JANUARY

1:     1863 - At Murfreesboro, TN, both armies rest. Battle of Galveston, TX. Confederates recapture important port city.  Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation.

2:     1863 - Battle of Murfreesboro, horrific fighting, over 24,000 CS & US killed, wounded, or missing in action.

3:     1863 - Despite his victory, Gen. Bragg withdraws the CS Army of TN from Murfreesboro.

4:     1863 - Off Charleston, CS blockade-runner carrying important dispatches is captured by the USS Quaker City.

5:     1863 – After main battle, minor fighting in several places near Murfreesboro, TN as Federal troops enter the city.

6:     1863 – NY City Mayor Fernando Wood proposes that if the Union is dissolved, NY should become a free city, trading with both North and South.

7:     1861 - At St. Augustine, FL, State Troops take control of Ft. Marion.

8:     1821 - Gen. James Longstreet born.  1863 - CS Gen. Joseph Wheeler begins week-long raid at Mill Creek, Harpeth Shoals, and Ashland, TN.

9:     1861 - Mississippi 2nd State to secede.

10:   1861 - Florida  3rd State to secede.

11:   1861 - Alabama 4^th State to secede.  1863 - Naval battle between the CSS Alabama and the USS Hatteras off Galveston, TX.

12:   1864 - Across the Rio Grande River from Brownsville, TX, Federal troops enter Matamoros, Mexico to remove the U.S. Consul because of heavy fighting between warring Mexican factions.

13:   1863 - Federals capture the towns of St. Charles, Clarendon, DuVall's Bluff and Des Arc, Arkansas.  1865 -  US Adm. Porter attacks Ft. Fisher.

14:   1864 - Skirmish at Shoal Creek, AL.

15:   1865 - After heavy fighting, Federal forces assault and capture Fort Fisher, N.C.

16:   1865 - Off Aransas Pass, Texas, the CS schooner Mary Agnes, loaded with cotton bales, is destroyed by the USS Penobscot.

17:   1862 - On the Tennessee River, Federal gunboats demonstrate against the Confederates holding Fort Henry.

18:   1862 - The Confederate Territory of Arizona is formed.  1864 - In western North Carolina, opponents of the Confederate conscription law hold meetings. 

        1862 - Battle at Mill Springs.

19:   1807 – Gen. Robert E. Lee born.  1861 - Georgia is fifth state to secede from the Union.  1862 - Battle of Mill Springs

20:   1861 - Mississippi secessionists take  Federal installations on Ship Island.

21:   1824 – Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson born.

22:   1862 - Federal blockading ships attack Aransas Pass, Texas.  1864 - Skirmish at Clear Creek Arkansas.

23:   1864 - Skirmish at Cowskin Bottom, Indian Territory.

24:   1861 - Georgia state troops take control of the Federal arsenal in August.

25:   1856 - The CS cruiser "Shenandoah" arrives at Melbourne, Australia.

26:   1861 - Louisiana is 6th State to secede from the Union.  1863 – Hooker takes command of US forces.

27:   1863 - Philadelphia Journal  editor arrested & charged with publishing anti-Union material.

28:   1825 - Gen. George Pickett born.  1865 - President Jefferson Davis names 3 com-missioners to hold peace talks with US.

29:   1863 - Federal ships bombard the Confederates at Galveston, Texas.  1864 - Confederates attack Federal steamer "Sir William Wallace" on the Mississippi.

30:   1861 - At Mobile, U.S. Revenue Cutter "Lewis Cass" surrenders to Alabama officers.  1865 - Skirmishes at Lake Verret and Richland Plantation, Louisiana.

31:   1865 - Robert E. Lee named Commander-in-Chief of all CS Armies.

FEBRUARY

1:     1861 - Austin  TX secession convention votes 166 to 7 in favor of secession.  1865 - Sherman begins Carolina Campaign.

2:     1803 - Gen. Albert S. Johnston born.  1862 - Minor skirmish in Morgan County, TN  1863 - Union ram "Queen of the West" runs past the CS batteries at Vicksburg.

3:     1807 - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston born.  1863 - Below Vicksburg, "Queen of the West" captures 3 Confederate vessels.  1864 - Meridian Campaign begins. 

        1865 - Skirmish at Hog Jaw Valley, Alabama.  1865 - Peace talks begin.

4:     1861 - At Montgomery, AL the Confederate States of America is organized at the 1st session of the Provisional Confederate Congress.

5:     1861 - At the Secession Convention at Montgomery, a resolution is offered calling for the formation of "a Confederacy of the States which have seceded from the United States."

6:     1833 - Gen. J.E.B. Stuart born.  1862 - On the Tennessee River, Ft Henry is surrendered to Federals.  1863 - The Federal government refuses a French offer of mediation between North and South.

7:     1865 - Federal cutters enter Galveston Harbor TX & capture schooners Pet and Annie Sophie, & their cargo totaling 476 bales of cotton.

8:     1861 - Provisional CS Constitution unanimously adopted at Montgomery, AL.  1862 - Battle of Roanoke Island.

9:     1861 - Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens elected President and Vice- President of the CSA.

10:   1864 - Fighting at Barber's Ford, Camp Cooper, and Lake City, FL.

11:   1812 - Alexander H. Stephens born at Crawfordville, GA.  Stephens was V.P. of the CSA, a US Congressman and Gov. of Georgia.  Died in Atlanta in 1883.

12:   1861 - At Montgomery, Provisional Congress of the Confederacy provides for  Peace Commission to the US.

13:   1862 - Beginning of the Federal attack on Ft. Donelson, on the Cumberland River.

14:   1862 - At Ft. Donelson, Union  ironclads begin fierce exchange of fire with Confederate shore batteries.

15:   1862 - Battle of Ft Donelson.  Despite day-long fighting in which Federals are nearly defeated, inept Confederate Generals Floyd and Pillow decide to surrender the next day.

16:   "Committee of Public Safety," pro-CS forces, seize US Army Military Post &  Federal Arsenal San Antonio, TX

17:   1864 - Off Charleston, SC, CS submarine H.L. Hunley becomes 1st submarine in history to sink an enemy ship in combat.  1865 - Columbia, S.C. surrenders.

