September 19 In Civil War History

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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

September 19, 1800 - William McKean, American naval officer (Union Navy), born in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (d. 1865)

September 19, 1822 - Joseph Rodman West, American senator and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1898)

September 19, 1850 - Millard Fillmore signs the last of the Acts approved by Congress that comprise the Compromise of 1850.

September 19, 1861 - Crossing into Kentucky through the Cumberland Pass, Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer disperses a small federal garrison at Barboursville, Kentucky.

September 19, 1861 - Gustavus Woodson Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

September 19, 1861 - John Blair Smith Todd, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of the Ohio is reorganized.

September 19, 1861 - Action at Barboursville, KY, where Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, CSA, causes a general retreat of Federal troops from the area.

September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of Western Virginia is constituted.

September 19, 1862 - Battle of Iuka - William Rosecrans [US] beat Sterling Price [CS] who withdrew when scouts report a column under the command of Edward O. C. Ord was advancing from the Mississippi.

September 19, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Lewis Henry Little, C.S.A., is instantly killed by a musket ball to the forehead, while he sat on his horse talking with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, and Brig. Generals Louis Hebert, and John Wilkins Whitfield, at the engagement at Iuka, MS; the Minie Ball passing under Gen. Price's arm and striking Lewis Henry Little in the forehead.

September 19, 1862 - September 20, 1862 - Skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Ashby's Gap, Williamsport, and Hagerstown, as Confederates under A. P. Hill covered the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Sharpsburg. Lee would keep a heavy cavalry presence in the area until October.

September 19, 1862 - William Edwin Baldwin, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen. and William Edmondson Jones, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

September 19, 1862 - Charles Smith Hamilton, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

September 19, 1862 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Francis Channing Barlow, USA
Gustavus Adolphus Smith, USA
Francis Laurens Vinton, USA

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish near Helena, AR, with Federal pickets and Texas Rangers.

September 19, 1862 Operations in the Indian Territory. (Sep 19-24)

September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Horse Cave and Bear Wallow, KY.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Southerland's Farm, KY.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Barnett's Corners, MS.

September 19, 1862 - Confederate small arms attack on the Queen of the West, near Bolivar, MS.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Peyton's Mill, MS, between Cavalry forces.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Prentiss, MS.

September 19, 1862 - The Dept. of Missouri is re-established and also embraces the Dept. of Kansas, which is discontinued.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Hickory Grove, MO.

September 19, 1862 - Affair at Mount Vernon, MO.

September 19, 1862 - The Confederate Dept. of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. (Dept. of Virginia and of North Carolina) is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, CSA.

September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Brentwood, TN. (Sep 19-20)

September 19, 1862 - West Virginia is transferred to the Federal Dept. of the Ohio.

September 19, 1863 - September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga - General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill -The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops.

September 19, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Preston Smith, CSA, is mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, TN, while directing a night attack, receiving a volley from the Federal detachment of soldiers he accidently rode into.

September 19, 1863 - Henry Warner Birge, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. and Charles Garrison Barker, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

September 19, 1863 - Skirmish on the Greenwell Springs Road, near Baton Rouge, LA.

September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Bristol, TN.

September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Como, TN.

September 19, 1863 - Federal expedition from Fort Pillow to Jackson, TN. (Sep 19-25)

September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, VA.

September 19, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

September 19, 1864 - 3rd battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) - Phil Sheridan [US], with a force of 40,000 men, strikes Jubal Early's [CS] 14,000 man Confederate army north of Winchester. Sheridan simply overpowered the Confederates.

September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Archibald Campbell Godwin, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Federal artillery shell fragment.

September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Robert Emmett Rodes, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, while leading his men in a counterattack against the Federal lines.

September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. David Allen Russell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Confederate artillery shell fragment through his heart, while at the head of his command.

September 19, 1864 - Matthew Calbraith Butler, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and James Lawson Kemper, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

September 19, 1864 - Federal expeditions from Natchez to Buck's Ferry (Sep 19-21) and Farrar's Plantation, MS, and skirmishes en route. (Sep 19-22)

September 19, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's, CSA, Confederate Cavalry column of 12,000 enters Missouri from Arkansas.

