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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 23, 1820 - James Monroe Goggin, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Bedford County, VA. (d. 1889)
October 23, 1824 - Thomas Gamble Pitcher, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Rockport, Indiana (d. 1895)
October 23, 1828 - Turner Ashby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Fauquier County, VA (d. 1862)
October 23, 1855 - Topeka Convention convened in Kansas.
October 23, 1861 - Samuel Gibbs French, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish near Hodgensville, KY.
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish at West Liberty, KY, with Brig. Gen. William Nelson, USA.
October 23, 1861 - Lt. Col. Albemarle Cady, 7th US Infantry, relieves Col. Benjamin L. Beall, 1st US Cavalry, in the command of the District of Oregon.
October 23, 1861 - Federal reconnaissance in the Kanawha Valley, WV. (Oct 23-27)
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish at Gauley, WV.
October 23, 1862 - Federal destruction of the Confederate Goose Creek Salt Works, near Manchester, KY. (Oct 23-24)
October 23, 1862 - Skirmish at Clarkston, MO.
October 23, 1862 - Skirmishes near Waverly and Richland Creek, TN.
October 23, 1863 - Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and immediately begins working on securing a better supply line to the city.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Warm Springs, NC.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Sweet Water, TN.
October 23, 1863 - Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, is transferred from the Army of Tennessee to the Army of the Mississippi, partially due to the inability of Polk to get along with Gen. Braxton Bragg, while vice Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA, is reassigned to the Army of the Tennessee, as President Davis continues his tour of the deep South.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, VA.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish near Rappahannock Station, VA.
October 23, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at King's Hill, AL.
October 23, 1864 - The engagement at the Big Blue, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 23, 1864 - The Engagement at Westport, MO, near present day Kansas City, MO, as Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA, attacks; Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, USA, and his cavalry counterattack; Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA, and the rest of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate force see the Union troops reverse yesterday's defeat; Sterling withdraws southward which ends the Confederate threat in Missouri.
October 23, 1864 - The destruction of the blockade-runner, Flamingo, at Charleston, SC.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Dry Run, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 23, 1820 - James Monroe Goggin, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Bedford County, VA. (d. 1889)
October 23, 1824 - Thomas Gamble Pitcher, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Rockport, Indiana (d. 1895)
October 23, 1828 - Turner Ashby, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) born in Fauquier County, VA (d. 1862)
October 23, 1855 - Topeka Convention convened in Kansas.
October 23, 1861 - Samuel Gibbs French, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish near Hodgensville, KY.
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish at West Liberty, KY, with Brig. Gen. William Nelson, USA.
October 23, 1861 - Lt. Col. Albemarle Cady, 7th US Infantry, relieves Col. Benjamin L. Beall, 1st US Cavalry, in the command of the District of Oregon.
October 23, 1861 - Federal reconnaissance in the Kanawha Valley, WV. (Oct 23-27)
October 23, 1861 - Skirmish at Gauley, WV.
October 23, 1862 - Federal destruction of the Confederate Goose Creek Salt Works, near Manchester, KY. (Oct 23-24)
October 23, 1862 - Skirmish at Clarkston, MO.
October 23, 1862 - Skirmishes near Waverly and Richland Creek, TN.
October 23, 1863 - Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Chattanooga, Tennessee and immediately begins working on securing a better supply line to the city.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Warm Springs, NC.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Sweet Water, TN.
October 23, 1863 - Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, is transferred from the Army of Tennessee to the Army of the Mississippi, partially due to the inability of Polk to get along with Gen. Braxton Bragg, while vice Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee, CSA, is reassigned to the Army of the Tennessee, as President Davis continues his tour of the deep South.
October 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, VA.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish near Rappahannock Station, VA.
October 23, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at King's Hill, AL.
October 23, 1864 - The engagement at the Big Blue, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 23, 1864 - The Engagement at Westport, MO, near present day Kansas City, MO, as Brig. Gen. Joseph O. Shelby, CSA, attacks; Maj. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, USA, and his cavalry counterattack; Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA, and the rest of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's Confederate force see the Union troops reverse yesterday's defeat; Sterling withdraws southward which ends the Confederate threat in Missouri.
October 23, 1864 - The destruction of the blockade-runner, Flamingo, at Charleston, SC.
October 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Dry Run, VA, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.