Nebraska are added to the Department of Missouri.
Arkansas
Skirmish near Helena involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General Eugene Asa Carr.
Kentucky
United States forces under United States Army, Colonel William Babcock Hazen (41st Ohio Infantry) pursued Confederate raiders under Confederate States Army, Brigadier-General Joseph Wheeler from Perryville to London.
Skirmish at Lawrenceburg.
Skirmish at Danville.
Skirmish at Battle Creek.
United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell advanced cautiously to reoccupy Harrodsburg, alert to the risk of a surprise attack from Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg.
Missouri
Operation in Lewis County, Schuyler County, and Scotland Country began.
Skirmish at Kirksville involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General John McNeil.
Skirmish Williamstown involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General John McNeil.
Skirmish in Clark County.
North Carolina
Incident at Cape Fear River.
The wooden screw-steamer USS MONTICELLO under the command of United States Navy, Lieutenant Commander Daniel Lawrence Braine, captured the blockade-running British schooner REVERE off Frying Pan Shoals.
The gunboat USS MARATANZA under the command of United States Navy, Commander Gustavus H Scott, was damaged by a Confederate battery at the Cape Fear River and was forced to retire out to sea.
Pennsylvania
Confederate States Army, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart’s raiders rode overnight from Chambersburg to Cashtown and then turned south into Maryland near Emmitsburg, before heading towards the Potomac River.
Skirmish near Gettysburg involving cavalry from the command of Confederate States Army, Confederate Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart.
Tennessee
Skirmish at La Grange.
Nevada Territory
Skirmish at the Humboldt River involving United States Army, Major Edward McHarry and the 2nd California Cavalry Regiment (United states).
Idaho Territory
Expedition against the Snake Nation ended.
Nova Scotia
The screw sloop-of-war CSS ALABAMA under the command of Confederate States Navy, Captain Raphael Semmes, captured and burned the ship MANCHESTER southeast of Nova Scotia bound from New York to Liverpool.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 12, 2024 6:10:25 GMT
Day 551 of the United States Civil War, October 12th 1862
Mississippi
Confederate States Army, Major General Earl Van Dorn assumes the command of all the troops in the State of Mississippi.
Pursuit to the Hatchie River ended.
Arkansas
United States expedition from Ozark, Missouri, to Yellville began.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Dick’s Ford involving Confederates under Brigadier-General Joseph Wheeler.
Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg and Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith crossed Dick’s or Dix River from Bryantsville to form a defensive line near the former United States training base at Camp Dick Robinson. United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio shadowed the movement cautiously.
Louisiana
The 2nd Louisiana Native Guard Infantry Regiment (United States) were enrolled in New Orleans, becoming the second regiment of free black men in United State service.
Maryland
Incidents at Sharpsburg, the Hagerstown Pike, and Nolan’s Ford.
Confederate States Army, Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart completed his “Second Ride around McClellan” and the Army of the Potomac when he reached the Potomac River at White’s Ford, three miles south of Monocacy near Poolesville. United States Army, Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton attempted to intercept the raiders as they rode south and reached the mouth of the Monocacy River at about 8 am with 400 cavalrymen. There was a short clash but the United States troopers were driven back. Union infantrymen from 3rd Maine Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Navy, Colonel Henry G Staples and 4th Maine Infantry Regiment (United States) joined the action but the defenders were driven away from White’s Ford after a brief skirmish, permitting Stuart’s cavalry to cross safely to the south bank of the Potomac. Stuart’s raid had covered 126 miles in three days and lost two men missing and a few wounded, but acquired 1,200 fresh horses. The exploit brought derision upon United States Army, Major General George Brinton McClellan and despair to the United States government that he was unable to conclude a successful campaign against inferior numbers and was so easily circumnavigated by the Confederate cavalry.
Missouri
United States expedition from Ozark to Yellville, Arkansas, began.
Skirmish at Arrow Rock. A United States militia detachment was attacked by Confederate guerrillas near Arrow Rock and was forced to withdraw after taking heavy casualties.
South Carolina
Confederate States Navy, Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury went aboard the blockade runner HERALD, and departed from Charleston for England, on a mission to purchase vessels for the Confederacy. Lacking funds and under close scrutiny by United States officials who protested through diplomatic channels any attempts to outfit vessels for the Confederacy. Maury, like other Confederate naval agents, met with only limited success.
The gunboat USS RESTLESS under the command of United States Navy, Acting Lieutenant Conroy, captured the blockade-running schooner ELMIRA CORNELIUS off the coast.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 13, 2024 6:52:49 GMT
Day 552 of the United States Civil War, October 13th 1862
District of Columbia
(United States) President Abraham Lincoln forwards a message to United States Army, Major General George McClellan: “You remember my speaking to you of what I called your overcautiousness. Are you not over cautious when you assume that you can not do what the enemy is constantly doing? Should you not claim to be at least equal in prowess, and act upon the claim?”
Virginia
Operations at Middleburg, Paris, and Snickersville by United States Army, Brigadier General Julius Stahel.
Skirmish at Snickersville.
Reconnaissance from Centreville.
The Confederate Congress passed the so called “Special Promotions Law”. This permitted the appointment of twenty General Officers in the Confederate Army with temporary commissions. The aim was to permit officers of suitable competence to be assigned to command brigades where their proper commander was absent through wounds or other reasons and where it was inexpedient for the senior Colonel to command. The commission would expire as and when the properly authorised Brigadier-General returned to command and allowed in the interim for competent officers to exercise command in their stead.
West Virginia
United States Army, Major General Ambrose E. Burnside is assigned to the command of the Defenses of Harper's Ferry, WV.
United States Army, Major General Jacob D. Cox assumes the command of the District of West Virginia.
Tennessee
Skirmish on the Lebanon Road near Nashville.
