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On this day in Civil War History
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 21, 1817 - Carter L. Stevenson, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1888)
September 21, 1820 - Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888)
September 21, 1824 - Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, American Baptist Minister and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Webster, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
September 21, 1827 - Michael Corcoran, Irish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in County Sligo, Ireland (d. 1863)
September 21, 1832 - Samuel S. Carroll, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 1893)
September 21, 1846 - September 23, 1846 - Battle of Monterrey, Mexico Mexican American War.
September 21, 1858 - The sloop Niagara leaves Charleston with African slaves rescued from a slave ship.
September 21, 1861 - Albert Gallatin Blanchard, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 21, 1861 - Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 21, 1861 - Federal reconnaissance toward Columbus, and skirmish at Mayfield Creek, KY, by Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Ohio, KY.
September 21, 1861 - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, calls upon the state of Tennessee for 30,000 men.
September 21, 1861 - Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk is assigned to the command of the 1st (or Western) Division, the Confederate Dept. No. 2, TN.
September 21, 1861 - Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, is in immediate command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, WV
September 21, 1862 - Affair at the San Pedro Crossing, the Arizona Territory.
September 21, 1862 - Affair on the Yreka Road, near Fort Crook, CA.
September 21, 1862 - Federal expedition from Carrollton to Donaldsonville, LA, and skirmish, as the Federal landing party after sugar, etc, was forced to retreat. (Sep 21-25)
September 21, 1862 - Skirmish at Cassville, MO.
September 21, 1862 - Skirmish near Van Buren, TN.
September 21, 1863 - After withdrawing from Chickamauga, Gen. George Thomas forms a line in Rossville. He abandons the position later that evening.
September 21, 1863 - Mortally wounded at Chickamauga, Confederate Brigadier General Benjamin "Ben" Hardin Helms dies. He was Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law.
September 21, 1863 - Armistead Lindsay Long, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmishes at Rossville, Lookout Church, and Dry Valley, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
September 21, 1863 - The Army of the Cumberland retreats to Chattanooga, TN, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, fails to order a thrust against the defeated Federals, thus missing a major opportunity to inflict further damages on the defeated Union army, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1863 - Action at Jonesborough, TN.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmish at Fisher's Hill, VA.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmish at Madison Court-House, VA, with the Federal reconnaissance party.
September 21, 1863 - Federal operations about Princess Anne Court-House, VA, near Fog Island, Back Bay and to Knott's Island, in the Great Dismal Swamp where guerrillas were supposed to be camping. (Sep 21-25)
September 21, 1863 - Federal reconnaissance across the Rapidan River, VA, including to Madison Court-House, Wolftown, Burtonsville, Standardsville, Orange Court-House, and Liberty Mills with the capture of Confederate supply wagons and beef-cattle near Gordonsville, by Brig. Gens. John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick's US Cavalry. (Sep 21-23)
September 21, 1863 - Skirmishes at White's Ford, VA, with the Federal reconnaissance party that crossed the Rapidan River. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1863 - Federal scout from Harper's Ferry, WV, into Loudoun County Valley, VA, and skirmish (Sep 25) near Upperville, VA, with men under Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA. (Sep 21-26)
September 21, 1863 - Affair at Moorefield, WV.
September 21, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 21, 1864 - Affair near Council Grove, KS, as two normally peaceful, but drunk, Indians pull knives on some Union men, swearing they will kill them unless they give them some whiskey. One of the Union men picks up a rifle and bayonets one of the Indians.
September 21, 1864 - Federal expeditions from Vicksburg to Deer Creek, MS, and skirmishes near Rolling Fork. (Sep 22-23). (Sep 21-26)
September 21, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, crosses the Tennessee River, TN, and moves on Athens.
September 21, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is assigned to the permanent command of the Middle Military Division, VA.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Fisher's Hill, VA, as both Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, dig in.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Front Royal, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Strasburg, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
September 21, 1887 - William Preston III, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70 in Louisville, KY.
