The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles., Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862

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Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862

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Chronological summary and record of historical events, and of important engagements between the Union and the Confederate armies, in the Civil War in the United States, showing troops participating, losses and casualties, collated and compiled by George L. Kilmer from the official records of the Union and Confederate armies filed in the United States War Department. Minor engagements are omitted; also some concerning which statistics, especially Confederate, are not available.

Preliminary events from the secession of South to the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

December, 1860.

December 20, 1860: ordinance of secession adopted by South Carolina.

January, 1861.

January 9, 1861: U. S. Steamer Star of the West fired upon in Charleston harbor by South Carolina troops.

January 9, 1861: Mississippi seceded.

January 10, 1861: Florida seceded.

January 11, 1861: Alabama seceded.

January 19, 1861: Georgia seceded.

January 26, 1861: Louisiana seceded.

February, 1861.

February 1, 1861: Texas seceded.

February 4, 1861: “Confederate States of America” provisionally organized at Montgomery, Ala.

February 9, 1861: Jefferson Davis elected provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

February 18, 1861: Jefferson Davis inaugurated President of the Confederate States at Montgomery, Ala.

March, 1861.

March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President of the United States at Washington.

April, 1861.

April 12, 1861: bombardment of Fort Sumter, S. C.

Union 1st U. S. Art.

Confed. S. C. Art. No casualties.

April 14, 1861: evacuation of Fort Sumter, S. C. By U. S.

Losses:

Union 1 killed, 5 wounded by premature explosion of cannon in firing a salute to the United States flag.

April 17, 1861: Virginia adopted the ordinance of secession, subject to popular vote.

April 19, 1861: riots in Baltimore, Md.

Union 6th Mass., 27th Pa.

Baltimoreans, Citizens of Baltimore.

Losses:

Union 4 killed, 36 wounded.

Citizens, 12 killed.

April 23, 1861: Co. A 8th U. S. Infantry captured at San Antonio, Tex., by a company of organized citizen volunteers.

May, 1861.

May 6, 1861: Arkansas seceded.

May 10, 1861: Camp Jackson, Mo.

Occupied by Mo. militia, seized by Union 1st, 3d, and 4th Mo. Reserve Corps, 3d Mo. Vols. 639 militiamen taken prisoners.

May 11, 1861: St. Louis, Mo. Collision of Union 5th Mo., U. S. Reserves, with citizens of St. Louis.

Losses:

Union 4 killed.

Citizens 27 killed.

May 20, 1861: North Carolina seceded.

May 24, 1861: Col. E. Elmer Ellsworth, 11th N. Y. Vols., killed by a civilian while removing a Southern flag from the roof of the Marshall House, Alexandria, Va.

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Fort Pickens.

Fort Pickens, guarding the entrance to Pensacola Bay, 1861. Never was a perilous position more gallantly held than was Fort Pickens by Lieutenant A. J. Slemmer and his little garrison from January to May, 1861. A large force of Confederates were constantly menacing the fort. Slemmer discovered a plot to betray the Fort into the hands of a thousand of them on the night of April 11th. Attempts to seize the Fort by Confederates gathered in force for the purpose were held off only by the timely arrival of gunboats with reenforcements from the North. All the efforts to take Fort Pickens failed and it remained in the hands of the Federals throughout the war. In the lower picture we see one of the powerful Confederate batteries at Fort McRee, which fired on Pickens from across the channel.

The threatened Fort: Fort Pickens, guarding the entrance to Pensacola Bay, 1861.

Artillery at Fort Pickens.

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June, 1861.

June 1, 1861: Fairfax C. H., Va.

Union, Co. B 2d U. S. Cav.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 1 killed, 4 wounded.

Confed. 1 killed, 14 wounded.

June 3, 1861: Philippi, W. Va.

Union, 1st W. Va., 14th and 16th Ohio, 7th and 9th Ind.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 2 wounded.

Confed. 15 killed, wounded: No record found..

June 10, 1861: Big Bethel, Va.

Union, 1st, 2d, 3d, 5th, and 7th N. Y., 4th Mass. Detachment of 2d U. S. Artil.

Confed., 1st N. C., Randolph's Battery, Va. Infantry and Cavalry.

Losses:

Union 16 killed, 34 wounded.

Confed. 1 killed, 7 wounded.

June 13, 1861: Romney, W. Va.

Union, 11th Ind.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 1 wounded.

Confed. 2 killed, 1 wounded.

June 17, 1861: Vienna, Va.

Union, 1st Ohio.

