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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 12 Birthdays
1806 - Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1863)
September 12 Antebellum Events
1849 - Abraham Lincoln writes a letter to John M. Clayton, rejecting President Zachary Taylor's offer for Lincoln to become territorial governor of Oregon.
Thursday September 12 1861
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 12 Birthdays
1806 - Andrew Hull Foote, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1863)
September 12 Antebellum Events
1849 - Abraham Lincoln writes a letter to John M. Clayton, rejecting President Zachary Taylor's offer for Lincoln to become territorial governor of Oregon.
Thursday September 12 1861
- Braxton Bragg, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
- Maj. Gen. George Brinton McClellan, USA, after various conferences with the President and with the Secretary of War, orders the arrest of the disloyal members of the Maryland Legislature as well as other citizens of the state. (Sep 12-17)
- Maj. Gen. John Charles Fremont, USA, issues the deeds of manumission to two slaves of a disloyal owner in Missouri.
- Skirmish at Black River, near Ironton, MO, with Maj. Gavitt, 1st IN Infantry.
- Skirmish at Petersburg, WV.
- Skirmish near Peytona, WV.
- The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
- James Fleming Fagan, CSA
- Allison Nelson, CSA
- William Read Scurry, CSA
- Francis Ashbury Shoup, CSA
- William Steele, CSA
- Skirmish at Brandenburg, KY.
- Glasgow, KY, is occupied by Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA.
- Skirmish near Woodburn, KY.
- Skirmishes at Frederick, MD, Maj. Gen. McClellan, USA commanding.
- Skirmish at the Coldwater Railroad Bridge, MS.
- Federal scout in Londoun County, VA, and skirmish (Sep 14) near Leesburg, VA. (Sep 12-17)
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd US Army Corps, the Army of Virginia, are designated respectively as the 11th, 12th and the 1st US Army Corps, the Army of the Potomac, VA.
- The Confederate Siege and Capture of Harper's Ferry, WV including action on Maryland and Bolivar Heights. (Sep 12-15)
- Skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, WV.
- Henry Lawrence Eustis, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Skirmish near Brownsville, AR.
- Skirmish at Alpine, GA, as the battle for Chattanooga heats up.
- Skirmish at Dirt Town, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish on the La Fayette road, near Chattooga River, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish near Leet's Tan-yard, or Rock Spring, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmish at Sterling's Plantation, near Morganza, LA.
- Affair near Houston, Texas County, MO.
- Skirmish at South Mills, NC.
- Skirmish at Rheatown, East TN.
- Skirmish near Bristoe Station, VA.
- Skirmish at White Plains, VA.
- Skirmish in Roane County, WV.
- Federal scout from Harper's Ferry, WV, into Loudoun County, and skirmish (Sep 14) near Leesburg, VA. (Sep 12-16)
- Brig. Gen. Joshua Blackwood Howell, USA, is critically wounded near Petersburg, VA, where he suffers a fall from his horse.
- Alexander Brydie Dyer, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Joshua Blackwood Howell, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- Federal scout from Fayetteville to Huntsville, AR, with skirmish at Rodgers' Crossing of the White River (Sep 14). (Sep 12-15)
- Skirmish at Caledonia, MO, where the guerrillas are driven off, but then move on and plunder the stores at Iron Mountain, as well as destroying the telegraph office, etc.
- Skirmish near Memphis, TN.
- President Abraham Lincoln notifies Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant of his dismay over Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's lack of progress in the Shenandoah Valley.