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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 5 Birthdays
1801 - David Farragut, American admiral, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!", born in Campbell's Station, Tennessee (d. 1870)
June 5 Antebellum Events
1859 - The fourth Kansas Constitutional Convention is convened in Wyandotte, Kansas.
Wednesday June 5 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
June 5 Birthdays
1801 - David Farragut, American admiral, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!", born in Campbell's Station, Tennessee (d. 1870)
June 5 Antebellum Events
1859 - The fourth Kansas Constitutional Convention is convened in Wyandotte, Kansas.
Wednesday June 5 1861
- The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
- Earl Van Dorn, CSA
- Theophilus Hunter Holmes, CSA
- Henry Alexander Wise, CSA
- The USS Niagara captures the Confederate schooner, Aid, off the coast of Mobile, AL.
- Attack upon Pig Point Batteries, near Hampton, VA, on the James River, by the Federal Steamer, the Harriet Lane.
- Skirmish at Little Red River, AR.
- Skirmish at Round Grove, the Indian Territory.
- Skirmish near Sedalia, MO.
- Action at Tranter's Creek, NC, with Lieut. Col. Francis A. Osborn, 24th MA Infantry.
- Skirmish at New Bridge, VA.
- Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, resumes the command of the 9th Army Corps, around Vicksburg, MS.
- Federal reconnaissance through Gates County, NC, and down the Chowan River, into Gatesville, then towards Mintonsville and on toward Sandy Cross, capturing prisoners along the way. (Jun 5-7)
- Skirmishes at Franklin's Crossing (or Deep Run), on the Rappahannock River, VA, with Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick's 6th Army Corps, attacking Lieut. Gen. A.P. Hill, CSA. (Jun 5-13)
- Skirmish at Worthington's Landing, AR.
- The Federals maintain their bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC.
- Federal scout from Forysth through Ozark and Douglas Counties, MO. (Jun 5-12)
- Federal scout from Warrensburg to the North Blackwater River, MO, and encounters with bushwackers. (Jun 5-9)
- Skirmish and engagement near Piedmont, VA, about 7 miles southwest of Port Republic, results in a Confederate defeat for the Confederate Dept. of Southwest Virginia, under Brig. Gen. W. E. Jones, CSA, by Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA. The Federals taking control of the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
- Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones, CSA, is mortally wounded at the skirmish near Piedmont, VA, instantly killed while directing his men on the front lines.
- Bvt. Maj. Gen. Benjamin H. Grierson, USA, is assigned to the command of the Cavalry Forces, the Dept. of the Gulf, LA.
- The veteran portion of the 4th Army Corps is ordered to proceed from the Dept. of the Cumberland to New Orleans, LA.