18:   1861 - At Montgomery, AL, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated Provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

19:   1861 - Louisiana State Troops seize US paymaster's office in New Orleans.  1865 - Sherman’s men destroy most Columbia, SC, burning all railroad property.

20:   Confederate House of Representatives authorizes the use of slaves as soldiers.  Gen. Robert E. Lee endorsed the idea.

21:   1864 - Fighting at Ellis' Bridge, Prairie Station, West Point, and Union, MS.

22:   1862 - On Texas Gulf coast, the US Navy heavily shells the town of Port Aransas.

23:   1861 - Confederates begin to evacuate Nashville, TN as Federals approach.  1865 - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assumes command of the Army of Tennessee.

24:   1864 - Along the Texas Gulf coast around Matagorda Bay, the Federal Army issues a conditional amnesty for local residents.

25:   1862 - Nashville, TN occupied by Union troops & remains so throughout the war.

26:   1863 - Below Vicksburg, Confederates blow up newly captured gunboat Indianola mistakenly believing they are under attack by a Federal ironclad.

27:   1863 - President Jefferson Davis names 3 Confederate commissioners to Washington attempting negotiations with Federals.  1863 - President Davis calls for a day of fasting and prayer.

28:   1863 - Near Ft McAllister, GA, CSS Nashville destroyed by USS Montauk.

MARCH

1:     1862 - President Jefferson Davis proclaims martial law in Richmond, & pro-northern sympathizers are arrested.

2:     1861 - Texas admitted to the Confederacy.  Federal Revenue Cutter Henry Dodge seized by Texas State Troops at Galveston.  1865 - Battle of Waynesboro, VA.

3:     1863 - Enrollment Act passed.  1865 - TX Gulf coast, USS Quaker City captures CSS schooner Telmico loaded with 24 bales of cotton & 64 sacks of pecans.

        1865 - Congress creates Freedmen's Bureau.

4:     1861 - Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16^th president, & newspaper editorials in the South proclaim this means war.  1862 - Confederate troops enter Santa Fe, NM.

        1865 - Pres. Lincoln's 2^nd inaugural.

5:     1862 - Near Fayetteville, AR, Gen. Earl Van Dorn's forces join Gen. Sterling Price’s to stop Fed. Gen. Samuel Curtis.

6:     1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge), AR.  1st day of fighting moderate.  Gen. Van Dorn's forces flank Feds in a night march.

7:     1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern continues (Pea Ridge),  CSA Generals McCulloch & McIntosh killed in action. 

8:     1862 - Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, AR. 3rd & final day of fighting results in the Feds driving Confederates from Pea Ridge.

9:     1862 - Battle of the Monitor & the CSS Virginia.  In Hampton Roads, VA, 2 "modern" ironclad vessels battle to a draw.

10:   1865 - Conclusion of 3 days of heavy engagements at Kinston, NC  1865 - Skirmish near Boyd's Station, AL.

11:   1861 - Confederate Congress unanimously adopts Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

12:   1862 - Federal forces temporarily occupy Jacksonville, FL.  1864 - Red River campaign begins.  US Grant promoted to command US forces. 

        1865 - Skirmishing near Columbia and Macon, MO.

13:   1865 - President Jefferson Davis signs legislation allowing Negroes in the CS Army.  Gen. Lee acts promptly & black troops are in CS uniforms in Richmond.

14:   1863 - Fed gunboats bombard Confederate positions at Port Hudson, LA

15:   1863 - British ship Britannia runs Federal blockade into Wilmington, NC.

16:   1861 - Jefferson Davis arrives in Montgomery, AL to accept the post of Provisional President of the newly organized CSA.  1861 - Arizona secedes.

17:   1828 - Gen. Patrick Cleburne born.  1864 - CS forces attack Fed occupied Corpus Christi, TX.  1865 - Campaign to capture Mobile begins.

18:   1861 - In TX, Governor Sam Houston refuses to take oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.  1862 - President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah P. Benjamin as Confederate Secretary of State.

19:   1864 - Battle of Bentonville, NC.  Harsh fighting between Sherman's army and CS forces.

20:   1865 - Battle of Bentonville.  2d day no heavy fighting, considerable skirmishing.

21:   1865 - Battle of Bentonville concludes.  Last significant effort to halt Sherman.

22:   1817 - Braxton Bragg born.  1864 - After heavy snowfall in Richmond, VA, CS soldiers engage in a huge snowball fight.

23:   1862 – 1st Battle of Kernstown, VA

24:   1864 - CS calvary under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Union City, TN.

25:   1865 - In FL, fighting at Bluff Springs, Cotton Creek, and Escambia River.  1865 - CS attacks Ft Stedman, Petersburg, VA.

26:   1862 - NM Campaign.  Confeds & Feds clash near Santa Fe at Apache Canyon.

27:   1864 - Camden Expedition. Fighting at Branchville & Brooks' Mill, AR

28:   1818 - Gen. Wade Hampton born.  1862 - NM Campaign.  Battle of Glorieta Pass.  The major battle of the war in the far west occurs not far from Santa Fe. 

        1862 - Taylor marches to reinforce Jackson.

29:   1865 - Appomattox campaign begins.  Near Petersburg, Virginia, there is heavy fighting near the junction of the Boydton and Quaker roads.

30:   1862 - Federals attack Union City, Tennessee.

        1863 – Skirmish, Tahlequah, Indian Territory.

31:   1863 - Skirmish, Clapper's Saw Mill.

APRIL

1:     1865 – Appomattox Campaign.  Battle of Five Forks, southwest of Petersburg.

2:     1865 – The Petersburg-Richmond front begins to collapse.  The Confederate government flees Richmond.  CS Gen. A.P. Hill is killed near Petersburg.

3:     1865 – Fall of Richmond & Petersburg as Federal troops occupy cities.

4:     1862 - Gen. Albert S. Johnston’s army marches from Corinth, Miss. toward Pittsburg landing, TN.

5:     1862 – Gen. Albert S. Johnston’s Confederate Army moves toward Shiloh Church near Pittsburg Landing, TN.

6:     1862 – Battle of Shiloh, TN.  2^nd largest of the war.  Furious Confederate assault drives back Federal Army.

7:     1862 – Battle of Shiloh.  Fed Army retakes & holds field on 2^nd day of fighting.  Fall of Island # 10 on Mississippi River.