Confederate States Army, Colonel Joseph Wheeler is placed in command of all the cavalry of Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army, TN.
Florida. Expedition to St John’s Bluff ended.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Harrodsburg.
Skirmish on the Lancaster Road involving Confederate cavalry under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler.
The combined Confederate army of Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg and Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith departed its camps near Camp Dick Robinson on a forced march towards the Cumberland Gap. United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell had marched south to threaten and cut off the Confederates’ line of retreat to Tennessee. Bragg aimed first for London, where he had accumulated supplies and equipment halfway to the Gap.
The field forces of the Army of Kentucky were formally integrated into the Army of Mississippi with the designation of III Corps (Mississippi). The corps commander,
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith, retained command and persisted in using the name of the Army of Kentucky to reflect his sense of autonomy and status as the second-ranking officer in the army.
Maryland
Incident at Sharpsburg and Hagerstown Pike.
Missouri
Skirmish at New Franklin.
South Carolina
United States Army, Brigadier General Thomas West Sherman, commanding at Port Royal, was authorized to organised and, if necessary, to arm fugitive slaves in Federal service.
The armed yacht USS AMERICA (Two 24-pounder & one 12-pounders) under the command of United States Navy, Acting Master Jonathan Baker, seized the schooner DAVID CROCKETT attempting to run the blockade out of Charleston with a cargo of turpentine and rosin.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 14, 2024 2:48:28 GMT
Day 553 of the United States Civil War, October 14th 1862
District of Columbia
Gustave Paul Cluseret is appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army.
Congressional elections in four states illustrate the degree to which political volatility remains in the North. Democratic gains in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana in particular warrant notice.
Virginia
Francis Redding Tilloou Nicholls is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Skirmish near Carrsville.
Incident at Suffolk.
Arkansas
Skirmish at Helena.
Arkansas. Skirmish at Trenton.
Department of the Mississippi and East Louisiana (Confederate States)
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton assumes the command of the Confederate Department of the Mississippi and East Louisiana, including the forces operating in Southwestern Tennessee.
Indian Territory
Skirmish at Fort Gibson.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Lancaster.
Skirmish on the Crab Orchard Road.
Skirmish near Mountain Gap.
Skirmish at Stanford.
Skirmish at Manchester..
The combined Confederate army of Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg continued to march towards the Cumberland Gap in two columns. The two corps of Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk and Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General William Joseph Hardee marched through Lancaster and Crab Orchard, while Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith accompanied the lengthy trains and drove herds of plundered sheep, cows, and pigs across Big Hill. The United States Army of the Ohio under United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell followed at a distance, deterred from attacking by at least twenty-six skirmishes in five days with the Confederate cavalry of Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler.
Mississippi
The headquarters of the Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana was established at Jackson. Lieutenant-General John Clifford Pemberton was given the objective of defending the vital crossings of the Mississippi River at Vicksburg and Port Hudson. He was a proven administrator but untested as a field commander. He fielded 24,000 men to defend the river forts while a further 26,000 men under Major-General Sterling Price and Major-General Earl Van Dorn were available as a mobile force in northern Mississippi. The latter were mostly troops who had been brought across the Mississippi early in 1862 from the Trans-Mississippi states. They were becoming disaffected and increasingly eager to return to the defence of their homelands. Pemberton’s command was gradually reinforced and sometimes referred to unofficially as Pemberton’s Corps or the Army of Mississippi.
Missouri
Skirmish at Hazel Bottom.
Incident at Syracuse.
South Carolina
The 7-gun screw steamer USS MEMPHIS under the command of United States Navy, Memphis, Acting Lieutenant Watmough, captured the blockade-running British steamer OUACHITA at sea off Cape Romain.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 15, 2024 2:47:24 GMT
Day 554 of the United States Civil War, October 15th 1862
District of Columbia
Eliakim Parker Scammon is appointed Brigadier General in the United States Army.
In the summer of 1862, the structure and organisation of the US Navy were extensively modified. Among the features of the revised organization was an adjusted set of officer ranks from Ensign to Rear Admiral that were given parallels to the ranks in the Army. Among the new ranks created were those of Commodore and Rear Admiral. According to the new model, those in command of the blockading squadrons were to be Rear Admirals. A Navy Captain would rank as high as an Army Colonel, a Commodore would rank with a Brigadier-General, and a Rear Admiral would rank with a Major-General.
The Western Gunboat Flotilla transferred from Army command to the Navy and was re-titled as the Mississippi River Squadron. The change in title implied that it was now formally equivalent to the other squadrons of the United States Navy, so its commanding officer would likewise expect to be a Rear Admiral. United States Navy, Captain Charles Henry Davis had not shown the initiative demanded by the Navy Department in active operations so, although he was made a Rear Admiral, he was recalled to Washington, DC, to serve as Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Most of the available replacements were either unsuitable or unavailable because of other assignments, so United States Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles decided to appoint United States Navy, Commander David Dixon Porter to the position, despite having reservations about his lack of seniority and his temperament. Porter became Acting Rear Admiral directly without going through the intermediate ranks of Captain or Commodore and was elevated over the heads of eighty more senior officers. Porter arrived in Cairo, Illinois, having left Washington, DC, for his new command on October 9th.
