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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 27, 1800 - -Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio - Committee On The Conduct Of The War, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
October 27, 1828 - Jacob Dolson Cox, Canadian-American statesman, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1900)
October 27, 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), born in NYC, New York (d. 1919)
October 27, 1859 - The Louisville and Nashville Railroad makes its first trip between the two cities.
October 27, 1861 - The CSS Sumter captures and burns the US schooner, Trowbridge, in the Atlantic Ocean.
October 27, 1861 - Skirmish at Plattsburg, MO.
October 27, 1861 - Skirmish near Spring Hill, MO, as Maj. Gen. John Fremont, USA, contends he will pursue and defend Springfield, MO, from the advancing Brig. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, who in actuality, is retreating. Fremont hopes any orders on their way from Lincoln will now not be delivered.
October 27, 1861 - The USS Lexington captures and burns three Confederate ships at Chincoteaque Inlet, VA.
October 27, 1862 - William Henry Forney, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
October 27, 1862 - Preston Smith, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR. CSA troops retreat to around Boston Mountain, AR, as the Federals pursue.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Pitman's Ferry, AR.
October 27, 1862 - Action at Georgia Landing or Bayou Lafourche, near Labadieville, LA, with the Confederates routed.
October 27, 1862 - The British steamer Anglia, is seized by the Federal naval blockade squadron, Bulls Bay, SC.
October 27, 1862- Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, USA, temporarily assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased, SC.
October 27, 1862 - Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.
October 27, 1862 - Union forces occupy Halltown, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, advances into Virginia.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, begins to move his Army of Northern Virginia from the Shenandoah Valley to meet the Army of the Potomac.
October 27, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, in the command of the Defenses of Washington, DC.
October 27, 1863 - Battle of Brown's Ferry - Troops under William Hazen [US] secured a beachhead on the southern bank of the Tennessee River. "Baldy" Smith [US] built a pontoon bridge over the Tennessee and Joseph Hooker [US] took the Little Tennessee Valley
October 27, 1863 - The second major bombardment of Fort Sumter. The three days of pounding artillery will be the heaviest in the siege of Charleston.
October 27, 1863 - Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Little Bear Creek, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Tulip, AR.
October 27, 1863 - Federal expedition from Cape Girardeau to Clarkton, MO. (Oct 27-Nov 15)
October 27, 1864 - Skirmish in Cherokee County, NC, when Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr, CSA, along with Pro-Southern Indians, overtook Goldman Bryson and his mounted robbers, killing two and capturing 17 along with 30 horses. The following day, Vaughn catches up with and kills Mr. Bryson and another carrying orders from Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, USA.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Clinch Mountain, TN.
October 27, 1863 - Federal scout from Columbia toward Pulaski, TN, and skirmish.
October 27, 1863 - The Rio Grande Expedition, under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, and operations on the coast of Texas, as Banks will attempt to establish a base of operations in Texas despite past failures at Sabine Pass and on the Teche. (Oct 27-Dec 2)
October 27, 1863 - Federal expedition under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks, USA, sails from the mouth of the Mississippi River.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmishes near Bealeton and Rappahannock Station, VA.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish on Sandy River, near Elizabeth, WV.
October 27, 1864 - Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1864 - The destruction of the Confederate ram, the Albemarle, by Lieut. William B. Gushing, USA, using a torpedo, at Plymouth, NC. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - The unsuccessful Confederate guerrilla attack on the steamer, Belle Saint Louis, at Fort Randolph, TN.
October 27, 1864 - Skirmishes at Mossy Creek and Panther Springs, TN.
October 27, 1864 - The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - Battle of the Southside Railroad, Virginia.
October 27, 1864 - Battle of Burgess Mill, Virginia.
October 27, 1866 - Texas rejects the 14th Amendment.
October 27, 1879 - John Wilkins Whitfield, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61 in Hallettsville, TX.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 27, 1800 - -Benjamin Franklin Wade, American politician, US Senator from Ohio - Committee On The Conduct Of The War, born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1878)
October 27, 1828 - Jacob Dolson Cox, Canadian-American statesman, lawyer, and Major General (Union Army), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1900)
October 27, 1858 - Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President (R: 1901-09; Nobel 1906), born in NYC, New York (d. 1919)
October 27, 1859 - The Louisville and Nashville Railroad makes its first trip between the two cities.