September 21, 1906 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator, dies at 72 in Baltimore, MD.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 21, 1817 - Carter L. Stevenson, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia (d. 1888)
September 21, 1820 - Williams Carter Wickham, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Richmond, Virginia (d. 1888)
September 21, 1824 - Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn, American Baptist Minister and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Webster, Pennsylvania (d. 1901)
September 21, 1827 - Michael Corcoran, Irish-American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in County Sligo, Ireland (d. 1863)
September 21, 1832 - Samuel S. Carroll, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Takoma Park, Maryland (d. 1893)
September 21, 1846 - September 23, 1846 - Battle of Monterrey, Mexico Mexican American War.
September 21, 1858 - The sloop Niagara leaves Charleston with African slaves rescued from a slave ship.
September 21, 1861 - Albert Gallatin Blanchard, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 21, 1861 - Edward Dickinson Baker, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 21, 1861 - Federal reconnaissance toward Columbus, and skirmish at Mayfield Creek, KY, by Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the Ohio, KY.
September 21, 1861 - Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, calls upon the state of Tennessee for 30,000 men.
September 21, 1861 - Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk is assigned to the command of the 1st (or Western) Division, the Confederate Dept. No. 2, TN.
September 21, 1861 - Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, is in immediate command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, WV
September 21, 1862 - Affair at the San Pedro Crossing, the Arizona Territory.
September 21, 1862 - Affair on the Yreka Road, near Fort Crook, CA.
September 21, 1862 - Federal expedition from Carrollton to Donaldsonville, LA, and skirmish, as the Federal landing party after sugar, etc, was forced to retreat. (Sep 21-25)
September 21, 1862 - Skirmish at Cassville, MO.
September 21, 1862 - Skirmish near Van Buren, TN.
September 21, 1863 - After withdrawing from Chickamauga, Gen. George Thomas forms a line in Rossville. He abandons the position later that evening.
September 21, 1863 - Mortally wounded at Chickamauga, Confederate Brigadier General Benjamin "Ben" Hardin Helms dies. He was Abraham Lincoln's brother-in-law.
September 21, 1863 - Armistead Lindsay Long, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmishes at Rossville, Lookout Church, and Dry Valley, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
September 21, 1863 - The Army of the Cumberland retreats to Chattanooga, TN, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, fails to order a thrust against the defeated Federals, thus missing a major opportunity to inflict further damages on the defeated Union army, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1863 - Action at Jonesborough, TN.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmish at Fisher's Hill, VA.
September 21, 1863 - Skirmish at Madison Court-House, VA, with the Federal reconnaissance party.
September 21, 1863 - Federal operations about Princess Anne Court-House, VA, near Fog Island, Back Bay and to Knott's Island, in the Great Dismal Swamp where guerrillas were supposed to be camping. (Sep 21-25)
September 21, 1863 - Federal reconnaissance across the Rapidan River, VA, including to Madison Court-House, Wolftown, Burtonsville, Standardsville, Orange Court-House, and Liberty Mills with the capture of Confederate supply wagons and beef-cattle near Gordonsville, by Brig. Gens. John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick's US Cavalry. (Sep 21-23)
September 21, 1863 - Skirmishes at White's Ford, VA, with the Federal reconnaissance party that crossed the Rapidan River. (Sep 21-22)
September 21, 1863 - Federal scout from Harper's Ferry, WV, into Loudoun County Valley, VA, and skirmish (Sep 25) near Upperville, VA, with men under Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA. (Sep 21-26)
September 21, 1863 - Affair at Moorefield, WV.
September 21, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 21, 1864 - Affair near Council Grove, KS, as two normally peaceful, but drunk, Indians pull knives on some Union men, swearing they will kill them unless they give them some whiskey. One of the Union men picks up a rifle and bayonets one of the Indians.
September 21, 1864 - Federal expeditions from Vicksburg to Deer Creek, MS, and skirmishes near Rolling Fork. (Sep 22-23). (Sep 21-26)
September 21, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, crosses the Tennessee River, TN, and moves on Athens.
September 21, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, is assigned to the permanent command of the Middle Military Division, VA.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Fisher's Hill, VA, as both Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, dig in.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Front Royal, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
September 21, 1864 - Skirmish at Strasburg, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
September 21, 1887 - William Preston III, American lawyer, politician and Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 70 in Louisville, KY.
September 21, 1906 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln conspirator, dies at 72 in Baltimore, MD.