North Carolina
Under the repeated calls for assistance from North Carolina to support the troops stationed in Virginia, Governor of North Carolina, Zebulon Vance issues a proclamation "appealing to that overflowing fountain of generous charity—the private contributions of our people.": "And now my countrymen and women, if you have anything to spare for the soldier, in his name I appeal to you for it. Do not let the speculator have it, though he may offer you enormous prices; spurn him from your door and say to him, that our brave defenders have need for it and shall have it without passing through his greedy fingers. . . . When they tempt you with higher prices than the State offers, just think for a moment of the soldier and what he is doing for you. Remember when you sit down by the bright and glowing fire, that the soldier is sitting upon the cold earth; that in the wind which is whistling so fearfully over your roof, only making you feel the more comfortable because it harms you not, he is shivering in darkness on the dangerous out-post, or shuddering through the dreary hours of his watch. Remember [when you are on your way to church], the soldier is going forth at the same moment, perhaps, half fed, after a night of shivering and suffering to where the roar of artillery and shout of battle announce that he is to die, that your peace and safety may be preserved.”
Florida
United States boat crews from the gunboat USS FORT HENRY (two 9 in (230 mm) smoothbore guns and four 32-pounder guns) under the command of United States Navy Acting Lieutenant Edward Y McCauley, were reconnoitring the Apalachicola River and captured the sloop G L BROCKENBOROUGH with a cargo of cotton.
Kentucky
Operations against Confederate guerrillas in Henry County, Owen County, and Gallatin County by United States Army, Colonel Orlando H Moore and the 25th Michigan Infantry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Mountain Gap.
Skirmish at Crab Orchard.
Skirmish at Lancaster.
Skirmish at Madisonville.
Skirmish at Barren Mound.
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith took up a defensive posture at Big Hill, to allow time for the army’s extensive supply trains to be hauled over the range. Confederate States Army, Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson’s division held a line beyond the range of the Hill while Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Henry Heth’s division was pressed into service as hauliers, dragging the wagons up the long hillside and over the crest. The arduous process continued all night and into the following day.
Tennessee
Expedition to Covington ended.
Skirmish at Neely’s Bend on the Cumberland River.
Texas
A United States boat crew from the gunboat USS RACHEL SEAMAN under the command of United States Navy, Master’s Mate Edwin Janvrin, and a boat crew led by of United States Navy, Second Assistant Engineer Timothy W O’Connor from the gunboat USS KENSINGTON, burned a Confederate railroad bridge at Taylor’s Bayou, preventing the transportation of heavy artillery by the Confederates to Sabine Pass. They also burned the schooners STONWALL and LONE STAR and some barracks buildings.
Nevada Territory
Incident at Humboldt River involving the 2nd California Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Major Edward McGarry.
New Mexico Territory
Expedition to Fort Union ended.
Indian Territory
Skirmish at Fort Gibson.
Nova Scotia
The screw sloop-of-war CSS ALABAMA under the command of Confederate States Navy, Captain Raphael Semmes, captured and burned the bark LAMPLIGHTER southeast of Nova Scotia.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 16, 2024 2:45:32 GMT
Day 555 of the United States Civil War, October 16th 1862
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Virginia
United States reconnaissance from Harper’s Ferry to Charles Town began.
United States troops occupied Charles Town for the fifth time in the war.
A United States reconnaissance headed for Kearneysville, Leetown, and Smithfield.
Skirmish at Kearneysville.
Georgia
Eight of the individuals being held in an Atlanta area jail for their role in the railroad raid conducted by James J. Andrews break out of custody. Most of the escapees head northward, but two of them flee toward the Gulf of Mexico, seeking the refuge of United States blockading vessels.
Tennessee
The Department of the Tennessee (United States) was established, comprising the area around Cairo, Illinois, Forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and the parts of Kentucky and Tennessee west of the Tennessee River. The new Department coincided almost exactly with the territory of the discontinued District of West Tennessee, which was currently commanded by United States Army, Major General Ulysses Simpson Grant. It was a direct successor to the Department of the Mississippi which had existed from spring until autumn 1862. The reorganisation resolved a long-standing anomaly in the command structure by assigning appropriate Departmental authority to Grant over his extensive territorial command. His field forces were also reorganised and the official use of the term “Army of the Tennessee” was authorised for the first time.
Arkansas
Skirmish at Elkhorn Tavern.
Kentucky
Operation in Bath County, Bourbon County, Estil County, Montgomery County, Powell County, and Clark County began. United States forces continued to pursue the Confederate raiders under Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler from Perryville to London.
Skirmish at Mountain Gap and Mount Vernon during Confederate Brigadier-General Joseph Wheeler’s raid.
Skirmishes at Wild Cat Mountain and Big Rock Castle (Rockcastle) Creek during the United States pursuit of Confederate States army, Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler’s raid, involving the 51st Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States).
Confederate States army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith’s Corps completed its ascent of Big Hill and reached clearer, barren territory, on their way towards Cumberland Gap.
Continuing actions in Bath, Powell, Estill, Clark, Montgomery, and Bourbon Counties.
Maryland
United States reconnaissance from Sharpsburg to Smithfield, Virginia, began.
Skirmish at Shepherdstown.
Missouri
Expedition to Ozark ended.
Skirmishes at Portland involving the 1st Missouri Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Shell’s Mill involving the 3rd Battery Kansas Light Artillery Regiment (United States)
The 10th Missouri Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States) discovered a Confederate guerrilla camp at Auxvasse Creek in Callaway County and dispersed the guerrillas.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 17, 2024 2:44:58 GMT
Day 556 of the United States Civil War, October 17th 1862
Virginia
United States expedition to Thoroughfare Gap began.
Incident at Hazel River.
Reconnaissance to Charles Town and Smithfield ended
Incident at Kearneysville.
Skirmish at Upperville involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General Julius Stahel.
Arkansas
Still debating questions of propriety in warfare, United States Army, Major General William T. Sherman tells his Confederate counterpart, Confederate States Army, Major GeneralThomas Hindman in Arkansas: “If we allow the passions of our men to get full command then indeed will this war become a reproach to the names of liberty and civilization.” Nevertheless, Sherman is prepared to do whatever is required to answer the actions of pro-Southern guerrillas plaguing western waterways, reminding his correspondent of the price the town of Randolph has paid for harboring such persons and promising “for every grade of offense there is a remedy.”
