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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
July 27, 1812 - Thomas Lanier Clingman, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Huntsville, North Carolina (d. 1897)
July 27, 1820 - John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Eaton, Canada (d. 1897)
July 27, 1840 - Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Westchester County, New York (d. 1889)
July 27, 1861 - The Union forces under Maj. Isaac Lynde, USA, 7th US Infantry, from Fort Fillmore, surrender at San Augustine Springs, the New Mexico Territory, to Capt. John R. Baylor, CSA.
July 27, 1861 - Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing.
July 27, 1861 - Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, USA, assumes the command of the Division of the Potomac, VA, appointed by President Abraham Lincoln, to replace Maj. Gen. Irwin McDowell, USA, after his disastrous defeat at Bull Run, or Manassas, VA.
July 27, 1862 - John Buford, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
July 27, 1862 - Federal expedition from Woodville to Guntersville, AL, and skirmishes:
at Guntersville (Jul 28)
at Law's Landing (Jul 29), and
at Old Deposit Ferry (Jul 29)
(Jul 27-30)
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Bayou Bernard, near Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Covington, LA.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Madisonville, LA.
July 27, 1862 - Federal expedition from Rienzi to Ripley, MS. (Jul 27-29)
July 27, 1862 - Operations in Carroll, Ray, and Livingston Counties, MO. (Jul 27-Aug 4)
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Brown's Spring, MO.
July 27, 1862 - Affair near Toone's Station, or Lower Post Ferry, TN.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Flat Top Mountain, WV.
July 27, 1863 - Confederate attack on the steamer, Paint Rock, near Bridgeport, AL.
July 27, 1863 - Skirmish near Rogersville, KY, with Col. John S. Scott, CSA.
July 27, 1863 - Skirmish at the mouth of Bayou Teche, LA.
July 27, 1863 - Affair near Cassville, MO.
July 27, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
July 27, 1864 - Action at Massard Prairie, 7 miles from Fort Smith, AR, where the Confederates overpower the Yankees, capturing 82.
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish at Whiteside, Black Creek, FL.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCooks's, USA, raid on the Atlanta, West Point, Macon and Western Railroads, with skirmishes:
near Campbellton (Jul 28)
near Lovejoy's Station (Jul 29)
at Clear Creek (Jul 30) and
action near Newman
(Jul 27-31)
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's Cavalry raid to Macon, GA, to destroy Confederate railroad lines, with combats at:
Macon and Clinton (Jul 30)
Hillsborough (Jul 30-31)
Mulberry Creek and Jug Tavern (Aug 3), GA.
July 27, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard's, USA, raid to South River, with skirmishes at:
Snapfinger Creek (Jul 27)
Flat Rock Bridge, and Lithonia (Jul 28), GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, USA, assumes the command of the Army of the Tennessee, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, USA, succeeds Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, USA, in the command of the 4th US Army Corps, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, USA, resumes the command of the 15th US Army Corps, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams, USA, succeeds Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, in the temporary command of the 20th US Army Corps, GA, as Hooker resigns.
July 27, 1864 - Skirmishes with guerrillas on the Blackwater River (Jul 27), and on Big Creek, MO. (Jul 28). (Jul 27-28)
July 27, 1864 - Federal scout in Chariton County, MO, under Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fish, USA, commanding the District of North Missouri, with skirmishes with guerrillas (Jul 30) on the Chariton Road, near Keytesville, and at Union Church. (Jul 27-30)
July 27, 1864 - Demonstration on the north bank of the James River and engagement at Deep Bottom (or Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road), VA, by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Jul 27-29)
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish near Lee's Mill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
July 27, 1864 - Federal expedition from Norfolk, VA, into North Carolina, accomplishing their objects of capturing horses, cotton, and other contraband property, visiting such places as Gatesville, Winton, Wintonville, and Elizabeth City. (Jul 27-Aug 4)
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish at Back Creek Bridge, WV.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, Chief of Staff, USA, is assigned to the command over the Middle Dept. and the Depts. of Washington, West Virginia, and the Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
July 27, 1883 - Montgomery Blair, American lawyer (Dred Scott v Sandford), and Postmaster General under Lincoln, dies at 70 in Silver Spring, MD.
