October 13 In Civil War History

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On this day in Civil War history

Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

October 13, 1810 - James Shedden Palmer, Commander (Union Navy), born in Elizabethtown, NJ. (d. 1867)

October 13, 1826 - Lafayette Curry Baker, American investigator, spy and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Stafford, New York (d. 1868)

October 13, 1845 - Texas ratifies a state constitution.

October 13, 1847 - Aztec Club founded by officers who fought in the Mexican-American War.

October 13, 1858 - Sixth Lincoln-Douglas debate, Quincy, Illinois.

October 13, 1861 - Action at Wet Glaze, or Shangai, or Dutch or Monday's Hollow, near Henrytown, MO.

October 13, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams, USA, supersedes Brig. Gen. Joseph K. F. Mansfield, USA, in command at Hatteras Inlet, NC.

October 13, 1861 - Skirmish at Cotton Hill, WV.

October 13, 1862 - Skirmish at Harrodsburg, KY.

October 13, 1862 - Skirmish on the Lancaster Road, KY.

October 13, 1862 - Skirmish at New Franklin, MO.

October 13, 1862 - Skirmish on the Lebanon Road, near Nashville, TN.

October 13, 1862 - Col. Joseph Wheeler, CSA, is placed in command of all the cavalry of Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army, TN.

October 13, 1862 - Operations about Paris, Snickersville, and Middlesburg, VA.

October 13, 1862 -Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, is assigned to the command of the Defenses of Harper's Ferry, WV.

October 13, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, USA, assumes the command of the District of West Virginia.



October 13, 1863 - President Davis approves Braxton Bragg's request to relieve Major General Daniel Harvey Hill [CS] from duty.

October 13, 1863 - Peace Democrat (Copperhead) Clement Vallandigham is defeated by Unionist John Brough, a war Democrat running on the Republican ticket in the Ohio gubernatorial race.

October 13, 1863 - Skirmish at Maysville, AL, with Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA.

October 13, 1863 - Action at Wyatt, MS, with Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers, CSA.

October 13, 1864 - Action at Marshall, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.

October 13, 1863 - Skirmishes at Fayetteville, TN.

October 13, 1864 - Action at Auburn, VA, with Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, and Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA.

October 13, 1863 - Federal scout from Great Bridge, VA, to Indiantown, NC, including the capture of a notorious guerrilla Silas F. Gregory. After having gone less than a mile, the Federals are fired upon from the woods by guerrillas, which allows time for Mr. Silas Gregory to escape.

October 13, 1864 - Skirmishes near Warrenton and at Fox's Ford, VA, between Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, and Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA.

October 13, 1864 - Skirmish at Bulltown, WV, as Confederate forces surround the town and demand a surrender which the Federals refuse to do. After fighting and casualties on both sides, the Confederates withdraw towards Sutton.

October 13, 1864 - Skirmish at Burlington, WV.

October 13, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

October 13, 1864 - Maryland, a border state, abolishes slavery in their new constitution.

October 13, 1864 - Federal expedition from Pine Bluff to Arkansas Post, AR. (Oct 13-18)

October 13, 1864 - Combat at Buzzard Roost Gap, GA. (Oct 13-14)

October 13, 1864 - The Union surrender of Dalton, GA.

October 13, 1864 - The Union surrender of Tilton, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood's, CSA, men seize the important railroad line in the vicinity.

October 13, 1864 - Federal reconnaissance from Rome on the Cave Springs Road, GA, and skirmishes.

October 13, 1864 - Skirmish with Indians near Mullahla's Station, the Nebraska Territory.

October 13, 1864 - Federal scout against Apache Indians from near Tularosa, into the Sacramento Mountains, the New Mexico Territory. (Oct 13-21)

October 13, 1864 - Federal operations against Indians near Fort Belknap, TX, with skirmish (Oct 13) 16 miles above Fort Belknap on Elm Creek, TX. (Oct 13-20)

October 13, 1864 - Action at Cedar Creek, VA, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves into position at his old entrenched lines at Fisher's Hill.

October 13, 1864 - Engagement on the Darby town Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

October 13, 1864 - John Mosby's Irregular Confederate Partisans capture and burn the railroad train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Kearneysville and west of Harper's Ferry, WV, seizing over $170,000 from the Union paymaster.

October 13, 1865 - Alexander Stephens is released from military prison in Boston, Massachusetts.
 

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October 13, 1863 - Federal scout from Great Bridge, VA, to Indiantown, NC, including the capture of a notorious guerrilla Silas F. Gregory. After having gone less than a mile, the Federals are fired upon from the woods by guerrillas, which allows time for Mr. Silas Gregory to escape.
This Notorious Guerrilla Silas F. Gregory operated in the area of North Carolina my mom the born and grew up in. If you read the whole article it mention the actions taken in and around Elizabeth City, Currituck county and more...

https://ncgenweb.us/camden/the-home-guards-or-camden-county-in-the-confederacy/

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The activities of the Guerillas, employing the term used by the Yankees, must have been a source of continued irritation to the enemy, for in the early fall of 1863 Lieutenant Colonel William Lewis of the Fifth Pennsylvania, whose headquarters were at Great Bridge, Virginia, describes another incursion through Currituck and on into Camden by way of the bridge at Indiantown. According to his account: “When the advance arrived in sight of the bridge, a squad of 30 or 40 guerillas were discovered on the bridge, but immediately fled to the woods on the approach of our forces. The swamp was skirmished and shelled (a howitzer having been taken with the expedition), but without effecting anything. The column passed 3 miles beyond the bridge to Major Gregory’s house, and there halted, after carefully scouting the country in every direction, but without finding the enemy which was known to be there about 300 strong.” At this point one suspects the officer’s imagination was exaggerating the strength of the Guerillas, since his report records no other evidence of numbers other than the “30 or 40” seen on the bridge.

“Lieutenant W. E. A. Bird,” he continues, “was then sent to arrest Silas F. Gregory, a notorious guerilla, but he has protection from Major General Foster. He is engaged in arming and feeding the guerilla bands in the vicinity. Lieutenant Bird, in proceeding to the house, used every precaution, by dismounting his men as skirmishers through the woods. But after making the arrest on his return was less cautious, as the distance was but a mile, and had been skirmished over but half an hour before. This resulted in his receiving a volley from the woods, killing 1 man and wounding 2 severely. Lieutenant Bird’s horse was wounded; also one belonging to Company L.”

At the alarm all the forces were immediately put in motion and the woods thoroughly skirmished, but without finding any of the assassins. During the attack on Lieutenant Bird, Silas F. Gregory succeeded in making his escape. The farmers in the neighborhood of the swamp were all notified to clear away the underbrush skirting the road, under the penalty of having their property destroyed. After this the command marched without a single incident.”
 

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October 13, 1863 - Federal scout from Great Bridge, VA, to Indiantown, NC, including the capture of a notorious guerrilla Silas F. Gregory. After having gone less than a mile, the Federals are fired upon from the woods by guerrillas, which allows time for Mr. Silas Gregory to escape.
Here is the OR on the event....

October 13, 1863 - Federal scout from Great Bridge, VA, to Indiantown, NC, including the capture of a notorious guerrilla Silas F. Gregory. After having gone less than a mile, the Federals are fired upon from the woods by guerrillas, which allows time for Mr. Silas Gregory to escape.
 
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