Skirmish at Sugar Creek.
Skirmish at Mountain Home involving the 14th Missouri Militia Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Kansas
Confederate States Army, Captain William Clarke Quantrill and his guerrillas charged across the prairie towards Shawneetown where they encountered a United States wagon train heading for Kansas City. The Confederates circled the wagon train and opened fire. About 15 of the escorts and drivers were killed and the rest fled. The Confederates burned the wagons. Quantrill’s men entered Shawneetown, killed ten civilians, looted the stores, and burned the town to the ground.
Kentucky
Skirmishes around Camp Wild Cat involving Union troops under Brigadier-General William Sooy Smith.
Skirmish at Valley Woods.
Skirmish at Rocky Hill.
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan led a cavalry raid from Crab Orchard towards Lexington. His raiders crossed at Clay’s Ferry and passed through Versailles, Lawrenceburg, Bardstown, Elizabethtown, Leitchfield, Morgantown, and Hopkinsville, capturing small outposts and supplies and destroying railroad bridges along the way.
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith’s force passed Mount Vernon and reached the Big Rockcastle River. Smith called on Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, who had preceded his crossing, to unite with him for an attack against the pursuing forces of United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell but the proposal was turned down by Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg. In fact, Buell had already decided to break off the pursuit. Buell had received false information that Nashville was under threat from a Confederate force and decided to march in that direction rather than pursue the Confederates towards the Cumberland Gap. Having entered the Kentucky barrens Buell believed that his army would struggle to sustain itself and he left the Confederates to endure the deserted region alone. Although the United states commander at Nashville, United States Army, Brigadier General James Scott Negley, sent assurances that the state capital was secure, Buell was determined to leave the inhospitable ground of Kentucky and to return to Middle Tennessee. The Army of the Ohio abandoned the pursuit and turned west from London. Buell’s decision disregarded clear instructions to take the army into the vital region of eastern Tennessee, and this risked the disapproval of President Abraham Lincoln and the Federal government.
Maryland
Reconnaissance to Sharpsburg ended.
Skirmish near Shepherdstown.
Missouri
Confederate attack on Island No 10.
Skirmish at Lexington.
Pennsylvania
Civilian resistance to the United States conscription draft broke out in Carbon County, Luzerne County, and Schuylkill County.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 18, 2024 4:39:16 GMT
Day 557 of the United States Civil War, October 18th 1862
District of Columbia
United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell’s message describing his intention to march to Nashville, Tennessee, was received by United States Army, Major General Henry Wager Halleck in Washington. Halleck issued peremptory orders for Buell to change his route and to redirect his attention and his army toward Eastern Tennessee as explicitly directed by the President.
Virginia
Expedition to Thoroughfare Gap ended.
Incidents at Gainesville and Hay Market.
Arkansas
Expedition to Yellville ended.
Skirmish at Cross Hollow.
Skirmish near Helena.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Big Hill.
Skirmish at Nelson’s Cross Roads.
Skirmish at Mountain Side.
Skirmish at Little Rockcastle River.
Skirmish at Bloomfield.
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan and his raiders circled eastward and into Lexington. They skirmished with part of the 3rd Ohio Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Major Charles B Seidel before they took the town from the United States garrison comprising the 3rd Ohio Cavalry Cavalry Regiment (United States) and 4th Ohio Cavalry Regiment (United States). The Confederates left the town before the end of the day. United States Army, Major-General Gordon Granger gathered his scattered cavalry forces to pursue Morgan’s men.
The Confederate army of Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg and Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Edmund Kirby Smith continued their march through Barboursville across the Kentucky barrens towards the Cumberland Gap. Smith’s troops provided the rearguard, although the Union pursuit had already been called off.
Missouri
Skirmish near Uniontown.
Confederate guerrillas attacked a small United States detachment from the command of United States Army, Colonel Albert Sigel (13th Missouri Militia Cavalry) at California House and forced them out of the area.
Ten Confederate prisoners of war were executed in reprisal for the abduction of a local United States supporter, Andrew Alsman. Andrew Alsman was a carpenter, sixty years old, and a United States patriot in a largely pro-Confederate area. He was taken prisoner by Confederate States Army, Colonel Joseph Chrisman Porter’s forces when Porter raided Palmyra on September 12th 1862. After several skirmishes, Porter decided that Alsman was a liability and set him free. Alsman was hesitant to leave the camp so Porter allowed him to choose a detail that would see him safely to the city limits of Palmyra or to the nearest United states lines. Alsman departed camp and was never seen again. Speculation is that he was taken into the woods and shot. On October 8th 1862 Provost Marshal William R Strachan, acting for McNeil, published a notice in the local Union newspaper threatening that unless Alsman was returned within ten days, ten of Porter’s men held as prisoners in Palmyra and Hannibal would be executed. On the evening of October 17th ten prisoners were selected, five from the jail in Hannibal, Missouri, and five from the jail in Palmyra. None were connected to the disappearance of Alsman but they were executed on by a firing squad from the 2nd Missouri Militia Infantry Regiment (Confederate States). The officer who ordered the execution, United States Army, Colonel John McNeil (3rd Missouri Militia Infantry), was later known as the “Butcher of Palmyra” and the arbitrary executions have been described as the Palmyra Massacre.
South Carolina
Skirmish at Kirk’s Bluff involving the 48th New York Infantry Regiment (United States).
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Post by lordroel on Oct 19, 2024 7:01:42 GMT
Day 558 of the United States Civil War, October 19th 1862
Virginia
Skirmish between Catlett’s Station and Warrenton Junction.
