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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 11, 1811 - Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy born in U.S. Virgin Islands [or Aug 6] (d. 1884)
August 11, 1832 - Thomas Ogden Osbord, American lawyer, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Licking County, Ohio (d. 1904)
August 11, 1852 - Free-Soil Party convention is held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 11, 1861 - Affair at Hamburg, MO, with Brig Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, MO State Guard.
August 11, 1861 - Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, WV.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish near Helena, AR.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Brown's Plantation, MS.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Compton's Ferry, or Little Compton, Grand River, MO, including a 250 mile pursuit of Rebel irregulars.
August 11, 1862 - Action at and the surrender of Independence, MO, to Confederate irregular guerrillas, including William Clarke Quantrill.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Taberville, MO.
August 11, 1862 - Affair near Kinderhook, TN, with Rebel guerrillas.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Saulsbury, TN, with the rout of guerrilla cavalry.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish near Williamsport, TN.
August 11, 1862 - Affair at Velasco, TX.
August 11, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate corps retires to the vicinity of Gordonsville, VA, south of the Rapidan River.
August 11, 1863 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Robert Alexander Cameron, USA
Alexander Chambers, USA
John Murray Corse, USA
Manning Ferguson Force, USA
Walter Quintin Gresham, USA
John Aaron Rawlins, USA
Thomas Kilby Smith, USA
August 11, 1863 - Confederate batteries at Battery Wagner, Fort Sumter, and on James Island, near Charleston, SC, open fire on the Union trenches on Morris Island, SC.
August 11, 1863 - The capture of a 19 wagon Union wagon train near Annandale, Fairfax County, VA, by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA.
August 11, 1863 - Federal expedition from Portsmouth, VA, to Edenton, NC, and skirmishes with loss of life. (Aug 11-19)
August 11, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
August 11, 1864 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish in Crawford County, AR.
August 11, 1864 - Federal expedition mostly of Negro forces, from Helena, aboard the steamer, H.A. Homeyer, to Kent's Landing, AR. (Aug 11-13)
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish on White Oak Creek, AR.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish with the Kiowa Indians near Sand Creek, the Colorado Territory.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish at Hartville, MO.
August 11, 1864 - Federal operations in Johnson County, MO, with skirmish near Holden (Aug 12), with bushwhackers. (Aug 11-19)
August 11, 1864 - Operations against the Brule Sioux Indians in the Nebraska Territory, with skirmish near Fort Cottonwood (Sep 20); the Pawnee and Ogallala Sioux Indians are encountered along the way but are friendly with the white man. (Aug 11-Oct 28)
August 11, 1864 - The CSS Tallahassee captures seven Federal vessels off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ, burning all except one for the Federal crews to escape on.
August 11, 1864 - Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves his forces from Winchester, VA, up the Shenandoah Valley toward Cedar Creek as Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, who recently replaced Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, Marches with the newly formed US Army of the Shenandoah against Early.
August 11, 1864 - Action at Newtown, VA, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA.
August 11, 1864 - Action at Toll-Gate, near White Post, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish near Winchester, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
August 11, 1868 - Thaddeus Stevens, US Republican congressional leader (Rep-R), dies at 76 in Washington, DC.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 11, 1811 - Judah P Benjamin, US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy born in U.S. Virgin Islands [or Aug 6] (d. 1884)
August 11, 1832 - Thomas Ogden Osbord, American lawyer, diplomat and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Licking County, Ohio (d. 1904)
August 11, 1852 - Free-Soil Party convention is held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
August 11, 1861 - Affair at Hamburg, MO, with Brig Gen. M. Jeff Thompson, MO State Guard.
August 11, 1861 - Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate forces in the Valley of the Kanawha, WV.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish near Helena, AR.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Brown's Plantation, MS.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Compton's Ferry, or Little Compton, Grand River, MO, including a 250 mile pursuit of Rebel irregulars.
August 11, 1862 - Action at and the surrender of Independence, MO, to Confederate irregular guerrillas, including William Clarke Quantrill.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Taberville, MO.
August 11, 1862 - Affair near Kinderhook, TN, with Rebel guerrillas.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish at Saulsbury, TN, with the rout of guerrilla cavalry.
August 11, 1862 - Skirmish near Williamsport, TN.
August 11, 1862 - Affair at Velasco, TX.
August 11, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate corps retires to the vicinity of Gordonsville, VA, south of the Rapidan River.
August 11, 1863 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Robert Alexander Cameron, USA
Alexander Chambers, USA
John Murray Corse, USA
Manning Ferguson Force, USA
Walter Quintin Gresham, USA
John Aaron Rawlins, USA
Thomas Kilby Smith, USA
August 11, 1863 - Confederate batteries at Battery Wagner, Fort Sumter, and on James Island, near Charleston, SC, open fire on the Union trenches on Morris Island, SC.
August 11, 1863 - The capture of a 19 wagon Union wagon train near Annandale, Fairfax County, VA, by Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA.
August 11, 1863 - Federal expedition from Portsmouth, VA, to Edenton, NC, and skirmishes with loss of life. (Aug 11-19)
August 11, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
August 11, 1864 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish in Crawford County, AR.
August 11, 1864 - Federal expedition mostly of Negro forces, from Helena, aboard the steamer, H.A. Homeyer, to Kent's Landing, AR. (Aug 11-13)
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish on White Oak Creek, AR.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish with the Kiowa Indians near Sand Creek, the Colorado Territory.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish at Hartville, MO.
August 11, 1864 - Federal operations in Johnson County, MO, with skirmish near Holden (Aug 12), with bushwhackers. (Aug 11-19)
August 11, 1864 - Operations against the Brule Sioux Indians in the Nebraska Territory, with skirmish near Fort Cottonwood (Sep 20); the Pawnee and Ogallala Sioux Indians are encountered along the way but are friendly with the white man. (Aug 11-Oct 28)
August 11, 1864 - The CSS Tallahassee captures seven Federal vessels off the coast of Sandy Hook, NJ, burning all except one for the Federal crews to escape on.
August 11, 1864 - Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves his forces from Winchester, VA, up the Shenandoah Valley toward Cedar Creek as Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, who recently replaced Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, Marches with the newly formed US Army of the Shenandoah against Early.
August 11, 1864 - Action at Newtown, VA, with Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA.
August 11, 1864 - Action at Toll-Gate, near White Post, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
August 11, 1864 - Skirmish near Winchester, VA, the Shenandoah Valley, VA, Campaign.
August 11, 1868 - Thaddeus Stevens, US Republican congressional leader (Rep-R), dies at 76 in Washington, DC.