Today in the American Civil War

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Yeah, the American GI was notorious for being a dumb ass about his gear early in a war throughout our history.

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1862. Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as the first and only president of the CSA.

1864. The First Battle of Dalton begins.

Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats William Sooy Smith at the Battle of Okolona.

The Pomeroy Circular backing Salmon Chase for the 1864 Republican Nomination causes turmoil in Lincoln's cabinet.

1865. Sherman takes Wilmington, NC.

Joe Johnston appointed command of all remaining Confederate forces in the Carolinas.

Tennessee voters approve a new constitution which outlaws slavery.

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1861 Abraham Lincoln arrives in Washington, DC.

Texas voters approve the ordnance of secession by a 75% of the electorate.

1862 US Grant orders Bull Nelson to take Nashville.

Federal troops occupy Fayetteville, AR.

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1863 The Territory of Arizon is organized from the Territory of New Mexico. Previously the Confederates attempted to do teh same but were unable to control the area.

1864 Braxton Bragg is appointed Jefferson Davis' Chief of Staff.

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1862 Federal troops occupy Nashville, Tennessee, making it the first Confederate state capital to fall into Union hands.

1863 Daniel Harvey Hill assumes command of all North Carolina forces

1864 Engagement at Buzzard's Roost, Georgia.

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1863 The Cherokee Indian National Council leaves the Confederacy to join the Union

Attack at Woodburn, Tennessee

The National Currency Act was signed into law by President Lincoln, creating a national banking system, a Currency Bureau and the office of Comptroller of the Currency. The act's goal was to establish a single currency.

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1861 North Carolina voters reject the call for a secessionist convention by 651 votes

1862 The Battle of New Madrid (the a sounds like the a in bad)/Island No 10 begins. Battle of Island Number Ten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1863 At Ft. McAllister, federal gunships including the ironclad U. S. S. Montauk moved up the Ogeechee River to destroy the Rattlesnake, a Confederate privateer also known as the Nashville before it was decommissioned

1864 Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond begins. Encyclopedia Virginia: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid

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1861 Texas joins the Confederacy.

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1864 Ulric Dahlgren is run to ground by Fitz Lee

US Grant is confirmed as the first Lieutenant General since George Washington

1865 Custer destroys the remnants of Early's Army of the Valley at the Battle of Waynesboro.

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1861 General P. G. T. Beauregard arrives at Charleston and assumes command of Confederate troops

1862 Abraham Lincoln appoints Andrew Johnson to be military governor of Tennessee

General John Pope lays siege to New Madrid

1863 Naval assaults on Ft. McAllister resumes, lasting eight hours on this day. The damage to the fort's sand walls is quickly repaired.

The Conscription Act (National Enrollment Act of 1863) is signed into law by President Lincoln. Congress requires quotas of draftees by state, but allows wealthy Americans the right to buy their way out of service for $300.00. Also called the Draft Act or any number of variations.

National Academy of Science chartered, Washington, D. C.


Financier Jay Cooke is named as an agent to popularize the purchase of U. S. government bonds

1865 Freedman's Bureau established


Abraham Lincoln issues instructions on surrender discussions. He gives Grant wide-ranging powers on military matters, but reserves political matters for himself

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1861 Confederate Convention in Montgomery adopts the "Stars and Bars" as the nation's flag

Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated President of the United States. 7 states had already seceded.

1862 Over what is generally regarded as a communication problem, Halleck relieves Grant from command and replaces him with Charles Ferguson Smith. It turned out that a telegraph clerk with Southern sympathies was misrouting messages.


1863 Battle of Spring Hill begins

1864 Republican Michael Hahn is inaugrated governor of Louisiana.


Lincoln outlines his second term talking directly to the Confederate people "...with malice toward none; with charity for all..." Andrew Johnson, replacing Henry Hamlin as Vice-president gives a rambling, drunk speech. He had been given too much whiskey as medicine by a doctor.


"Parson" Brownlow is elected the first post-war governor of Tennessee

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1864 Confederate government orders all vessels to give half freight capacity to government shipments......States Rights anyone?

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1862 Abraham Lincoln proposes that slaves in the border states be emancipated gradually, with compensation to the owners

The USS Monitor, the first Union ironclad, departs from New York

Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina proposes a new design for a Confederate flag with a yellow sun in a blue shield with a ray for each state. It would eliminate the stars and the red, white, and blue combinations of the Yankee flag.

1865 Battle of Natural Bridge, FL The Battle of Natural Bridge Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org

Lincoln appoints Hugh McCulloch as United States Secretary of the Treasury

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1861 Salmon P. Chase appointed Secretary of the Treasury.

1862 The Battle of Pea Ridge/Elkhorn Tavern A battle with quite an amazing amount of intriguing unusual events. Large number of Native American troops for the Confederates, the Confederates were better armed than the union (happened quite a bit in the Trans Mississippi) and the battle lines and logistics trains shifted 180 degrees over night. The Battle of Pea Ridge Summary & Facts | Civilwar.org

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1862 Union forces win the Battle of Pea Ridge

Virginia v Monitor

Lincoln, tired of McClellan's foot dragging, names the cots commanders of the AOP.

Joe Johnston orders the Confederate forces near Manassas to fall back to the Rappahanock River.

1864 Abraham Lincoln and U. S. Grant meet for the first time at the White House. Grant arrives in the midst of a reception and is mobbed by the crowd. He ends up stepping up onto a couch so he can be above the crowd.

1865. The Battle of Kinston