Confed., 1st S. C.

Losses:

Union 5 killed, 6 wounded.

Confed. 6 killed.

June 13, 1861: Booneville, Mo.

Union, 2d Mo. (three months) Volunteers, Detachments 1st, Totten's Battery Mo. Light Artil.

Confed., Mo. Militia.

Losses:

Union 3 killed, 8 wounded.

Confed. No record found..

June 13, 1861: Edwards Ferry, Md.

Union, 1st Pa.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 1 killed, 4 wounded.

Confed. 15 killed.

June 26, 1861: Patterson Creek or Kelley's Island, Va.

Union, 11th Ind.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 1 killed, 1 wounded.

Confed. 7 killed, 2 wounded.

June 27, 1861: Mathias Point, Va.

Union, Gunboats Pawnee and Freeborn.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 1 killed, 4 wounded.

July, 1861.

July 2, 1861: falling waters, Md., also called Haynesville or Martinsburg, Md.

Union, 1st Wis., 11th Pa.

Confed., Va. Vols.

Losses:

Union 8 killed, 15 wounded.

Confed. 31 killed, 50 wounded.

July 5, 1861: Carthage or dry Forks, Mo.

Union, 3d and 5th Mo., one battery of Mo. Artil.

Confed., Mo. State Guard.

Losses:

Union 13 killed, 31 wounded.

Confed. 30 killed, 125 wounded, 45 prisoners.

July 2, 1861: Newport news, Va.

Union, 1 Co. 9th N. Y.

Confed., Stanard's Va. Battery, La. Battalion, Crescent Rifles, Collins' Cav. Troop.

Losses:

Union 6 wounded.

Confed. 2 killed, 1 wounded.

Review of Reviews. New York. 1912.

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Engagements of the Civil War with losses on both sides December, 1860-August, 1862

Preliminary events from the secession of South to the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

December, 1860.

December 20, 1860: ordinance of secession adopted by South Carolina.

January, 1861.

January 9, 1861: U. S. Steamer Star of the West fired upon in Charleston harbor by South Carolina troops.

January 9, 1861: Mississippi seceded.

January 10, 1861: Florida seceded.

January 11, 1861: Alabama seceded.

January 19, 1861: Georgia seceded.

January 26, 1861: Louisiana seceded.

February, 1861.

February 1, 1861: Texas seceded.

February 4, 1861: “Confederate States of America” provisionally organized at Montgomery, Ala.

February 9, 1861: Jefferson Davis elected provisional President of the Confederate States of America.

February 18, 1861: Jefferson Davis inaugurated President of the Confederate States at Montgomery, Ala.

March, 1861.

March 4, 1861: Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President of the United States at Washington.

April, 1861.

April 12, 1861: bombardment of Fort Sumter, S. C.

April 14, 1861: evacuation of Fort Sumter, S. C. By U. S.

Losses:

April 17, 1861: Virginia adopted the ordinance of secession, subject to popular vote.

April 19, 1861: riots in Baltimore, Md.

Losses:

April 23, 1861: Co. A 8th U. S. Infantry captured at San Antonio, Tex., by a company of organized citizen volunteers.

May, 1861.

May 6, 1861: Arkansas seceded.

May 10, 1861: Camp Jackson, Mo.

May 11, 1861: St. Louis, Mo. Collision of Union 5th Mo., U. S. Reserves, with citizens of St. Louis.

Losses:

May 20, 1861: North Carolina seceded.

May 24, 1861: Col. E. Elmer Ellsworth, 11th N. Y. Vols., killed by a civilian while removing a Southern flag from the roof of the Marshall House, Alexandria, Va.

Fort Pickens.

June, 1861.

June 1, 1861: Fairfax C. H., Va.

Losses:

June 3, 1861: Philippi, W. Va.

Losses:

June 10, 1861: Big Bethel, Va.

Losses:

June 13, 1861: Romney, W. Va.

Losses:

June 17, 1861: Vienna, Va.

Losses:

June 13, 1861: Booneville, Mo.

Losses:

June 13, 1861: Edwards Ferry, Md.

Losses:

June 26, 1861: Patterson Creek or Kelley's Island, Va.

Losses:

June 27, 1861: Mathias Point, Va.

Losses:

July, 1861.

July 2, 1861: falling waters, Md., also called Haynesville or Martinsburg, Md.

Losses:

July 5, 1861: Carthage or dry Forks, Mo.

Losses:

July 2, 1861: Newport news, Va.

Losses:

The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles.
Francis Trevelyan Miller, Ed.