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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 14 Birthdays
1805 - Robert Anderson, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1871)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1836 - Thomas Wilberforce Egan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1887)
Friday June 14 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 14 Birthdays
1805 - Robert Anderson, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Louisville, Kentucky (d. 1871)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American author (Uncle Tom's Cabin), born in Litchfield, Connecticut (d. 1896)
1836 - Thomas Wilberforce Egan, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1887)
Friday June 14 1861
- Robert Edward Lee. C.S.A.. is appointed Full Confederate General.
- Stephen Augustus Hurlbut, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Federal expedition near Seneca Mills, MD, under Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, USA, with skirmish.
- Harper's Ferry, WV, is evacuated by Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, after receiving word of the arrival of Federal troops from the west under Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, and from the north under Gen. Robert Patterson; Johnston withdrawing to the vicinity of Winchester, VA.
- Federal expedition from Pensacola to Milton, FL. (Jun 14-15)
- Skirmish at Clear Creek, near Baldwyn, MS, with Col. John F. Lay, CSA.
- Confederate bushwackers fire into a railroad train near Turnstall Station, VA, killing 4 and wounding 8.
- Hugh Judson Kilpatrick, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- The burning of Eunice, AR, by the Federals after the Confederate attack on the Union ironclad, USS Marmora.
- The second Union assault on Port Hudson, LA, by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA.
- Col. William P. Sanders' Raid in East Tennessee. (Jun 14-24)
- Col. William Sanders' command sets out from Mount Vernon, KY.
- Skirmish near Green Hill, TN.
- Skirmish at Berryville, VA.
- Skirmish at Nine-Mile Ordinary, VA.
- Skirmish at Martinsburg, WV.
- Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, is mortally wounded at Pine Mountain, near Marietta, GA, during the opening of the Atlanta, GA, Campaign, killed instantly by a Federal Artillery shell through his chest, while he sat upon his horse examining the Federal position with Confederate Lieut. Gens. Joseph E. Johnston and William Joseph Hardee.
- Hylan Benton Lyon, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- The USS Kearsarge lies in wait for the CSS Alabama, off the port of Cherbourg, France.
- Skirmish near Lexington, MO, where the guerrillas attack the Yankees.
- Raid on Melville, MO, where bushwackers burn the town.
- Federal scouts from Pleasant Hill, MO, in search of guerrillas. (Jun 14-16)
- Skirmish at Bean's Station, TN.
- Skirmish in Lincoln County, TN.
- Skirmish near Harrison's Landing, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
- Affair at New Glasgow, VA, Shenandoah Valley, The Lynchburg, VA, Campaign.
- Action with Indians at Horse Creek, the Dakota Territory, where approximately 2,000 Sioux attack and kill 4 Yankees, wounding 4 others. The Federals circle the wagons but the Indians withdraw.
- Col. Carroll H. Potter, 6th US Volunteer Infantry, assumes the command of the South Sub-District of the Plains, Dakota.
- 1876 - The three-day Republican Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio (Hayes home state) shifted its support from front runner James Blaine to Rutherford B. Hayes on the second ballot.