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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 11 Birthdays
1806 - Joshua Blackwood Howell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Woodbury, New Jersey (d. 1864)
1813 - Conrad Feger Jackson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Alsace Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
1835 - William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1894)
September 11 Antebellum Events
1786 - The Annapolis Convention (in Maryland) backs calling a Constitutional Convention to begin in May, 1787 in Philadelphia.
1841 - President Tyler accepts the resignation of each of his Cabinet members except Daniel Webster over his veto of the National Bank bill.
1857 - (circa) Utah militia and American Indians raid a wagon train traveling west from Arkansas in what became known as the Meadows Massacre or the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Wednesday September 11 1861
1911 - William R Boggs, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers, dies at 82 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 11 Birthdays
1806 - Joshua Blackwood Howell, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Woodbury, New Jersey (d. 1864)
1813 - Conrad Feger Jackson, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Alsace Township, Pennsylvania (d. 1862)
1835 - William Wirt Allen, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in NYC, New York (d. 1894)
September 11 Antebellum Events
1786 - The Annapolis Convention (in Maryland) backs calling a Constitutional Convention to begin in May, 1787 in Philadelphia.
1841 - President Tyler accepts the resignation of each of his Cabinet members except Daniel Webster over his veto of the National Bank bill.
1857 - (circa) Utah militia and American Indians raid a wagon train traveling west from Arkansas in what became known as the Meadows Massacre or the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Wednesday September 11 1861
- President Abraham Lincoln issues an order modifying the proclamation of Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont, USA, in Missouri, to conform to the act of Congress.
- Federal reconnaissance from the Chain Bridge to Lewinsville, VA, and action at Lewinsville, with Col. JEB Stuart's 1st VA Cavalry, and Brig. Gen. William F. Smith's, USA, men, including the 79th NY; Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, restoring the colors of the 79th NY, which had mutinied.
- Operations in Cheat Mountain, WV, including actions and skirmishes at the following places:
- Cheat Mountain Pass
- Cheat Summit
- Point Mountain Turnpike
- Elk Water.
- Federal expedition from Clarendon to Lawrenceville and Saint Charles, AR. (Sep 11-13)
- Engagement at Saint John's Bluff, FL., with the Confederate shore batteries there.
- Skirmish at Smith's, KY, as Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA, captures Maysville, KY, and is within striking distance of Cincinnati, OH.
- Action at Bloomfield, MO.
- Skirmish between Williamsport, MD, and Martinsburg, WV.
- Skirmishes at Cotton Hill, Gauley (or Miller's) Ferry, Armstrong's Creek, and near Cannelton, WV.
- Skirmish at Waldron, AR.
- The mutiny in Terrell's Texas Confederate Cavalry is put down.
- Federal reconnaissance toward Rome, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish near Blue Bird Gap, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish near Rossville, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmishes near Lee and Gordon's Mills, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Sep 11-13)
- Skirmish at Davis' Cross-Roads (or Davis' House), near Dug Gap, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish near Ringgold, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish near Greenville, KY.
- Federal expedition from La Grange to Toone's Station, TN, with skirmish (Sep 16) at Montezuma. (Sep 11-16)
- Skirmish at Baldwin's Ferry, Big Black River, MS.
- Skirmish near Greenville, KY.
- Federal expedition from Corinth, MS, to Henderson, TN, with skirmishes:
- at Clark's Creek Church (Sep 13) and
- near Henderson, TN. (Sep 14).
(Sep 11-16)
- Affair at Moorefield, 9 miles from Petersburg, WV.
- Federal scout from Camp Piatt (Fayetteville), WV, to the Marsh Fork of the Coal River. (Sep 11-13)
- Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, currently commanding the Dept. of the Ohio, and closing in on Gen. Braxton Bragg, tenders his resignation, but it is refused by President Abraham Lincoln.
- Skirmish near Fort Smith, AR.
- Federal expedition from Fort Rice, the Dakota Territory, to relieve Capt. Fisk's emigrant train. Upon arriving at their assistance, the Yankees find the emigrants in a fortified position, refusing to go any further into the Bad Lands without proper protection. On the way back to Fort Rice, the Federals have some 30 horses stolen by Indians. (Sep 11-30)
- Operations in the Cherokee Nation, the Indian Territory, with actions at Hay Station, near Fort Gibson (Sep 16), and at Cabin Creek and Pryor's Creek, (Sep 19), as Maj. Gen. George Sykes, USA, commanding the District of South Kansas reports the Union debacle at Cabin Creek where the Confederates capture over 300 wagons as well as the same in men. (Sep 11-25)
- Skirmish at Hodge's Plantation, LA, where yet another Rebel attack is repelled.
- Federal scouts in Moniteau and Morgan Counties, MO. (Sep 11-18)
- Federal operations against guerrillas in Monroe and Rails Counties, MO. (Sep 11-16)
- 1866 - New Jersey ratifies the 14th Amendment
1911 - William R Boggs, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army) and chief of engineers, dies at 82 in Winston-Salem, NC.