8:     1864 – Red River Campaign.  Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana. 1865 – Appomattox Campaign.  Lee is cut off near Appomattox Court House.

9:     1865 – Lee surrenders over 26,000 veterans of his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House.

10:    1806 – CS Gen. Leonidas Polk born. 1865 – At Appomattox, Gen. Lee issues his last general orders as a soldier, bidding “an affectionate farewell” to his troops.

11:    1861 – At Charleston, Confederates demand the surrender of Fort Sumter.  1862 – Near Savannah, Feds surrender Ft Pulaski after being heavily shelled & hit over 5,000 times.

12:    1861 – Confederates fire on Ft. Sumter, S.C. @ 4:30 a.m.

13:    1861 – Federal garrison @ Ft. Sumter, S.C. surrenders to Confederates after 34 hours of bombardment.

14:    1865 – President Lincoln shot by actor, John Wilkes Booth, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

15:    1863 – CSS Alabama captures 2 U.S. whalers off coast of Brazil. 1864 – US ironclad Eastport is severely damaged by Confederate torpedo on Red River.

16:    1863 – Under heavy fire from Confederate artillery, Porter’s Federal fleet finally passes Vicksburg. 1864 – Red River Campaign.  Skirmishing at Grand Ecore, Louisiana

17:    1861 – In Richmond, the Virginia State Convention adopts an ordinance of secession by a vote of 88 to 55.

18:    1864 – At Poison Springs, Arkansas, Confederates under Gen. John S. Marmaduke attack a Federal supply column capturing 198 wagons.

19:    1861 – President Lincoln declares a blockade against the ports of the states of S.C., Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

        1862 – Battle of South Mills

20:    1865 – In Georgia, there is fighting at Rocky Creek near Macon, Spring Hill, & at Mimms Mills on Tobesofke Creek.

21:    1861 – Col. Earl Van Dorn accepts command of Confederate forces in Texas.  His volunteers capture three Federal ships, the Mobile, Fashion, & United States.

22:    1861 – Franklin Buchanan, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, resigns from the U.S. Navy to join the Confederacy.

23:    1862 – Confederate raiders capture several Federal vessels in Aransas Bay, Texas.

        1863 – Skirmish at Independence, Missouri

24:    1862 – Below New Orleans, the Federal fleet, under heavy fire, passes Fts Jackson & St. Philip, & moves up the Mississippi to engage Confederate gunboats.

25:    1861 – At Saluria, Texas, seven companies from the 1^st, 3^rd, & 8^th U.S. Infantry Regiments surrender to col. Earl Van Dorn.

26:    1865 – gen. Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee near Durham Station, N.C.

27:    1861 – The Federal blockade is extended to the Virginia & N.C. coasts. 1861 – The Virginia Convention invites the Confederate government to make Richmond the seat of government.

28:    1862 – Confederates surrender Fts Jackson & St. Philip to Federals, & the Mississippi River is under Federal control from the Gulf of Mexico to New Orleans.

29:    1861 – Maryland votes against secession by 53 to 13 vote. 1862 – New Orleans surrenders to Union.

30:    1864 – At Richmond, Joe Davis, son of President Jefferson Davis, is killed in an accidental fall off the veranda of the Confederate White House.

MAY

1:     1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville, VA. 1^st of 4 days fighting @ Fredericksburg, Salem Heights, & Marye’s Heights.

2:     1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville, Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s flank march is successful.  Later, he is accidentally wounded by his own men.

3:     1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville.  Failure of Federal frontal assaults at Fredericksburg.

4:                 Battle of Chancellorsville, & Salem Church, VA.

5:     1862 – Battle of Williamsburg, VA. 1864 – Battle of the Wilderness, VA begins.

6:     1861 – Arkansas &  Tennessee vote to secede. Davis approves state of war between US & CS.

           1864 – Battle of Wilderness continues.

7:     1862 – Battle of Eltham’s Landing, VA. 1864 – In northern Georgia, Gen. Sherman’s 3 different armies of 100,000 men begin their march on Atlanta.

8:     1862 – Valley Campaign, Battle of McDowell, Virginia is victory for Stonewall Jackson. 1864 – Fighting begins @ Spotsylvania Court House, VA

9:     1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Near Resaca, Georgia @ Snake Creek Gap, the Federal army fails to dislodge entrenched Confederates by deciding to withdraw rather than fight.

10:    1863 – Lt. Gen. “Stonewall” Jackson dies. 1864 – Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, VA.

11:    1864 – Battle of Yellow Tavern, VA.  Gen. J.E.B. “Jeb” Stuart is mortally wounded in this cavalry battle about 6 miles north of Richmond. 

12:    1864 - CS Gen. Jeb Stuart dies.  1864 – Battle of “Bloody Angle” at Spotsylvania Court House. 1865 – Last battle of war fought at Palmito Ranch, near Brownsville, TX.

13:    1863 – Gov. Zebulon B. Vance of N.C. expresses concern over desertion in the Confederate Army.

14:    1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Resaco, GA.

15:    1864 – Battle of New Market, VA. Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Resaco.  Armies meet head-on & Confederates are driven back.  Hood withdraws his army during night

16:    1863 – At Montgomery, Confederate Congress officially admits Tennessee to the Confederacy.  1863 – Battle of Champion’s Hill.  Siege of Vicksburg begins.

         1864 – Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, VA.

17:    1863 – Battle of Bib Glack River Bridge, MS. Confederates under Gen. Pemberton withdraw to Vicksburg defenses.

18:    1863 – Beginning of the Federal siege of Vicksburg.  1864 – Heavy fighting @ Spotsylvania Court House, VA.

19:    1863 – Failure of major Federal frontal assault on Vicksburg defenses.

20:    1861 – North Carolina 11^th & last full state to secede from US.  1864 – In GA, Fed troops occupy Cartersville, after skirmishing on Etowah River.

21:    1863 – Federal siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana begins. 1865 – Under the command of Lt. Waddell, the CSS Shenandoah enters the Sea of Okhotsk, looking for Yankee whalers.

22:    1863 – Siege of Vicksburg.  Major Federal assault against the Confederate line fails. 1865 – Former C.S. President Jefferson Davis imprisoned at Ft. Monroe, VA.

