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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
ct was disapproved by the President.] General Grant assumes command of southeastern Missouri......Sept. 1, 1861 Advance of the Confederates into Kentucky, and capture of Columbus......Sept. 3-12, 1861 Paducah, Ky., occupied by General Grant......Sept. 6, 1861 Gen. George H. Thomas assigned to command at camp Dick Robinson, east Kentucky......Sept. 10, 1861 Siege and surrender of Lexington, Mo........Sept. 11-20, 1861 Bowling Green, Ky., occupied by the Confederates......Sept. 18, 1861 Gen. O. M. Mitchel assumes command of the Department of the Ohio......Sept. 21, 1861 Gen. William T. Sherman supersedes General Anderson in the Department of the Cumberland......Oct. 8, 1861 Gen. O. M. Mitchel organizes an expedition for the occupation of east Tennessee......Oct. 10, 1861 James M. Mason, of Virginia, John Slidell, of Louisiana, Confederate envoys to Great Britain and France, run the blockade of Charleston Harbor, S. C., in the steamship Theodora, on the nig
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
r Tennessee troops to be withdrawn from her soil unconditionally ......Sept. 12, 1861 S. B. Buckner issues from Russellville an address to the people, calling on them to take up arms against the usurpation of Abraham Lincoln......Sept. 12, 1861 Resolution passed over the governor's veto requesting Gen. Robert Anderson, commander of Fort Sumter, to take charge of the State troops, which he did......September, 1861 S. B. Buckner occupies Bowling Green with a Confederate force......Sept. 18, 1861 Sixth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers, reaches Louisville......Sept. 20, 1861 House passes a bill calling out 40,000 volunteers for one to three years to repel the invasion of Confederate forces......Sept. 24, 1861 Battle at Camp Wildcat, the junction of three roads leading to Mount Vernon, London, and Richmond. Kentucky Infantry under Col. Theodore T. Garrard unsuccessfully attacked by Confederates under Brig.-Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer......Oct. 4, 1861 Sovereignty convention
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
pale yellow......Feb. 4, 1861 Louisiana ratifies the Confederate constitution......March 22, 1861 Louisiana raises 3,000 Confederate troops, and at call of Governor Moore 3,000 additional......April 24, 1861 First gun cast for Confederate navy at Phoenix Iron Works at Gretna, near New Orleans......May 4, 1861 Port of New Orleans blockaded by United States sloop-of-war Brooklyn; Ship Island occupied by Union troops......1861 Banks of New Orleans suspend specie payments......Sept. 18, 1861 Confederate martial law instituted in New Orleans......Oct. 11, 1861 Federal steamship Richmond, under John Pope, while coaling near New Orleans, is struck by a Confederate ram......Oct. 12, 1861 State casts its electoral vote for Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederate States......Feb. 19, 1862 Admiral Farragut passes forts Jackson and Philip with his fleet, morning......April 24, 1862 Surrender of New Orleans to Admiral Farragut......April 25, 1862 Capture of
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Kentucky, 1861 (search)
1861 Sept. 3: Occupation, Hickman and ColumbusBy Confederate forces. Sept. 4: Engagements, Hickman and ColumbusUNITED STATES--Gunboats "Tyler" and "Lexington." Sept. 5-6: Expedition from Cairo, Ill.,, to PaducahILLINOIS--Battery "K," 1st Light Arty.; 9th and 12th Infantry. Sept. 6: Occupation of PaducahILLINOIS--Battery "K," 1st Light Arty.; 9th and 12th Infantry. Sept. 18: Occupation of Bowling GreenBy Confederate forces. Sept. 19: Skirmish, BarboursvilleKENTUCKY--Recruits. Sept. 21-22: Reconn, toward ColumbusILLINOIS--7th Infantry. Sept. 22: Skirmish, Mayfield CreekILLINOIS--7th Infantry (Detachment). Sept. 26: Affair, Muddy RiverDestruction of Lock, at mouth of. Sept. 26-30: Exp. from Cumberland Ford to Clay CountyConfederate reports. Sept. --: Skirmish, Laurel CreekConfederate reports. Sept. 29: Skirmish, HopkinsvilleKENTUCKY--Home Guard. Sept. 29: Affairs at Albany and TravisvilleKENTUCKY--12th Infantry. Oct. 8: Skirmish, HillsboroughKENTUCKY--Flemingsburg Home Guard
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Maryland, 1861 (search)
Point of RocksPENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry. Aug. 18: Skirmish, Sandy Hook(No Reports.) Aug. 25: Skirmish, Great Falls(No Reports.) Sept. 4: Skirmish, Great FallsPENNSYLVANIA--7th (36th), and 8th (37th) Reserves Infantry. Sept. 15: Skirmish, Pritchard's Mills, near Antietam FordMASSACHUSETTS--13th Infantry (2 Cos.). NEW YORK--9th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. PENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry (Cos. "B," "D," "I"). Sept. 16-20: Skirmishes opposite Seneca CreekNEW YORK--34th Infantry (Detachment). Sept. 18: Skirmish near Berlin(No Reports.) Sept. 24: Skirmish, Point of RocksPENNSYLVANIA--28th Infantry. Sept. 29: Skirmish near BerlinMARYLAND--1st Infantry. Oct. 22-Nov. 12: Operations about Budd's FerryHooker's Division, Army Potomac. Nov. 3-11: Expedition into Lower MarylandNEW HAMPSHIRE--5th Infantry. NEW JERSEY--5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Infantry. PENNSYLVANIA--36th and 45th Infantry. RHODE ISLAND--4th Infantry. UNITED STATES--2 Squadrons Cavalry. Nov. 14: Affair, Mouth of Mattowoman CreekM
