July 28 In Civil War History

[Jim Klag]

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On this day in Civil War history

July 28, 1809 - Ormsby McKnight Mitchel, American astronomer and Union Major General, born in Union County, Kentucky (d. 1862)

July 28, 1825 - William Duncan Smith, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Augusta, Georgia (d. 1862)

July 28, 1833 - James Henry Lane, Brigadier General during Civil War (Confederate), born in Mathews Court House, Virginia (d. 1907)

July 28, 1854 - First settlers arrive in Kansas under the New England Emigrant Society charter. They set up tents on the Kansas River, west of its confluence with the Missouri.

July 28, 1861 - New Madrid, in southeastern MO, on the Mississippi River, is occupied by the Confederates.

July 28, 1862 - Railroads introduce the mail car, allowing mail to be sorted as a train travels.

July 28, 1862 - Richard Taylor, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

July 28, 1862 - Skirmish at Stevenson, AL.

July 28, 1862 - Federal expedition from Helena To Old Town and Trenton, AR. (Jul 28-31)

July 28, 1862 - Indian attack on Whitney's Ranch, near Fort Anderson, CA.

July 28, 1862 - Skirmish at Cross Timbers, MO.

July 28, 1862 - Action at Moore's Mill, near Fulton, MO.

July 28, 1862 - Federal scout in Pettis County, MO, from near Sedalia. (Jul 28-31)

July 28, 1862 - Federal expedition from Batchelder's Creek, on the Neuse River Road, NC, with Capt. Charles D. Sanford, 12th MA Cavalry.

July 28, 1862 - Skirmish near Humboldt, TN.

July 28, 1862 - Col. John Hunt Morgan's Confederate Cavalry command arrives at Livingston, TN.

July 28, 1862 - Federal reconnaissance from Culpeper to Raccoon Ford, VA.

July 28, 1863 - James Deshler, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen. Otho French Strahl, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

July 28, 1863 - Action at Stony Lake, with the Sioux Indians, the Dakota Territory.

July 28, 1863 - Action at Richmond, KY, with Scott's Confederate Raiders.

Skirmish at Marshall and High Grove, MO.

July 28, 1863 - Federal scout from Newtonia to Oliver's Prairie. (Jul 28-29)

July 28, 1863 - Maj. John S. Mosby's Confederate operations about Fairfax Court-House, as he captures a number of sutlers, and skirmish near Aldie, VA, as the Federals follow and recapture all the wagons. (Jul 28-Aug 3)

July 28, 1863 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, WV.

July 27, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

July 28, 1864 - All fugitive slave laws are repealed by the U.S. Congress.

July 28, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Samuel Benton, CSA, dies at Griffin, GA, from battle wounds received Jul 22, at the Battle of Atlanta, GA.

July 28, 1864 - Affair on the Danville road, near Decatur, Northern AL.

July 28, 1864 - Action against the Sioux Indians at the Tahkahokuty Mountain, the Dakota Territory, on the Knife River.

July 28, 1864 - The Battle of Ezra Church, GA, where Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, attacks, and is repelled by, Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, USA, with tremendous loss of Southern life. Total casualties approximate 600 Union and 5,000 Confederate.

July 28, 1864 - Skirmish on the Morgan's Ferry road, near Morganza, LA, with Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler's, USA, men scattering the Rebels.

July 28, 1864 - Federal expedition from New Berne to Manning's Neck, NC, as Brig. Gen. Innis N. Palmer, USA, commanding the District of North Carolina, sent men aboard the gunboat, Whitehead, up the Chowan River to Manning's Neck to communicate with the cavalry at work on the Weldon and Petersburg Railroad. They succeed in capturing cotton, tobacco, etc. and all the Rebel commissary supplies at Winton, in addition to capturing the Rebel steamer, Arrow. (Jul 28-31)

July 28, 1864 - Skirmish at Long's Mills, near Mulberry Gap, TN, as the Yankees whip the Rebels.

July 28, 1864 - Action at Four-Mile Creek, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

July 28, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace, USA, is reassigned to the command of the Middle Dept. and the 8th US Army Corps, VA.

July 28, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA, is assigned to the command of the 18th US Army Corps, VA.

July 28, 1864 - Battle of Ezra Church, Georgia

July 28, 1866 - The U. S. Secret Service begins an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan

July 28, 1868 - The Secretary of State certifies the 14th Amendment has been approved by the required 28 of the 37 states.

 

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July 28, 1862 - Skirmish at Stevenson, AL.

The notes....

In 1862, the town was first occupied by Union forces, who maintained a supply depot there. The Confederacy countered in August 1862, only to find out that Union forces had already pulled out of the town. In July 1863, Union forces under the command of Gen. William Rosecrans retook the town and maintained control of it until after the surrender of Robert. E. Lee in 1865. Sources list the incorporation of the town as either 1866 or 1867, although that seems to conflict with the dates given for the town being granted a charter.

"The town contributed many members of Company G of the Seventh Regiment of Alabama 12 Month Volunteers to the war effort. In 1862, the town was first occupied by Union forces, who maintained a supply depot there. The Confederacy countered in August 1862, only to find out that Union forces had already pulled out of the town. In July 1863, Union forces under the command of General William Rosecrans retook the town and maintained control of it until after the surrender of Robert E. Lee in 1865."

Some Civil War sites have been preserved, including the earthwork remains of three military redoubts at Fort Harker, a Union fort built in the summer of 1862 by soldiers and freed slaves who made up the Army of the Cumberland. It is now a park and tourist attraction. According to the City of Stevenson, the fort was located where it could easily fire on the depot, supply centers, warehouses and the town itself. The fort was the headquarters of Gen. William Rosencrans.

In 1861 , Stevenson was a vital rail link to major points throughout the southeast. Union Gen. Rosecran's forces constructed a pontoon bridge across the Tennessee River Stevenson in 1863, allowing thousands of Union troops across the river and advance on the battlefield at Chickamauga.

The town is named after... Vernon K. Stevenson

Link to Bio: https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/vernon-k-stevenson/