23:    1861 – Virginia secedes. 1862 – Battle of Front Royal, VA.

24:    1861 – For the 1^st time, North sets foot upon Southern soil as Federal troops enter VA & occupy Alexandria.

25:    1862 – First Battle of Winchester. 1864 – Atlanta Campaign, Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia.  Federals suffer heavy losses & their attack fails.

26:    1865 – In New Orleans, Confederate Gen Simon B. Buckner meets Federal authorities & surrenders the Confederate Army of the Trans-Mississippi, the last significant Southern force still in the field.

27:    1863 – At Port Hudson, Louisiana, the 13,000 man Federal army attacks the 4,500 Confederate defenders in the first actual assault on the post.  After heavy Federal losses, the attack fails.

28:    1818 – CS Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard born. 1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Heavy fighting @ Pickett’s Mills, along Confederate line from New Hope Church to Dallas.

29:    1865 – With a few exceptions, U.S. President Andrew Johnson grants amnesty & pardons to all who participated in “the existing rebellion”.

30:    1862 – Skirmish @ Mill Creek, Missouri. 1863 – Skirmish @ Port Isabel, TX.

31:    1862 – Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia.  Battle of Seven Pines, Virginia. 1863 – Fighting continues @ Vicksburg, MS & Port Hudson, LA.

JUNE

1:     1862 – Lee appointed Commander of army in Virginia. 1862 – Battle of Seven Pines, 2^nd day.

        1864 – Battle of Cold Harbor, 1^st day.

2:     1864 – Battle of Cold Harbor 2^nd day.

3:     1808 – Jefferson Davis born. 1864 – Battle of Cold Harbor 3^rd day.  Near Richmond, Gen. Lee’s army repels massive charge that cost 7,000 Federal soldiers lives in less than 1 hour.

4:     1862 – Along Yazoo & Mississippi Rivers, Southern planters burn huge cotton stores to prevent capture by Federals.

5:     1863 – Stuart hosts Grand Review of his cavalry. 1864 – On Matagorda Island, TX, 13 black members of Union Corps de Afrique are hanged by Federal military authorities after convictions for mutiny.

6:     1862 – Memphis surrenders.  Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby killed in action near Harrisonburg, VA.

7:     1862 – In New Orleans, Union Gen. Butler has citizen William B. Mumford hanged for tearing down Union flag over New Orleans Mint.

8:     1861 – Tennessee formally secedes.  Federals blockade Key West, Florida. 1862 – Valley Campaign.  Confederate victory @ Battle of Cross Keys, VA.

9:     1862 – Valley Campaign.  Battle of Port Republic. 1863 – Battle of Brandy Station, VA.

10:    1861 – First serious battle of war fought @ Big Bethel, VA. 1864 – At Brice’s Crossroads, Mississippi, Gen. N.B. Forrest leads his cavalry to a brilliant & classic victory.

11:    1864 – Forrest’s men follow & attack beaten Federals as they straggle back toward Memphis.

12:    1862 – On Peninsula in Virginia, Brigadier Gen. “Jeb” Stuart begins famous 4-day reconnaissance known as the “Ride Around McClellan.

13:    1862 – Jeb Stuart’s troopers move around McClellan’s right flank, passing thru Hanover Court House & fighting @ Haw’s Shop, VA.

14:    1861 – Skirmish @ Seneca Mills, Maryland.

        1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Gen. Leonidas Polk killed @ Pine Mountain, GA.

15:    1863 – Battle of Winchester, VA.  British House of Lords debates seizure of British ships by US vessels.  1864 – Petersburg Campaign begins.

16:    1862 – Skirmish @ Denmark, Arkansas. Battle of Secessionville, James Island, S.C.

17:    1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  In front of Marietta, GA, along mud Creek, Sherman’s troops launch attack on Confederate line.

18:    1862 – In VA, skirmishing near Richmond on Nine-Mile Road.  Fighting near Winchester.

19:    1864 – Off Cherbourg, France, CSS Alabama sunk by USS Kearsarge.  Siege of Petersburg begins.

20:    1863 – Vicksburg Campaign.  Confederate city comes under intense shelling from Federal batteries.

21:    1862 – 2^nd of 3 days fighting @ Des Allemands Bayou, LA. 1863 – Fighting @ Hudsonville, MS, Brashear City, LA, & Powder Springs Gap, TN

22:    1864 – Petersburg Campaign.  Confederates of Gen. A.P. Hill’s corps stop Union attempt to seize Weldon Railroad.

23:    1865 – Ft. Towson, Gen. Stand Watie surrenders his Indian command in last formal surrender of a large Confederate force.

24:    1863 – Gen. Longstreet’s & A.P. Hill’s corps cross Potomac & enter Maryland while enroute to PA.  Fed shelling of Vicksburg continues.

25:    1862 – Peninsular Campaign.  Near Richmond, series of battles called Seven Days’ Battles begins with fighting @ Oak Grove.

26:    1862 – Peninsular Campaign.  Seven Days’ Battles.  Battle of Mechanicsville.  Federals fall back from their advance toward Richmond.

        1864 – Stoneman begins Atlanta raid.

27:    1862 – Peninsular Campaign.  Battle of Gaines’ Mill, VA. 1864 – Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, GA.

28:    1863 – Gen. Lee orders Longstreet, Hill, & Ewell to march toward Gettysburg.

29:    1862 – Peninsular Campaign.  Battle of Savage’s Station. 1864 – Early marches toward Washington, DC.

30:    1862 – Peninsular Campaign.  Battle of White Oak Swamp.      

JULY

1:     1862 – Peninsular Campaign. Battle of Malvern Hill.  1863 – Battle of Gettysburg begins.

2:     1863 – Battle of Gettysburg.  2^nd day with fighting @ Little Round Top & Big Round Top, Devil’s Den, Wheatfield, Peach Orchard, Cemetery Hill & Culp’s Hill.

3:     1863 – Battle of Gettysburg ends w/Pickett-Pettigrew charge, the “high tide of the Confederacy.”

4:     1863 – Vicksburg surrendered to Feds giving them control of Mississippi River.

5:     1861 – Battle of Carthage, Missouri.  Confederate victory halts Fed advance into southwest Missouri.