October 27, 1861 - The CSS Sumter captures and burns the US schooner, Trowbridge, in the Atlantic Ocean.
October 27, 1861 - Skirmish at Plattsburg, MO.
October 27, 1861 - Skirmish near Spring Hill, MO, as Maj. Gen. John Fremont, USA, contends he will pursue and defend Springfield, MO, from the advancing Brig. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, who in actuality, is retreating. Fremont hopes any orders on their way from Lincoln will now not be delivered.
October 27, 1861 - The USS Lexington captures and burns three Confederate ships at Chincoteaque Inlet, VA.
October 27, 1862 - William Henry Forney, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
October 27, 1862 - Preston Smith, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR. CSA troops retreat to around Boston Mountain, AR, as the Federals pursue.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Pitman's Ferry, AR.
October 27, 1862 - Action at Georgia Landing or Bayou Lafourche, near Labadieville, LA, with the Confederates routed.
October 27, 1862 - The British steamer Anglia, is seized by the Federal naval blockade squadron, Bulls Bay, SC.
October 27, 1862- Brig. Gen. John M. Brannan, USA, temporarily assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, vice Mitchel, deceased, SC.
October 27, 1862 - Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, assumes the command of the 14th US Army Corps, TN.
October 27, 1862 - Union forces occupy Halltown, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, advances into Virginia.
October 27, 1862 - Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, begins to move his Army of Northern Virginia from the Shenandoah Valley to meet the Army of the Potomac.
October 27, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, USA, supersedes Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, in the command of the Defenses of Washington, DC.
October 27, 1863 - Battle of Brown's Ferry - Troops under William Hazen [US] secured a beachhead on the southern bank of the Tennessee River. "Baldy" Smith [US] built a pontoon bridge over the Tennessee and Joseph Hooker [US] took the Little Tennessee Valley
October 27, 1863 - The second major bombardment of Fort Sumter. The three days of pounding artillery will be the heaviest in the siege of Charleston.
October 27, 1863 - Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Little Bear Creek, AL, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Tulip, AR.
October 27, 1863 - Federal expedition from Cape Girardeau to Clarkton, MO. (Oct 27-Nov 15)
October 27, 1864 - Skirmish in Cherokee County, NC, when Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr, CSA, along with Pro-Southern Indians, overtook Goldman Bryson and his mounted robbers, killing two and capturing 17 along with 30 horses. The following day, Vaughn catches up with and kills Mr. Bryson and another carrying orders from Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside, USA.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish at Clinch Mountain, TN.
October 27, 1863 - Federal scout from Columbia toward Pulaski, TN, and skirmish.
October 27, 1863 - The Rio Grande Expedition, under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, and operations on the coast of Texas, as Banks will attempt to establish a base of operations in Texas despite past failures at Sabine Pass and on the Teche. (Oct 27-Dec 2)
October 27, 1863 - Federal expedition under the command of Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks, USA, sails from the mouth of the Mississippi River.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmishes near Bealeton and Rappahannock Station, VA.
October 27, 1863 - Skirmish on Sandy River, near Elizabeth, WV.
October 27, 1864 - Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 27, 1864 - The destruction of the Confederate ram, the Albemarle, by Lieut. William B. Gushing, USA, using a torpedo, at Plymouth, NC. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - The unsuccessful Confederate guerrilla attack on the steamer, Belle Saint Louis, at Fort Randolph, TN.
October 27, 1864 - Skirmishes at Mossy Creek and Panther Springs, TN.
October 27, 1864 - The engagement at Boydton Plank Road or Hatcher's Run, the Richmond, VA, Campaign. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - The engagement at Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road, the Richmond, VA, Campaign, as Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, attempts to move on Petersburg, VA, before winter, but to no avail as Maj. Gens. Henry Heth and William Mahone, CSA, repel Maj. Gens. Winfield Scott Hancock and Gouverneur K. Warren, USA. (Oct 27-28)
October 27, 1864 - Battle of the Southside Railroad, Virginia.
October 27, 1864 - Battle of Burgess Mill, Virginia.
October 27, 1866 - Texas rejects the 14th Amendment.
October 27, 1879 - John Wilkins Whitfield, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 61 in Hallettsville, TX.