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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 17, 1859 - Citizens discover John Brown, 19 men (including Brown's sons Oliver, Owen, and Watson) and several hostages including George Washington's great-grand-nephew in the armory. By the end of the day Brown, his men and 9 hostages occupied the fire engine house within the arsenal. Secretary of War John B. Floyd orders Col. Robert E. Lee and Lt. J. E. B. Stuart to the town.
October 17, 1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown, MO. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Mountain Home, AR.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Sugar Creek, AR.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmishes about Camp Wild Cat, KY.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmishes at Valley Woods and Rocky Hill, KY.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Lexington, MO.
October 17, 1862 - Civilian resistance to the Union draft in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties, PA, breaks out. (Oct 17-25)
October 10, 1862 - Skirmish at Island No. 10, TN, with a Confederate attack.
October 17, 1862 - Federal expedition to Thoroughfare Gap, VA, and skirmish. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1863 - As Ulysses S. Grant travels to Louisville, KY, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton boards the train in Indianapolis, IN with orders for him to assume command of the Military Division of the Mississippi.
October 17, 1863 - Action at Bogue Chitto Creek, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Robinson's Mills, near Livingston, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish near Satartia, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish in Cedar County, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish near Camden Court-House, NC, where a Union Cavalry detachment is fired upon by guerrillas concealed in the swamps.
October 17, 1863 - Affair at Accotink, VA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Berryville, VA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmishes at Groveton, VA, Bristoe Campaign. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1863 - Skirmishes at Manassas Junction and Frying Pan Church, near Pohick Church, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, withdraws from Bull Run toward the Rappahannock River, VA, the Bristoe Campaign.
October 17, 1863 - Affair at Stuart's, near Chantilly, VA.
October 17, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 17, 1864 - General James Longstreet resumes command of his corps after suffering a serious wound at The Wilderness.
October 17, 1864 - Skirmish at Eddyville, Lyon County, KY, as the Federals move from Louisville.
October 17, 1864 - Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Military Division of the West, east of the Mississippi River.
October 17, 1864 - The surrender of, and Confederate occupation of, Carrollton, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - Skirmish near Lexington, MO, as the Union forces begin to close in on the invading Confederates under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - The burning of Smithville, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - Affair at Cedar Run Church, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
October 17, 1910 - Julia Ward Howe, poet and composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 17, 1859 - Citizens discover John Brown, 19 men (including Brown's sons Oliver, Owen, and Watson) and several hostages including George Washington's great-grand-nephew in the armory. By the end of the day Brown, his men and 9 hostages occupied the fire engine house within the arsenal. Secretary of War John B. Floyd orders Col. Robert E. Lee and Lt. J. E. B. Stuart to the town.
October 17, 1861 - Skirmishes at Fredericktown, MO. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Mountain Home, AR.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Sugar Creek, AR.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmishes about Camp Wild Cat, KY.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmishes at Valley Woods and Rocky Hill, KY.
October 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Lexington, MO.
October 17, 1862 - Civilian resistance to the Union draft in Carbon, Luzerne and Schuylkill Counties, PA, breaks out. (Oct 17-25)
October 10, 1862 - Skirmish at Island No. 10, TN, with a Confederate attack.
October 17, 1862 - Federal expedition to Thoroughfare Gap, VA, and skirmish. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1863 - As Ulysses S. Grant travels to Louisville, KY, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton boards the train in Indianapolis, IN with orders for him to assume command of the Military Division of the Mississippi.
October 17, 1863 - Action at Bogue Chitto Creek, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Robinson's Mills, near Livingston, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish near Satartia, MS.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish in Cedar County, MO, with Col. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish near Camden Court-House, NC, where a Union Cavalry detachment is fired upon by guerrillas concealed in the swamps.
October 17, 1863 - Affair at Accotink, VA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Berryville, VA.
October 17, 1863 - Skirmishes at Groveton, VA, Bristoe Campaign. (Oct 17-18)
October 17, 1863 - Skirmishes at Manassas Junction and Frying Pan Church, near Pohick Church, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, withdraws from Bull Run toward the Rappahannock River, VA, the Bristoe Campaign.
October 17, 1863 - Affair at Stuart's, near Chantilly, VA.
October 17, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 17, 1864 - General James Longstreet resumes command of his corps after suffering a serious wound at The Wilderness.
October 17, 1864 - Skirmish at Eddyville, Lyon County, KY, as the Federals move from Louisville.
October 17, 1864 - Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Military Division of the West, east of the Mississippi River.
October 17, 1864 - The surrender of, and Confederate occupation of, Carrollton, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - Skirmish near Lexington, MO, as the Union forces begin to close in on the invading Confederates under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - The burning of Smithville, MO, by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 17, 1864 - Affair at Cedar Run Church, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
October 17, 1910 - Julia Ward Howe, poet and composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.