6:     1861 – C.S.S. Sumter releases 7 captured vessels @ Cuban port. 1863 – Fighting @ various locations as Lee’s Army withdraws from Gettysburg toward Potomac.

7:     1865 – In Washington, D.C., 4 Lincoln assassination conspirators executed by hanging on arsenal grounds @ Old Penitentiary Bldg.

8:     1863 – Surrender of Port Hudson, Louisiana, last Confederate garrison on Mississippi River.

9:     1864 – Battle of Monocacy, Maryland.  Advancing on Washington, D.C., CS Gen. Jubal Earl’s infantry reach Frederick & route Union defenders.

10:   1861 – Confederate government signs treaty w/Creek Indians.  1863 – Beginning of Fed siege of Battery Wagner in Charleston harbor.

11:   1863 – First major Federal assault on Battery Wagner in Charleston harbor.

12:   1864 – Confederate cavalry under CS Gen. Jubal Early invade suburbs of Washington, D.C.  1864 – Skirmish @ Campbellton, Georgia.

13:   1821 - Birthday of CS Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821-1877).  A self-made man who became “the foremost cavalry officer produced in America.” 

        1861 – Union forces secure West Virginia.

14:   1862 – CS. Gen. John H. Morgan reaches town of Cynthiana, Kentucky w/his cavalry raiders.  Citizens of southern Indiana & Ohio in uproar as Morgan gets nearer.

15:   1862 – At Vicksburg,  newly completed Confederate ironclad Arkansas attacks & badly damages 3 Federal vessels.

16:   1862 – In Paris, Confederate Commission John Slidell meets Napoleon III & requests France’s formal recognition of the Confederacy.  France declines.

17:   1863 – Morgan’s Raiders ride thru suburbs of Cincinnati, heading east toward Ohio River.

18:   1861 – First Manassas.  Heavy skirmishing along Bull Run.  1863 – Battle of Fort Wagner.

19:   1863 – At Buffington Island on Ohio River, Morgan’s Raiders are cut to pieces by superior Union forces as Morgan, himself, escapes.

20:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Peachtree Creek, Georgia.  Confederates suffer 4,796 casualties in only a few hours.

21:   1861 – Battle of First Manassas, Virginia.  Confederates rout Federal army in first great battle of the war.  First battle of Bull Run

22:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Atlanta.  Confederates still hold Atlanta after suffering up to 10,000 casualties of nearly 40,000 engaged.

23:   1863 – Skirmishing @ Snicker’s Gap, Chester Gap, & Gaines Cross Roads, Virginia.

24:   1864 – 2^nd Battle of Kernstown, Virginia.  Confederates inflict heavy losses.

25:   1863 – Skirmish at Brownsville, Arkansas & Williamsburg, Kentucky.  1864 – Skirmish @ Benton, Arkansas & Pleasant Hill, Missouri.

26:   1861 – Near Mesilla, New Mexico Territory, Federals surrender Fort Fillmore to a smaller Confederate force.

27:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Sherman orders cavalry to begin to cut railroads south of city.

28:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia, Confederates suffer 5,000 casualties after repeated attacks against entrenched Federals.

29:   1863 – Alabama sails out of England.  1864 – Jubal Early’s cavalry cross Potomac west of Williamsport & enter Maryland & Pennsylvania.

30:   1864 – At Petersburg, Virginia, Battle of the Crater occurs after Federal mine is exploded.  1864 – Confederate cavalry under Col. John S. “Rip” Ford recapture Brownsville, Texas.

31:   1863 – Fighting @ Kelly’s Ford, Virginia.  1864 – Fighting near Ft. Smith, Arkansas.

AUGUST

1:     1861 - CS troops skirmish w/Apache Indians near Ft. Bliss, TX, before invading NM.

2:     1862 – Skirmishes @ Jonesboro, Arkansas & Austin, Mississippi.  1863 – Skirmish @ Stumptown, Missouri.

3:     1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Feds cross Utoy Creek moving slowly toward city.  Fighting @ Mulberry Creek, Jug Tavern, Sunshine Church & Frogtown.

4:     1862 – Fort Bliss, Texas burned by Confederate units of Sibley’s brigade as they retreat from New Mexico.

5:     1862 – Major engagement @ Baton Rouge, LA.  1864 – Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama.

6:     1864 – At Wilmington, NC, CSS Tallahassee runs past Federal blockading fleet & heads north to begin raiding northern shipping, destroying 30 ships in 2 weeks.

7:     1863 – Near Fort Fillmore, NM territory, Feds defeat CS Gen. Sibley’s army of NM.  1864 – surrender of Fort Gaines in Mobile Bay to Feds.

8:     1863 – Gen. Robert E. Lee offers his resignation as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.  The offer is rejected by President Davis.

9:     1862 – Battle of Cedar Mountain, VA.  1864 – In Eastland County, TX, 2 Confederate cavalrymen killed & 3 wounded in fight with 40 Comanches.

10:   1861 – Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri. Confederates victorious in major battle of war in Missouri.

11:   1861 – Near Fort Bliss, TX, Apache Indians attack Confederate patrol of Company D, 2^nd Texas Mounted Rifles.

12:   1864 – Near Brownsville, TX, Feds capture British schooner Flying Scud after she unloaded 65,000 lbs of gunpowder & 7 tons of cavalry horseshoes.

13:   1862 – Large Union force drives Morgan’s Raiders out of Gallatin, TN.

14:   1861 – Brig. Gen. Paul O. Hebert appointed commander of all Confederate troops in TX.

15:   1862 – Skirmish @ Clarendon, Arkansas.  1863 – Skirmish @ Bentonville, Arkansas.

16:   1862 – Beginning of 3-day Federal bombardment of Corpus Christi, TX.  1864 – C.S.S. Tallahassee captured 5 enemy vessels off coast of New England.

17:   1862 – Fighting @ Flat Lick, London, & Mammoth Cave, KY.  Uprising of Sioux Indians.

18:   1864 – Petersburg Campaign, Battle for Welcome Railroad.  Beginning of 3 days intensive fighting.

19:   1864 – Skirmish near Antioch Church, AL.

20:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Fed cavalry on Macon & Western Railroad & fighting @ Lovejoy’s Station.

21:   1821 – CS Gen. William Barksdale born.  1863 – Skirmish @ Coldwater, Mississippi.  1864 – Skirmish @ Grubb’s Cross-Roads, KY.

