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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 13 Birthdays
1809 - George Philip St Cooke, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Leesburg, Virginia (d. 1895)
June 13, 1821 - Gustavus Fox, U.S. Navy officer (Mexican–American War), born in Saugus, Massachusetts (d. 1883)
June 13, 1823 - Gustave Paul Cluseret, French Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Suresnes, France (d. 1900)
June 13, 1825 - Benjamin J. Hill, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in McMinnville, Tennessee (d. 1880)
Thursday June 13 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 13 Birthdays
1809 - George Philip St Cooke, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Leesburg, Virginia (d. 1895)
June 13, 1821 - Gustavus Fox, U.S. Navy officer (Mexican–American War), born in Saugus, Massachusetts (d. 1883)
June 13, 1823 - Gustave Paul Cluseret, French Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Suresnes, France (d. 1900)
June 13, 1825 - Benjamin J. Hill, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in McMinnville, Tennessee (d. 1880)
Thursday June 13 1861
- Descent of the Union troops on, and occupation of, Romney, WV, led by Col. Lew. Wallace, USA, llth IN Infantry.
- Affair at White House, near Hilton Head, SC.
- Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart's, CSA, Cavalry Raid around Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, USA, and the Army of the Potomac, threatens the US supply lines, with the following skirmishes:
- at Hawes' Shop,
- Old Church, and
- at Garlick's Landing, VA.
(Jun 13-15)
- Skirmish near Mount Jackson, VA.
- Skirmish at New Market, VA.
- Matt Whitaker Ransom, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Alfred Moore Scales, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Capt. P. M. Everett's, USA, Raid into Eastern Kentucky. (Jun 13-23)
- Skirmish at Howard's Mills, KY, with Capt. Everett, USA.
- Skirmish near Mud Lick Springs, Bath County, KY, with Capt. Everett.
- Operations in Northeastern Mississippi, including skirmishes
- (Jun 19) at New Albany and
- (Jun 20) at Mud Creek.
(Jun 13-22)
- Federal scout on the Manchester Pike, TN.
- Skirmish at Berryville, VA, and occupation by Lieut. Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell, CSA.
- Skirmish at Opequon Creek, near Winchester, VA.
- Skirmish at White Post, near Winchester, VA.
- The Engagement (2nd) at Winchester, VA, as Maj. Gen. Robert Huston Milroy's, USA, command is nearly totally captured by Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell; Milroy personally escaping with a few hundred cavalry to Harper's Ferry, WV. (Jun 13-15)
- Skirmish at Bunker Hill, WV.
- Federal scout from Fort Leaven worth, KS, to Weston, MO, after guerrillas. (Jun 13-16)
- Skirmish near Collierville, TN, as Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis', USA, Federal expedition against Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, is concluded.
- Federal raid from Morristown, TN, into North Carolina, and the capture (Jun 28) of the Confederate Camp Vance, 6 miles from Morgantown, NC, by men under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, USA, commanding the Dept of the Ohio. (Jun 13-Jul 15)
- Skirmish near Buchanan, VA, The Lynchburg, VA, Campaign.
- Federal scout from Lexington to around Lynchburg, VA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. (Jun 13-15)
- The Richmond (Virginia) Campaign, begins with Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, beginning to move his troops to front Grant's Union move on Petersburg, VA. (Jun 13-Jul 31)
- Skirmish at Riddell's Shop, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
- Skirmish at White Oak Swamp, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
- Lieut. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of Richmond, VA, while vice Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., CSA, is ordered to the Dept. of Western Virginia.
- Federal expedition against Indians from Dun Glen to Fairbanks Station, Nevada. (Jun 13-26)
- Federal scout against Indians from Camp Nichols, the New Mexico Territory, with action (June 14th) with attacking Indians on the Sante Fe Road. (Jun 13-17)
- 1866 - Thirty-ninth Congress approves the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.