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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 12, 1819 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1864)
August 12, 1829 - John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Lincolnton, NC. (d. 1902)
August 12, 1833 - William Price Sanders, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1863)
August 12, 1861 - Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle dies at 67. (b. 1793)
August 12, 1861 - The following wooden Union gunboats, which were converted riverboats, arrive at Carlo, IL:
USS Conestoga
USS Lexington
USS Tyler
August 12, 1861 - Apache Indians led by Chief Nicholas attack and kill about 15 Confederate soldiers south of Fort Davis, in the Big Bend country, Texas.
August 12, 1862 - William Barksdale, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen.
August 12, 1862 - Federal expedition from Fort Leavenworth, KS, to Independence, MO, as the Confederates threaten Kansas City, MO. (Aug 12-14)
August 12, 1862 - Federal expedition from Camp Gamble, MO, in search of guerrillas. (Aug 12-18)
August 12, 1862 - Skirmish between Stockton, Cedar County, and Humansville, MO.
August 12, 1862 - Skirmish at Van Buren, Carter County, MO.
August 12, 1862 - Col. John Hunt Morgan's CSA, Cavalry captures Gallatin, TN, and destroys bridges in that vicinity (Aug 12) and skirmish (Aug 13). (Aug 12-13)
August 2, 1862 - The Federal capture of the Breaker and the destruction of the Elma and the Hannah, by the USS Arthur, in Corpus Christi Bay, TX.
August 12, 1863 - William Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
August 12, 1863 - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 12, 1863 - The 1st Division, 9th US Army Corps, arrives from Vicksburg, MS, at Covington, KY, en route to Tennessee.
August 12, 1863 - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, MS.
August 12, 1863 - Union heavy Parrott batteries on Morris Island, SC, return fire against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner, Charleston Harbor, SC.
August 12, 1863 - Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to Grenada, MS, with skirmishes at:
Craven's Plantation, MS, (Aug 14), and at
Grenada, MS. (Aug 17).
August 12, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
August 12, 1864 - Joseph Anthony Mower, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
August 12, 1864 - Federal operations in Madison County, AL, near Fayetteville, and New Market. (Aug 12-14)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmish at Van Buren, AR.
August 12, 1864 - Federal scout from Camp Anderson to Bald Mountain, CA. (Aug 8-12)
August 12, 1864 - Federal scout against guerrillas on the Fort Union road, near Fort Garland, the Colorado Territory. (Aug 12-16)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmishes at Baldwin, FL.
August 12, 1864 - Affair with Indians in the San Andres Mountains, the New Mexico Territory.
August 12, 1864 - The Confederate raider, CSS Tallahassee, captures six more Federal vessels off the coast of New Jersey and New York, causing alarm up and down the eastern seaboard.
August 12, 1864 - Federal operations in Ray and Carroll Counties, MO, and skirmish with guerrillas who attack the Yankees but are repulsed (Aug 12) at Fredericksburg, MO. (Aug 12-16)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, begin to meet up with each other.
August 12, 1867 - US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress and suspends Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
August 12, 1867 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes ad interim Secretary of War.
August 12, 1896 - Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg dies in Bangor, ME.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
August 12, 1819 - Daniel Davidson Bidwell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Buffalo, New York (d. 1864)
August 12, 1829 - John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), born in Lincolnton, NC. (d. 1902)
August 12, 1833 - William Price Sanders, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Frankfort, Kentucky (d. 1863)
August 12, 1861 - Eliphalet Remington, American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle dies at 67. (b. 1793)
August 12, 1861 - The following wooden Union gunboats, which were converted riverboats, arrive at Carlo, IL:
USS Conestoga
USS Lexington
USS Tyler
August 12, 1861 - Apache Indians led by Chief Nicholas attack and kill about 15 Confederate soldiers south of Fort Davis, in the Big Bend country, Texas.
August 12, 1862 - William Barksdale, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen.
August 12, 1862 - Federal expedition from Fort Leavenworth, KS, to Independence, MO, as the Confederates threaten Kansas City, MO. (Aug 12-14)
August 12, 1862 - Federal expedition from Camp Gamble, MO, in search of guerrillas. (Aug 12-18)
August 12, 1862 - Skirmish between Stockton, Cedar County, and Humansville, MO.
August 12, 1862 - Skirmish at Van Buren, Carter County, MO.
August 12, 1862 - Col. John Hunt Morgan's CSA, Cavalry captures Gallatin, TN, and destroys bridges in that vicinity (Aug 12) and skirmish (Aug 13). (Aug 12-13)
August 2, 1862 - The Federal capture of the Breaker and the destruction of the Elma and the Hannah, by the USS Arthur, in Corpus Christi Bay, TX.
August 12, 1863 - William Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
August 12, 1863 - Benjamin Grubb Humphreys, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
August 12, 1863 - The 1st Division, 9th US Army Corps, arrives from Vicksburg, MS, at Covington, KY, en route to Tennessee.
August 12, 1863 - Skirmish at Big Black River Bridge, MS.
August 12, 1863 - Union heavy Parrott batteries on Morris Island, SC, return fire against Fort Sumter and Battery Wagner, Charleston Harbor, SC.
August 12, 1863 - Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to Grenada, MS, with skirmishes at:
Craven's Plantation, MS, (Aug 14), and at
Grenada, MS. (Aug 17).
August 12, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
August 12, 1864 - Joseph Anthony Mower, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
August 12, 1864 - Federal operations in Madison County, AL, near Fayetteville, and New Market. (Aug 12-14)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmish at Van Buren, AR.
August 12, 1864 - Federal scout from Camp Anderson to Bald Mountain, CA. (Aug 8-12)
August 12, 1864 - Federal scout against guerrillas on the Fort Union road, near Fort Garland, the Colorado Territory. (Aug 12-16)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmishes at Baldwin, FL.
August 12, 1864 - Affair with Indians in the San Andres Mountains, the New Mexico Territory.
August 12, 1864 - The Confederate raider, CSS Tallahassee, captures six more Federal vessels off the coast of New Jersey and New York, causing alarm up and down the eastern seaboard.
August 12, 1864 - Federal operations in Ray and Carroll Counties, MO, and skirmish with guerrillas who attack the Yankees but are repulsed (Aug 12) at Fredericksburg, MO. (Aug 12-16)
August 12, 1864 - Skirmish at Cedar Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, USA, begin to meet up with each other.
August 12, 1867 - US President Andrew Johnson defies Congress and suspends Secretary of War Edwin Stanton.
August 12, 1867 - Ulysses S. Grant becomes ad interim Secretary of War.
August 12, 1896 - Thomas Chamberlain, officer of the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg dies in Bangor, ME.