22:   1862 – Skirmish @ Catlett’s Station, VA.  1863 – Skirmish @ Big Creek, Missouri.  1863 – Skirmish @ Stafford Court House, VA.

23:   1862 – Off Port Aransas, TX, US Arthur captures Confederate schooner Water Witch & her cargo of 3750 ponds of gunpowder.

24:   1863 – Mosby’s Raiders active north of Rappahannock River.  1864 – Skirmish @ Mud Town, Arkansas.

25:   1864 – Battle of Reams’ Station, VA.  1864 – CS schooner Mack Canfield & cargo of 133 bales of cotton captured near Brownsville, TX.

26:   1862 – Beginning of Second Manassas Campaign. CS cavalry enter Manassas Junction & capture rail point, prisoners, & supplies.

27:   1862 – Second Manassas Campaign.  Troops under Stonewall Jackson destroy Federal stores & facilities @ Manassas Junction.

28:   1861 – Fort Hatteras falls.  1862 – Second Manassas Campaign.  Fighting @ Groveton.  Accused female Confederate spy Belle Boyd released from Old Capitol Prison in Washington for lack of evidence.

29:   1862 – Battle of Second Manassas, VA.  Second battle of Bull Run.  Feds drive against Stonewall Jackson’s troops ends in failure.

30:   1862 – Battle of Second Manassas, Virginia.  Second battle of Bull Run.   Gen. R.E. Lee’s army victorious.  Battle of Richmond, KY.  Gen. E. Kirby Smith has impressive victory.

31:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.

SEPTEMBER

1:     1862 – Second Manassas Campaign.  Fighting @ Chantilly, VA.  1863 – In Alabama, skirmishes @ Davis’, Neal’s, & Tap’s Gap.

2:     1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Feds occupy city after Confeds withdraw previous day.  City looted & burned after surrendering.

3:     1861 – Confederate forces enter KY from TN.  Movement ends “neutrality” of KY with many repercussions.

4:     1864 – Engagement @ Hog Eye, Arkansas.  1864 – CS Gen. John Hunt Morgan killed @ Greenville, TN.        

5:     1861 – Editorial in Charleston “Mercury” calls for Confederate offensive against Washington to force US “to defend themselves.”  1863 – Britain seizes Confederate ships & shipyard.

6:     1861 – Grant moves into Paducah.  1864 – Beginning of 8^th major bombardment of Charleston, SC.  Almost 600 rounds fired against Confederate defenders of Ft. Sumter.

7:     1862 – Gen. R.E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia concentrated @ Frederick, MD.  1863 – Federal expedition to invade TX arrives off Sabine Pass.

8:     1863 – Battle of Sabine Pass, TX.  Lt. Dick Dowling & 47 Texas volunteers repel entire Federal invasion force.

9:     1863 – Federal army enters Chattanooga, TN after CS Gen. Bragg abandons city.  1864 – Skirmish @ Hodges’ Plantation, Louisiana.

10:   1836 – CS Gen. Joseph Wheeler born.  1861 – Engagement @ Carnifix Ferry, Western VA.  Feds fail to break Confed line, but C.S. Gen. Floyd withdraws @ night.  Union victory @ Cheat Mountain.

11:   1861 – Gen. R.E. Lee begins 5-day Cheat Mountain, VA Campaign, ending in Confederate withdrawal.

12:   1861 – Gen. Sterling Price’s army attack Lexington, Missouri.

13:   1863 – While attending church services @ Rodney, Mississippi, 20 crewmen of USS Rattler captured by Confederate cavalrymen.

14:   1862 – Battle of South Maintain & Crampton’s Gap, Maryland.  Severe fighting the entire day results in very heavy casualties on both sides.

15:   1862 – 12,000 prisoners & Harper’s Ferry captured by Stonewall Jackson’s command.

16:   1864 – From Verona, Mississippi, Forrest leads 4500 cavalry & mounted infantry on month raid against Feds in northern AL & middle TN.

17:   1862 – Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), Maryland.  Bloodiest day in American history.  Over 26,000 for both armies killed, wounded, or missing.

18:   1862 - Gen. Lee withdraws from Sharpsburg after dark.  Thousands of dead remain on battlefield.

19:   1862 – Battle of Iuka, MS.  1863 – Battle of Chickamauga 1^st day.  1864 – 3^rd battle of Winchester, VA.

20:   1861 – Feds surrender Lexington, Missouri.  1863 – Battle of Chickamauga 2^nd day.  1864 – Skirmish near Ft. Cottonwood, AZ territory.

21:   1863 – Retreating from defeat @ Chickamauga, Feds occupy strong defensive position in & around Chattanooga, TN.

22:   1864 – Battle of Fisher’s Hill, VA.  Following his advance on Washington, D.C., CS Gen. Jubal Early’s forces are defeated in Shenandoah Valley.

23:   1862 – Feds burn Randolph, TN.  1864 – Forrest’s troops skirmish @ Athens, AL.

24:   1864 – Union forces burn barns, crops, & other civilian property in Shenandoah Valley.

25:   1863 – In New Orleans area, cases of yellow fever & some deaths reported among crews of steamers & other vessels.

26:   1863 – In Trans-Mississippi, Gen. E. Kirby-Smith urges citizenry to protect states from Federal invasion by fighting from “thicket, gully,  stream.”

27:   1863 – South raises age limit for conscription of troops to 45.  1864 – Confederate guerrilla leader “Bloody Bill” Anderson attacks Centralia, Missouri.

28:   1864 – Fighting in Polk County & Caledonia< Missouri, during Gen. Sterling Price’s invasion.

29:   1864 – Siege of Petersburg.  Battle of Fort Harrison.  Feds capture fort after heavy fighting.

30:   1864 – Siege of Petersburg, VA.  Heavy fighting @ Peebles’ Farm.

OCTOBER

1:   1864 – Gen. N.B. Forrest’s cavalry skirmish with Fed garrisons @ Athens & Huntsville, AL. Near Petersburg, VA, fighting by Peebles’ Farm.

2:   1864 – Fighting @ Fairburn, Flat Rock, Sand Mountain & Powder Springs, GA.

3:   1862 – Battle of Corinth, Mississippi. Gens Van Dorn & Price inflict severe losses on Fed troops.