July 27, 1907 - Edmund Pettus, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 86 in Hot Spring, NC.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
July 27, 1812 - Thomas Lanier Clingman, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Huntsville, North Carolina (d. 1897)
July 27, 1820 - John Franklin Farnsworth, American politician and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Eaton, Canada (d. 1897)
July 27, 1840 - Ranald Slidell Mackenzie, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Westchester County, New York (d. 1889)
July 27, 1861 - The Union forces under Maj. Isaac Lynde, USA, 7th US Infantry, from Fort Fillmore, surrender at San Augustine Springs, the New Mexico Territory, to Capt. John R. Baylor, CSA.
July 27, 1861 - Battle of Mathias Point, Virginia - Rebel forces repel a Federal landing.
July 27, 1861 - Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, USA, assumes the command of the Division of the Potomac, VA, appointed by President Abraham Lincoln, to replace Maj. Gen. Irwin McDowell, USA, after his disastrous defeat at Bull Run, or Manassas, VA.
July 27, 1862 - John Buford, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
July 27, 1862 - Federal expedition from Woodville to Guntersville, AL, and skirmishes:
at Guntersville (Jul 28)
at Law's Landing (Jul 29), and
at Old Deposit Ferry (Jul 29)
(Jul 27-30)
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Bayou Bernard, near Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Covington, LA.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Madisonville, LA.
July 27, 1862 - Federal expedition from Rienzi to Ripley, MS. (Jul 27-29)
July 27, 1862 - Operations in Carroll, Ray, and Livingston Counties, MO. (Jul 27-Aug 4)
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Brown's Spring, MO.
July 27, 1862 - Affair near Toone's Station, or Lower Post Ferry, TN.
July 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Flat Top Mountain, WV.
July 27, 1863 - Confederate attack on the steamer, Paint Rock, near Bridgeport, AL.
July 27, 1863 - Skirmish near Rogersville, KY, with Col. John S. Scott, CSA.
July 27, 1863 - Skirmish at the mouth of Bayou Teche, LA.
July 27, 1863 - Affair near Cassville, MO.
July 27, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
July 27, 1864 - Action at Massard Prairie, 7 miles from Fort Smith, AR, where the Confederates overpower the Yankees, capturing 82.
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish at Whiteside, Black Creek, FL.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Alexander McDowell McCooks's, USA, raid on the Atlanta, West Point, Macon and Western Railroads, with skirmishes:
near Campbellton (Jul 28)
near Lovejoy's Station (Jul 29)
at Clear Creek (Jul 30) and
action near Newman
(Jul 27-31)
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. George Stoneman's Cavalry raid to Macon, GA, to destroy Confederate railroad lines, with combats at:
Macon and Clinton (Jul 30)
Hillsborough (Jul 30-31)
Mulberry Creek and Jug Tavern (Aug 3), GA.
July 27, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard's, USA, raid to South River, with skirmishes at:
Snapfinger Creek (Jul 27)
Flat Rock Bridge, and Lithonia (Jul 28), GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, USA, assumes the command of the Army of the Tennessee, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley, USA, succeeds Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, USA, in the command of the 4th US Army Corps, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, USA, resumes the command of the 15th US Army Corps, GA.
July 27, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams, USA, succeeds Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, in the temporary command of the 20th US Army Corps, GA, as Hooker resigns.
July 27, 1864 - Skirmishes with guerrillas on the Blackwater River (Jul 27), and on Big Creek, MO. (Jul 28). (Jul 27-28)
July 27, 1864 - Federal scout in Chariton County, MO, under Brig. Gen. Clinton B. Fish, USA, commanding the District of North Missouri, with skirmishes with guerrillas (Jul 30) on the Chariton Road, near Keytesville, and at Union Church. (Jul 27-30)
July 27, 1864 - Demonstration on the north bank of the James River and engagement at Deep Bottom (or Darbytown, Strawberry Plains, and New Market Road), VA, by Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Jul 27-29)
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish near Lee's Mill, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
July 27, 1864 - Federal expedition from Norfolk, VA, into North Carolina, accomplishing their objects of capturing horses, cotton, and other contraband property, visiting such places as Gatesville, Winton, Wintonville, and Elizabeth City. (Jul 27-Aug 4)
July 27, 1864 - Skirmish at Back Creek Bridge, WV.
July 27, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, Chief of Staff, USA, is assigned to the command over the Middle Dept. and the Depts. of Washington, West Virginia, and the Susquehanna, Pennsylvania.
July 27, 1883 - Montgomery Blair, American lawyer (Dred Scott v Sandford), and Postmaster General under Lincoln, dies at 70 in Silver Spring, MD.
July 27, 1907 - Edmund Pettus, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 86 in Hot Spring, NC.