United States Army, Major general John McClellan John McClellan returned wagons and teams to Confederate States Army, General Robert E. Lee that had been provided by Confederate States Army, General A. P. Hill in Harpers Ferry in September to transport baggage of paroled United States officers:
Headquarters Army of the Potomac,
October 19, 1862.
General Robert E. Lee,
Commanding Army of Northern Virginia.
General: I have the honor to return by Lieut. Col. Frederick Myers, assistant quartermaster, U. S. Army, twenty-seven wagons and teams furnished by General A. P. Hill at Harper's Ferry in September last for the transportation of private baggage belonging to certain paroled officers of the U. S. Army passing to within our lines. In so doing I desire to express my appreciation fo the courtesy thus extended to these officers and to request that you will convey the same to General Hill with my thanks for his action in the matter.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Geo. B. McClellan,
Major-General, Commanding.
Arkansas
Confederate guerrillas captured and burned the mail steamer Gladiator early in the morning near Bledsoe’s Landing.
Kentucky
Skirmish at Camp Wild Cat.
Skirmish at Pitman’s Cross Roads involving the 4th Ohio Infantry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel William Babcock Hazen.
Reconnaissance on the Madison Road.
Skirmish at Bardstown.
Louisiana
Skirmish at Bonnet Carré in St John Baptist Parish.
Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg’s command reaches the Cumberland Gap, largely unmolested in its movement away from the Bluegrass State. Ned Guerrant finds a glimmer of hope in the darkness surrounding him: “The women of Ky—are the only remaining diadem in the once illustrious Crown of old Kentucky. May Heaven preserve it with care. They deserve anything & everything. Hurrah for the women—the rebel women of my native state!”
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Post by lordroel on Oct 20, 2024 6:00:22 GMT
Day 559 of the United States Civil War, October 20th 1862
District of Columbia
Perhaps prodded by his troubles with United States Army, Major general John McClellan and sensing an opportunity to make a gesture to wavering Midwestern governors, (United States) President Abraham Lincoln involves himself directly in military affairs in the Western Theater by instructing Illinois Democrat and United States Army, Major General John McClernand to prepare his own force for a movement against Vicksburg. The move exacerbates tensions that already exist with United States Army, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, who commands the Department of the Tennessee and is McClernand’s superior.
United States Army, Major General Henry W. Slocum, assumes the command of the 12th United States Army Corps, the Army of the Potomac.
Virginia
Robert Hall Chilton is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army.
Skirmish at Zuni.
Skirmish at Hedgesville.
Arkansas
Skirmish near Helena.
Kentucky
Operation at Gallatin County, Henry County, and Owen County ended.
Skirmish near Camp Wild Cat.
Skirmish at Pitman’s Fork (Pitman’s Cross Roads) near Bardstown.
The Confederate army of Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith reached Flat Lick, where Smith resumed command of his Department of East Tennessee.
Despite explicit and peremptory orders to advance into East Tennessee, United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell continued his march west towards Nashville, Tennessee, through Mount Vernon, Crab Orchard, and Danville.
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan and his raiders were on the Louisville Road near Bardstown when they discovered a large United States force approaching. Morgan evaded the Union escort and captured a supply train of 150 wagons which they burned.
Missouri
Skirmish near Marshfield involving the Union 10th Illinois Cavalry.
South Carolina
The steamer MINHO ran aground while running the blockade out of Charleston.
Tennessee
Skirmish at Hermitage Ford on the Cumberland River.
A United States force encountered a smaller Confederate force from Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s command on the Gallatin Pike near Nashville. The Confederates withdrew from the area.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 21, 2024 2:48:30 GMT
Day 560 of the United States Civil War, October 21st 1862
District of Columbia
General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States, Henry Halleck contacts United States Army, Major General George B. McClellan regarding his army’s operations: “The President does not expect impossibilities, but he is very anxious that all this good weather should not be wasted in inactivity. Telegraph when you will move, and on what lines you propose to march.”
Virginia
Skirmish at Snickersville.
Skirmish at Leesburg Road.
Skirmish on the Lovettsville Road.
Skirmish at Hillsboro.
A United States reconnaissance force from Loudoun Heights reached Lovettsville where they captured a group of Confederate foragers.
North Carolina
An avid reader of newspapers, North Carolinian William Dorsey Pender views recent developments favorably, telling his wife: “Everything looks bright for us. The Democrats of the North are helping us by their speeches.”
Tennessee
Expedition to Portersville began.
United States reconnaissance from Memphis to Colliersville, Galloway Switch, Hickory, and Shelby Depot began.
Confederate partisan rangers attacked a Union force at Woodville and forced them to leave the town.
Skirmish at Colliersville, involving the 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Benjamin H Grierson.
Kentucky
United States expedition from Crab Orchard to Big Hill and Richmond.
Skirmish at Pitman’s Cross Roads.
Confederate States Army, Colonel Joseph Wheeler’s Cavalry arrived at and occupied London.
Confederate States Army, Colonel John Hunt Morgan camped at Leitchfield overnight and captured a company of United States Home Guards in the town.
Arkansas
The ironclad steamboat USS LOUISVILLE under the command of United States Navy,, Lieutenant-Commander Meade, escorted the steamer METEOR, which was carrying troops to land at Bledsoe’s Landing and Hamblin’s Landing. Both towns were burned in reprisal for attacks by Confederate guerrillas on the mail steamer GLADIATOR early in the morning of 19 October.
California
Skirmish near Hydesville at Simmon’s Ranch involving the 2nd California Infantry Regiment (United States).
Indian Territory
Incident at Fort Cobb.