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Illinois Volunteers. (search)
334. 8th Illinois Regiment Cavalry Organized at St. Charles, Ills., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., October 13-17. At Meridian Hill till December 17 and atavalry Company. Organized at Cairo, Ills., with 31st Illinois Infantry, and mustered in September 18, 1861. Attached to 1st Brigade, Military District of Cairo, to February, 1862. 1st Brigadeois Regiment Infantry. Organized at Jacksonville, Ill., and mustered in at Cairo, Ill., September 18, 1861. Attachced to District of Cairo to October, 1861. 1st Brigade, District of Cairo to llinois Regiment Infantry (Fremont Rifles). Organized at Chicago, Ill., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Moved to St. Louis, Mo., September 19, thence to Booneville, Mo., October 2, 1861. 59th Illinois Regiment Infantry. Organized at St. Louis, Mo., as 9th Missouri Infantry, September 18, 1861 (Cos. A, B, C at Cape Girardeau from August 6, 1861). Regiment moved to Jefferson Barr
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, Indiana Volunteers. (search)
ment lost during service 4 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Enlisted men by disease. Total 6. 3 years. Organized at Indianapolis, Ind., September 18, 1861. Ordered to Louisville, Ky., September 22. Attached to Thomas' Command, Army of the Ohio, October-November, 1861. 2nd Brigade, Army of the Ohio, toy wounded and 2 Officers and 130 Enlisted men by disease. Total 245. 37th Indiana Regiment Infantry. Organized at Lawrenceburg, Ind., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Ordered to Kentucky October, and duty at mouth of Salt River and at Bacon Creek till February, 1862. Attached to 8th Brigade, Army of the Ohio, Octobally wounded and 1 Officer and 140 Enlisted men by disease. Total 226. 38th Indiana Regiment Infantry. Organized at New Albany, Ind., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Ordered to Elizabethtown, Ky., September 21, and duty at Camp Nevin on Green River till February, 1862. Attached to Wood's Brigade, McCook's Command,
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New Hampshire Volunteers. (search)
t Anderson February 18. Capture of Wilmington February 22. Smith's Creek and North East Ferry February 22. Duty at Wilmington till June 3, and at Goldsboro till July. (Non-Veterans mustered out August 23, 1864.) Mustered out July 25, 1865. Regiment lost during service 12 Officers and 186 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 152 Enlisted men by disease. Total 352. 4th New Hampshire Regiment Infantry. Organized at Manchester and mustered in September 18, 1861. Moved to Washington, D. C., September 27-30; thence to Annapolis, Md., October 9. Attached to Casey's Provisional Brigade, Army of the Potomac, October, 1861. Wright's 3rd Brigade, Sherman's South Carolina Expeditionary Corps to March, 1862. District of Florida, Dept. of the South, to September, 1862. Brannan's Brigade, District of Beaufort, S. C., 10th Corps, Dept. of the South, to April, 1863. United States Forces, Folly Island, S. C., 10th Corps to June, 1863.
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories, New York Volunteers. (search)
mustered in at Fortress Monroe, Va., July 30, 1861. Companies C and D organized at Newburg, N. Y., and mustered in September 18 and October 16, 1861. Companies E, F, G and H organized at New York City and mustered in June to August, 1862. Cment was designated 2nd New York Volunteer Cavalry or Harris Light Cavalry. Left New York for Washington, D. C., September 18, 1861. Attached to McDowell's Division, Army of the Potomac, to March, 1862. King's 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps, Ated men by disease. Total 369. 49th New York Regiment Infantry. Organized at Buffalo, N. Y., and mustered in September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to Stevens' 3rd Brigade, W. F. Smith's Divisiers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total 320. 50th New York Regiment Infantry. Organized at Elmira, N. Y., September 18, 1861. Left State for Washington, D. C., September 20, 1861. Attached to 3rd Brigade, Porter's Division, Army of th
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments., Twenty-fifth regiment Massachusetts Infantry. (search)
g part of General Heckman's Red Star Brigade, 18th Army Corps, moved to Bermuda Hundred, was engaged at Walthall Junction and Arrowfield Church, and met with loss at Drewry's Bluff May 16. On May 28 the regiment moved to join the Army of the Potomac, and arrived at Cold Harbor on the afternoon of June 1, going at once into action; it took part in all the movements of the succeeding days, losing heavily on June 3. Moving with the army to Petersburg, it took part in the assaults of June 15 and 18, and remained afterward on duty in the trenches until August 25. It was ordered to North Carolina September 4, and stationed near New Berne. Those whose term of service had expired left for Massachusetts October 5, and were mustered out at Worcester Oct. 20, 1864. The remainder of the regiment moved toward Kinston in March, 1865, engaging at Wise's Forks March 10. It united with Sherman's Army at Goldsboroa, moved to Raleigh in April and through Greensboroa to Charlotte in the early part o
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