4:   1862 – 2^nd day of Battle of Corinth ending with Confed withdrawal from important rail center.

5:   1864 – Atlanta Campaign.  Battle of Allatoona, GA with heavy casualties on both sides in unsuccessful Confederate attack on Fed-held railroad pass.

6:   1864 – USS Virginia captures British schooner Jenny with 150 bales of cotton on TX Gulf Coast off Rio Grande.

7:   1863 – Fighting @ Evening Shade, Arkansas.  1864 – Sea raider CSS Florida captured @ Bahia, Brazil.

8:   1862 – Battle of Perryville, KY.  Confederate invasion of KY halted after bloody fighting.

9:   1862 – Gen. J.E.B. Stuart leads 1,800 Confederate cavalrymen on raid into Pennsylvania for several days.

10: 1864 – Fed troops & gunboats engage N.B. Forrest’s cavalrymen on Tennessee River @ Eastport, Mississippi with Confederates inflicting serious damage to 3 vessels.

11: 1862 – Stuart’s cavalrymen begin circling unmoving Union army cutting telegraph wires and destroying military equipment.

12: 1861 – Enroute to England, Confederate commissioners Mason & Slidell run the Charleston blockade on the steamer Theodora.  1865 – By presidential proclamation, martial law is ended in KY.

13: 1864 – In NW TX near Ft. Belknap, Confederate cavalrymen of Col. James G. Bourland’s “Border Regiment” begin a fierce 2-day engagement with several hundred Comanche & Kiowa Indians.

14: 1863 – Fighting occurs @ Bristoe Station, VA.  1864 – Near Brownsville, TX, Confederate cavalrymen attack encamped Federal forces.

15: 1863 – Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks a 2^nd time during a practice dive, & Hunley & 7 men are killed in Charleston Harbor, SC.

16: 1863 – Skirmishes @ Grand Coteau, LA, Ft. Brooke, FL, & Pungo Landing, NC.

17: 1863 – On Hillsborough River in FL, landing parties from USS Tahoma & Adela board & destroy cotton-laden blockade runners Scottish Chief & Kate Dale.

18: 1864 – In Liverpool, England @ St. George’s Hall, pro-Southern ladies of Great Britain hold benefit for Confederate soldiers.

19: 1864 – Battle of Cedar Creek, VA. Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur is mortally wounded in last major battle of the war in the Shenandoah Valley.

20: 1863 – Fighting @ Barton’s & Dickson’s Station & Cane Creek, AL  & Treadwell’s Plantation, MS.

21: 1861 – Battle of Ball’s Bluff.  1864 – In Missouri, as Price’s Confederates leave Lexington, they defeat Feds on the Little Blue, & Feds withdraw from Independence.

22: 1864 – In aftermath of Atlanta Campaign, Hood’s Army of TN moves west across AL enroute to TN.

23: 1864 – Battle of Westport, MS. CS Brig. Gen. Turner Ashby’s birthday  in  VA (1828-1862).

24: 1864 – After his Missouri raid, Maj. Gen. Sterling Price & his army retreat south along Missouri-Kansas border.

25: 1864 – Elements of Lt. Gen. Hood’s army attack Feds @ Round Mountain, near Turkeytown, AL.

26: 1864 – Confederate guerrilla “Bloody Bill” Anderson killed near Richmond, Missouri.

27: 1864 – Siege of Petersburg.  Feds launch offensive against South Side Railroad, Petersburg’s lifeline.

28: 1864 – Lt. Gen. John B. Hood’s army demonstrates against Fed garrison in Decatur, AL.

29: 1863 – Fed batteries fire 2,691 shells into Confederate-held Ft. Sumter, killing 33 defenders.

30: 1863 – Action near New Bern, NC.  Fed artillery continues pounding Confederates @ Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC.

31: 1863 – Confederates @ Ft. Sumter endure 3^rd day of tremendous shelling by Fed heavy artillery.  Skirmish @ Barton’s Station, AL.

NOVEMBER

1:     1861 – At Springfield, MO, US Gen. Fremont signs agreement with Confed commissioners to exchange prisoners.  Fremont also agrees to release those arrested for political dissent.

2:     1861 – Loaded with 2000 bales of cotton, British steamer Bermuda runs thru Fed blockade & escapes from Charleston, SC.

3:     1813 – CS Gen. Jubal A. Early born.  1863 - At Charleston, SC, Fed artillery fire bombards Ft. Sumter with 661 rounds.  Heavy fighting in LA @ Bayou Bourdeau & Carrion Crow Bayou.

4:     1864 – Gen. N.B. Forrest attacks & bombards Johnsonville, TN, destroying Fed gunboats, transports & storage warehouses, & causing over 2 million dollars in damages.

5:     1861 – Gen. Robert E. Lee named commander of the new Confed Depart of SC, GA, & E. FL.

6:     1861 – Jefferson Davis re-elected President of the Confederacy.  1865 – The Confederate flag is officially lowered for the last time @ Liverpool, England when sea-raider CSS Shenandoah strikes her colors.

7:     1861 – Union forces capture Port Royal.  1863 – Severe fighting erupts on Rappahannock River @ Kelly’s Ford & Rappahannock Station.

8:     1861 – Wilkes seizes Confed Commissioners.  1863 – Off TX coast @ mouth of Rio Grande, British schooner Matamoros is seized by USS Virginia.

9:     1825 – CS Ben. Ambrose P. Hill born.  1861 – Feds captures Beaufort, SC. 1862 – Fighting @ Silver Springs & Lebanon, TN.  1864 – Lincoln re-elected for 2^nd term.

10:   1863 – In AK, in an attempt to repress Confed guerrilla activity, there are Fed cavalry expeditions throughout NW portion of the state.

11:   1864 – At Rome, GA, Fed troops tear up railroad tracks, local mills, & foundries.

12:   1861 – Confederate blockade runner, Fingal, bought in England, arrives in Savannah with military supplies.

13:   1862 – Skirmishes @ Holly Springs, MS, Nashville, TN, & Sulphur Springs, VA.

14:   1863 – Off TX coast @ mouth of Rio Grande, USS Granite captures blockade runner Terista & her Cargo of 298 bales of cotton.