Bermuda
United States Consul to Bermuda, Charles M. Allen reports the arrival of a steamer carrying a cargo of cotton and an important passenger, Matthew Fontaine Maury. A scientist and naval officer, Maury is on special assignment to England to promote the purchase of ships and advocate generally for the Confederacy.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 22, 2024 2:46:18 GMT
Day 561 of the United States Civil War, October 22nd 1862
Virginia
Skirmish near Snickersville
West Virginia
Confederate States Army, Brigadiar General John B. Floyd issued a order affecting residents of the Kanawha Valley:
Headquarters Army of W. W. VA.,
Charleston, Kanawha.
Oct. 22d, 1862
General Orders No.--------
The army of Western Virginia has returned to the Valley of the Kanawha to defend the loyal people against a malignant enemy. It is important that our troops, so far from the base of supplies, should be able to procure what they absolutely need upon fair and reasonable terms.---It is therefore ordered that the business of the town be resumed and the stores be reopened today and the goods be exposed for sale. Any failure to do this will be regarded as an evidence of disloyalty, and the offender will be immediately arrested. All merchandize removed from the stores and secreted, if not returned within three days from this date will be seized to be accounted for hereafter, as the Government may direct. No depreciation of our currency will be permitted on any account, and all persons are strictly forbidden from discrediting it by demanding for their property and services unreasonable prices. Any discredit in favor of the United States over that of the Confederate States will be considered an indication of sympathy with the enemy, and will be treated as a grave offense against the Government.
By order of
Brig. Gen. Ehols,
Commanding, &c.
R. H. Catlett, A. A. G.
Headq'rs Department S. W. Va.,
Charleston, Kanawha,
October 22d, 1862.
General orders,
No.-----
The act of the conscription passed by the confederate Government will be enforced in the county of Kanawha. A week's time, from this date, will be given to the patriotic to volunteer and they will be permitted to connect themselves with any army of the service that they may prefer, except the cavalry. At the expiration of the time specified, Captain Ingham, of the 60th Regiment Va. Vols. will proceed to enroll and gather up the conscripts in accordance with the provisions of the act. By order of
Brig. Gen. Ehols,
Commanding.
R. H. Catlett, A. A. G.
Brig. Gen. R. H. Milroy issued orders to stop maltreatment of blacks serving with his command.
Tennessee
United States expedition from Fort Donelson to Waverly began.
Forces from Confederate States Army, Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith’s army reoccupied Cumberland Gap.
Kentucky
United States pursuit from Perryville to London ended.
Confederate cavalry under Brigadier-General Joseph Wheeler drove away a small Union garrison and captured London.
The Confederate army of Major-General Edmund Kirby Smith reached the Cumberland Gap. He received orders from General Braxton Bragg, who had just reached Knoxville, to leave just 3,000 men to hold the Gap and to prepare his weary troops to move onward into middle Tennessee. Smith’s force was reduced to 6,000 men after serious straggling in its fruitless seventy-day march across Kentucky and back again to eastern Tennessee.
United States Army, Major General Henry Wager Halleck repeated his specific and direct orders for United States Army, Major General Don Carlos Buell to halt his march towards Nashville and to commence offensive operations in eastern Tennessee.
Mississippi
The Confederate brigade of Confederate States Army, Brigadier General Louis Hébert transferred from the division of Confederate States Army, Major General John Stevens Bowen to that of Confederate States Army, Major General Dabney Herndon Maury.
Missouri
Skirmish near Van Buren involving Union troops under Brigadier-General John Wynn Davidson.
North Carolina
UNADILLA-class gunboat USS PENOBSCOT under the command of United States Navy, Commander John M B Clitz, captured the blockade-running British brig ROBERT BRUCE off Cape Fear.
United States Army, Lieutenant William Barker Cushing reported that the gunboat USS ELLIS had captured and destroyed the blockade-runner ADELAIDE at New Topsail Inlet, with a cargo of turpentine, cotton, and tobacco.
South Carolina
Expedition to Charleston & Savannah Railroad began.
Skirmish at Frampton’s Plantation.
Skirmish at Coosawatchie.
(South Carolina) Second Battle of Pocotaligo
A United States Navy battery of three 12-pounder boat howitzers from the steam screw frigate USS WABASH abash provided artillery support for 4,500 Union men under the command of United States Army, Brigadier General John Milton Brannan for an expedition to Pocotaligo, which was ordered by United States Army, Major General Ormsby McKnight Mitchel. The troops embarked on transport ships and left Hilton Head on October 21st 1862. Brannan’s orders were to destroy the railroad and railroad bridges on the Charleston & Savannah Railroad.
Under the protection of the Navy, Brannan’s transports steamed up the Broad River and disembarked the next morning at Mackey Point between the Pocotaligo and Coosawhatchie Rivers, less than ten miles from the railroad. The 47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (United States) and 55th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment (United States) under United States Army, Colonel Tilghman H Good marched toward Pocotaligo. A smaller detachment of 300 men (two companies of engineers and the 48th New York Infantry) was ordered up the Coosawhatchie River to destroy the bridge at Coosawhatchie and then tear up the rails as they continued to Pocotaligo.
Confederate States Army, Colonel William Stephen Walker called for reinforcements from Savannah and Charleston. He deployed his available forces to counter the two United States advances, sending 200 of his men to guard the bridges, and dispatching the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, and two companies of cavalry and some sharpshooters to meet the main United States advance on the Mackey Point road. The Confederates encountered Brannan’s Division near the abandoned Caston’s Plantation and the artillery opened fire with their two howitzers. The Confederates retreated when the United States artillery responded. With Brannan in pursuit, Walker’s men slowly withdrew, falling back to their defensive fieldworks at Pocotaligo.
The United States troops encountered the Confederates again on the opposite side of a muddy marsh, and their advance stalled. United States Army, Brigadier General Alfred Howe Terry, in command of the 2nd Brigade, ordered about 100 riflemen of the 7th Connecticut Infantry Regiment (United States) forward to the edge of the woods where the United States forces had taken cover. The rapid fire of the breech-loading rifles quickly suppressed the fire from the Confederate battery and infantry across the marsh. They then had to cease firing to conserve ammunition. The opposing forces exchanged artillery and small arms fire at intervals for more than two hours, until Confederate reinforcements arrived. By then it was late in the day, and the Union troops were running low on ammunition. Brannan realised that the railroad bridge could not be reached and ordered a retreat up the Mackay’s Point road to the safety of the flotilla. The Confederate Rutledge Mounted Rifles and Kirk’s Partisan Rangers pursued the United States expedition, but the rearguard provided by the 47th Pennsylvania Regiment (United States) held them off. Brannan’s troops embarked at Mackay’s Point the following morning and returned to Hilton Head. The United States lost 340 casualties. The Confederates lost 163 casualties.
Arkansas
Skirmish at Huntsville.
Skirmish near Helena.
(Indian Territory) Operations North of Boston Mountains - Battle of Old Fort Wayne
United States Army, Brigadier General James Gilpatrick Blunt and his troops of the Army of the Frontier attacked Confederate States Army, Colonel Douglas Hancock Cooper’s Indian Brigade on Beattie’s Prairie near Old Fort Wayne and Maysville. The attack began at 7 am. The Confederates put up stiff resistance for a half-hour but overwhelming numbers forced them to retire from the field in haste, leaving their artillery and equipment behind. United States casualties were reported as 14 in total and Confederate losses as 150.
France
The Confederate Commissioner John Murray Slidell received an audience with Emperor Napoleon III of France and proposed a mediation of the war to be conducted by France, Great Britain, and Russia.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 23, 2024 2:49:45 GMT
Day 562 of the United States Civil War, October 23rd 1862
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Virginia
Confederate States Army, Major General George Bibb Crittenden resigned after being arrested and censured following the defeat at Logan Cross Roads in January 1861. He had been relieved from command for drunkenness before the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 and was awaiting the outcome of his court-martial. He was one of the first Generals to be appointed by the Confederacy and stood eighteenth in seniority.
West Virginia
United States Army, Brigadiar General John B. Floyd issued a order affecting residents of the Kanawha Valley:
Headquarters Cheat Mount'n Divis'n.
Clarksburg, Va., Oct. 22, 1862.
"General Orders--
"No. 28 The General Commanding has been repeatedly pained to learn that a few bad men in some of the regiments of his command are in the habit of abusing, beating, and otherwise maltreating the negro and mulatto servants and teamsters in his command. The services of these negroes and mulattos are necessary and cannot be dispensed with, without taking soldiers from their legitimate duties, which would be an injury to the service. These black people are generally quiet and orderly:they were created black and cannot help it:they have mostly been made slaves, and robbed of the proceeds of their own labor and could not help it; and have left their traitor masters in arms against our forces, and are desirous of helping us all they can; and are, therefore, entitled to our pity and commiseration, rather than abuse and contempt; and none but traitors or a coward, who would strike a woman and abuse children, would wantonly maltreat them. It is suspected that the rebels have hired these bad men to enlist in some of our regiments as spies, and for the purpose, of abusing and driving back the contrabands, that they (the rebels) may have the benefit of the services of their slaves, and they be deterred from coming into our lines.
It is therefore ordered, and hereby made the duty of every officer and soldier of this command to immediately shoot down every soldier or other person, who may causelessly abusing, beating, or otherwise maltreating any of the negro or mulatto servants or drivers in or about this command.
By order of
Brigadier General R. H. Milroy.
Henry C. Flesher, Capt. & A. A. A. G."
Headquarters Army of W. W. VA.,
Charleston, Oct. 23rd, 1862.
General order,
No.-----
It is ordered that all Banks of Discount and Deposite, within this Military District, at once resume their legitimate and usual business; and it is announced that the Treasury notes of the confederate States Government, as well as of the separate States of the confederacy, will be received on deposit and in payment of all debts, and in all of the ordinary Bank transactions upon the same basis as any other currency, which may heretofore have been received by them.
By order of Brig. Gen. Echols, commanding.
R. H. Catlett, A. A. G.
I concur in the propriety of the above order.
J. C. Mcfarland,
President of the Branch Bank of Va.,
at Charleston
Kentucky
United States forces began to destroy the undefended Goose Creek Salt Works near Manchester.
Confederate States Army, General Braxton Bragg left Knoxville, having been summoned to Richmond to give an account of his unsuccessful campaign in Kentucky. Bragg argued that his campaign had removed United States pressure from northern Alabama and middle Tennessee, inflicted 25,00 casualties and prisoners on the enemy, captured 30 guns, acquired thousands of fresh horses and hundreds of new wagons with their loads, and immense quantities of provisions and military equipment. For all his claims of success, he had failed to deliver the victory desperately needed to secure foreign recognition.
Missouri
Skirmish at Clarkton (Clarkston).
South Carolina
United States forces landed at Coosawhatchie.
Skirmish at Caston Plantation.
Skirmish at Frampton Plantation.
Tennessee
Skirmish at Richland Creek.
Skirmish near Waverly involving a detachment from the 83rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Shelby Depot involving the 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment (United States).
Indian Territory
Armed Native Americans allied to the United States attacked the Wichita Agency (Fort Wichita), killed the pro-Confederate white employees, and burned the buildings.
Nova Scotia
The screw sloop-of-war CSS ALABAMA under the command of Confederate States Navy, Captain Raphael Semmes, captured and burned the American bark LAFAYETTE south of Halifax.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 24, 2024 2:48:25 GMT
Day 563 of the United States Civil War, October 24th 1862
Virginia
Skirmish near Bristoe Station.
Skirmish near Manassas Junction.