15:   1861 – The Trent Affair.  USS San Jacinto reaches fortress Monroe, VA with prisoners Mason & Slidell.  1864 – Sherman begins “March to the Sea.”

16:   1861 – The Trent Affair.  Northern politicians said affair was violation of international law, & that Mason & Slidell should be released.

17:   1863 – On Mustang Island, TX, 110 Confederate troops captured @ Camp Semmes, transported to New Orleans as prisoners of war.

18:   1864 – In Georgia, Sherman’s “march to the sea” continues as Union troops move between Ocmulgee & Oconee Rivers.

19:   1861 – At Round Mountain, Indian Territory, TX Confederates & pro-Southern Cherokees attack pro-union Creek Indians fleeing to Kansas. 

        1863 – Lincoln delivers Gettysburg address.

20:   1864 – Fighting @ Clinton, East Macon, Walnut Creek, & Griswoldville, GA.

21:   1864 – Gen. John B. Hood’s Confederate Army of TN with more than 30,000 infantry & 8,000 cavalry leaves Florence, AL, & heads toward TN. 

22:   1863 – On the Texas Gulf coast, heavy fighting occurs @ Cedar Bayou, between St. Joseph’s & Matagorda Islands.

23:   1863 – Battle of Chattanooga, TN begins.  Grant’s first attempt to break the Confederate siege.

24:   1863 – Battle of Chattanooga.  Union & Confederate forces strengthen their positions after Battle of Lookout Mountain.

25:   1863 – Battle of Chattanooga.  Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN, &  Feds finally break Confed line after 2 hours of fierce fighting.

26:   1864 – At Columbia, TN, Hood’s Army of Tennessee arrives in front of Federal lines south of Duck River.

27:   1864 – In VA, US Army transport ship Greyhoud is sunk by Confederate torpedo in James River.

28:   1861 – MO officially admitted to CSA.  1862 – Battle of Cane Hill, AR.

29:   1863 – Knoxville Campaign.  Longstreet launches unsuccessful attack on Feds @ Ft. Sanders.

30:   1864 – Battle of Franklin, TN.

DECEMBER

1:     1861 – Skirmish @ Camp Goggin & Whipporwill Creek, KY.  1863 – CS spy belle Boyd released from prison in Washington, DC.

2:     1861 – Near Newport News, VA, CS steamer Patrick Henry damaged engaging 4 US gunboats for 2 hours.

3:     1863 – Off TX coast, USS London captures Spanish schooner  Raton del Nilo, & her cargo of wine, coffee & percussion caps.

4:     1862 – CS Gen. Joseph E. Johnston assumes overall command in the West.

5:     1862 – At Coffeeville, MS, on the MS Central Railroad, CS defeats US cavalry.

6:     1833 – CS Col. John S. Mosby born.  1865 – 13^th Amendment passed.  1889 – Death of CSA President Jefferson Davis in New Orleans.

7:     1862 – Battle of Prairie Grove, AR.  After bitter fighting, Feds maintain control of NW AR

8:     1860 – US Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb resigns.  The Georgia native will become a CS Maj. Gen. in 1863, rendering valuable service to the Confederacy. 

        1863 – Lincoln makes proclamation of Amnesty &     Reconstruction.

9:     1861 – On the SC & GA coasts, southern planters burn cotton to prevent it from falling into Federal hands.

10:   1861 – An act of the Confederate Congress in Richmond admits KY to the Confederacy, thus completing the 13 states.

11:   1861 – Already suffering under the Union blockade, Charleston is struck by a disastrous fire that sweeps through the business district.

12:   1862 – In MS, USS Cairo strikes a torpedo in Yazoo River, the 1st US ship sunk this way.

13:   1861 – Battle of Fredericksburg, VA with over 186,000 troops engaged in fighting.  1862 – Battle of Fredericksburg.  1864 – Ft. McAllister surrenders.

14:   1862 – At Fredericksburg, Fed army withdraws after being severely beaten in previous days’ assaults.

15:   1864 – Battle of Nashville, TN.  Outnumbered Confederates are driven from their main defensive lines.

16:   1864 – Battle of Nashville.  The Confederate Army of TN is shattered by overwhelming Federal forces.

17:   1860 – At Columbia, the SC Secession Convention issues a resolution in favor of SC seceding from the Federal Union known as the US of America.

18:   1862 – At Lexington, TN, N.B. Forrest’s cavalry defeat a Federal cavalry force.  1863 – Monir fighting @ Bean’s Station & Rutledge, TN.

19:   1862 – Gen. N.B. Forrest attacks Grant’s supply line by striking the railroads near Jackson, TN.  1863 – Union naval forces destroy Confederate supply base @ St. Andrews, FL.

20:   1860 – By a vote of 169 to 0, SC adopts an Ordinance of Secession, & the Union is dissolved.

21:   1862 – Gen. John Hunt Morgan launches another cavalry raid on the Union supply lines in KY.

22:   1862 – Morgan’s Confederates cross the Cumberland River on their Kentucky raid.

23:   1862 – Skirmish near Helena, Arkansas.  1863 – Fighting @ Culpepper Court House, VA, & Corinth, Mississippi.

24:   1863 – Skirmish near Dandridge, TN.  1864 – Feds begin bombardment of Ft. Fisher, NC.

25:   1863 – Fed troops enter Gulf coast town of Port Lavaco, TX.  After taking what they want, Feds burn the business district of the town.

26:   1860 – In Charleston Harbor, SC, State Troops seize castle Pinckney.

27:   1862 – Skirmish @ Dripping Springs, Arkansas.  1863 – Confederate Congress abolishes substitution for military service.

28:   1862 – Vicksburg Campaign.  Battle of Chickasaw Bayou.  1863 – On the Matagorda Peninsula in TX, there is heavy  fighting between TX Cavalrymen & Maine infantrymen.

29:   1863 – While landing on the Texas Matagords Peninsula, 20 Confederates of the Matagorda Bay Marine Force freeze to death when a northerly swamps their boats.  Federals fire on survivors.

30:   1862 – USS Monitor sinks off Cape Hatteras.
        1863 – Skirmish @ St. Augustine, FL. 
        1864 – Skirmish @ Leighton, AL.

31:   1862 – Battle of Murfreesboro, TN.  Confeds & Feds fight each other all day long.