Tennessee
The 13th United States Army Corps is constituted, TN.
Confederate States Army, Major General Edmund Kirby Smith reached Knoxville where he began to replenish supplies and to rest his exhausted army.
Confederate States Army, Major General Leonidas Polk, is temporarily in command of Confederate Deptarment No. 2, TN.
Expedition to Portersville ended.
Reconnaissance to Colliersville, Galloway Switch, Hickory, Memphis, and Shelby Depot began.
Skirmish near White Oak Springs involving the 83rd Illinois Infantry Regiment (United States).
Skirmish at Galloway Switch involving the 6th Illinois Cavalry Regiment (United States) under the command of United States Army, Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson.
Kentucky
United States Army, Major General William S. Rosecrans takes command from United States Army, Major General Buell, who despite forcing the Confederates from Kentucky has failed to destroy Bragg’s army. The command might have gone to the United States Army, Major General George H. Thomas except that he had declined promotion in the course of the recent campaign. Thomas is displeased with the developments, but following a brief protest, settles into the secondary role cast for him.
United States forces completed the destruction of the Goose Creek Salt Works near Manchester.
Louisiana
Expedition to the La Fourche District began.
Missouri
United States expedition from Independence to Chapel Hill, Greenton, and Hopewell began.
South Carolina
Expedition to Charleston & Savannah Railroad ended.
Skirmish on St Helena Island involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General Rufus Saxton.
Arkansas
Skirmish near Fayetteville.
Sailors in a landing party from the CITY-class ironclad gunboat USS BARON DE KALB (3 × 8-inch smoothbores, 2 × 42-pounder rifles, 6 × 32-pounder rifles, 2 × 30-pounder rifles and 1 × 12-pounder rifle) under the command of United States Army, Captain John Ancrum Winslow, debarked at Hopefield to engage a small Confederate scouting party. Mounting horses which they seized locally, the sailors engaged in a nine-mile running fight that ended with the capture of the Confederate scouts.
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Post by lordroel on Oct 25, 2024 6:51:57 GMT
Day 564 of the United States Civil War, October 25th 1862
District of Columbia
The following are appointed Brigadier Generals in the United States Army:
- Joseph Warren Revere.
- Joseph Rodman West.
(United States) President Abraham Lincoln is none too pleased with United States Army, Major General George B. McClellan’s continual explanations for his lack of progress against Confederate States Army, General Robert E. Lee after the recent fighting in Maryland: “I have just read your despatch about sore tongued and fatiegued horses. Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the battle of Antietam that fatigue anything?” The goading prompts McClellan to respond in the evening with a message detailing the activities of his mounted troops since the recent fighting in Maryland: “If any instance can be found where overworked cavalry has performed more labor than mine since the battle of Antietam, I am not conscious of it.”
Virginia
Confederate States Army, Braxton Bragg reached Richmond and attended a conference with (Confederate States) President Jefferson Finis Davis. Despite rumours of dissension and dissatisfaction among his senior commanders, the intention was not to relieve Bragg of command but to assess the results of the Kentucky campaign and to plan future operations. Bragg’s army was currently travelling en route by rail and foot from Knoxville via Stevenson, Alabama, to Tullahoma and on to Murfreesboro. From Murfreesboro, the army would be able to threaten the Union base at Nashville and protect the key city of Chattanooga. Following Bragg’s departure, his deputy Confederate States Army, Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk was subsequently summoned to Richmond to explain his dissatisfactions and grievances against Bragg. Similar criticism of Bragg was received also from the two other new Lieutenant-Generals and senior commanders in the western theatre, Edmund Kirby Smith and William Joseph Hardee. Having heard all of their statements the President chose to stand by Bragg and retain him in command of the primary forces in the western theatre.
Skirmishes at the Blackwater River and Zuni involving troops from United States Army, Major General John Adams Dix’s VII Corps (Virginia).
Tennessee
United States Army, Major General Ulysses S. Grant assumes the command of the 13th United States Army Corps and the Department of the Tennessee.
Kentucky
Kentuckian Guerrant offers a last assessment of the recent campaigning: “Dark. Dreary. Dismal Day. O how cold, how desolate! This morning we left for Virginia—the rear guard of the army of Eastern Ky.—Our march was more like a funeral procession than anything else. It was the funeral march of dead hopes, & joys, & expectations.”
Operations in Bath County, Bourbon County, Estil County, Montgomery County, Powell County, and Clark County ended.
Skirmish at Lawrenceburg.
Arkansas
Skirmish near Helena.
Missouri
Skirmish at Eleven Points River
Skirmish near Pike Creek involving United States troops under United States Army, Brigadier General John Wynn Davidson.
Louisiana
United States Army, Major General Benjamin Franklin Butler launched an expedition into the La Fourche region to eliminate the Confederate threat from that area, to make sure that sugar and cotton products from there would come into United States hands. He also planned to make it a base for future military operations. He organised a brigade of about 4,000 men under the command of United States Army, Brigadier General Godfrey Weitzel to accomplish these missions. It was designated the Reserve Brigade, Department of the Gulf. Weitzel and his men arrived at Donaldsonville where the La Fourche meets the Mississippi and began an advance up the east bank of the bayou. The Confederates under the command of Confederates States Army, Brigadier General Jean Jacques Alfred Alexandre Mouton abandoned Donaldsonville and attempted to concentrate to meet the threat. The Confederate force comprised the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederates States), the Crescent Infantry Regiment, Ralston’s Battery, a cavalry detachment, 33rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederates States), the Terre Bonne Infantry Regiment, Semmes’ Battery, and the 2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment (Confederates States). These troops had a modest 1,392 men in total and were unable to prevent the capture of the town by the United States expedition.
New Mexico Territory
Expedition to Canadian River and Utah Creek ended.
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