September 19, 1864 - Affair at Doniphan, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.

September 19, 1864 - Two Confederates, Capt. John Yates Beall, CSN, and Capt. John H. Cole, CSA, plan to capture Union vessels, sail to Johnson's Island, and release the Confederate prisoners there, near Sandusky, OH. Beall captures the Federal steamer, Philo Parons on Lake Erie, then captures and burns the Island Queen. Cole fails to capture the Michigan, forcing Beall to burn the Philo Parsons at Sandwich, Canada, and abandon their plans.

September 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Culpeper, VA.

September 19, 1864 - Federal scout to Lee's Mill and Proctor's House, Richmond, VA. Campaign. (Sep 16-17)

September 19, 1866 - Oregon ratifies the 14th Amendment.

September 19, 1881 - James A. Garfield dies from disease introduced by unsanitary medical practices in an attempt to remove an assassin's bullet.
 

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September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Horse Cave and Bear Wallow, KY.
Sept. 19 Skirmish, Horse Cave (No Reports.)

Sept. 19 Skirmish, Sutherland Farm KENTUCKY--12th Cavalry.

Sept. 19 Skirmish, Bear Wallow (No Reports.)

Snip... do know a little about Horse Cave...


At night we moved down to Horse Cave, near Cave City, to picket the front and watch the enemy, who was concentrating his troops at that place. We were here joined by the First and Third Alabama Regiments, Colonel Lay having been detached. We continued picketing the front, frequently skirmishing heavily with the enemy, with some loss on both sides.

Snip... we know a local wrote a book about that time in Bear Wallow...

Bear Wallow Belles

Originally published in 1903 by Dr. C. R. Wilson, this is quite a delightful book. A novel? Yes. Historical? Yes. A love story? Yes. A Civil War story? Yes. The setting is Bear Wallow, KY in Barren County 1861 through 1863. Using real people and real events in this little community, Dr. Wilson weaves a tale of many events. Some people are real from our history here; some are fictitious - or their names were disguised. The reader meets people from Chicken Bristle, Goosehorn, Lick a Skillet and Hell's Half Acre - a combination of Southern people, their slaves, an Irishman and some Yankees tossed in. The tale revolves around the Civil War and how it impacts the people of Bear Wallow. Some fighting for the South, some for the North, all dedicated to the cause, Right in the middle are the Bear Wallow Belles, three beautiful young ladies from the South and the North, all living in Bear Wallow. The book comes complete with tender courtships, the horror of war, the bravery of the young men who loved the Belles .... with a louse, a church mouse, an unusual duel and other interesting tales included. The last two pages will stun the reader. Whether one is from the North or South, this is also a touching look at slavery in a peaceful community with many other characters adding to the charm and humor. 136 pages including biographical information, a look at the communities mentioned and fullname index. $20.00 or $15.00 as e-book (with color graphics and photos in the e-book version
).

Snip... Bear Wallow has a book well, Horse Cave has monument...

The Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Horse Cave is a monument between Horse Cave, Kentucky and Kentucky Down Under, off the main road between Horse Cave and I-65 on the Old Dixie Highway, in Hart County, Kentucky. Among the various monuments of the Civil War Monuments of Kentucky Multiple Property Submission, all of which became part of the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997, it is an oddity for several reasons. First, though meant to imply an obelisk, it was constructed of local materials by a single individual. It was built during the Great Depression in year 1934, long after most monuments to the American Civil War. Instead of the typical limestone and marble from which most monuments were made, the monument uses geodes from Tennessee, a sedimentary/volcanic rocks in which crystals fill a largely hollow interior. The monument is 12 feet high, with a base of five feet square.[2][3]

The monument honors an unknown foot soldier from the 11th Louisiana Infantry, who died prior to the Battle of Munfordville. He was part of a tree-cutting detail. Ordered to rest, he lay down beside a tree. His loaded rifle accidentally discharged when it struck a tree branch; the bullet entered his head below his chin and killed him instantly. The soldier was buried with rocks marking his head and feet. Years later, a wire fence was placed around the grave.[2]

Local tradition says that a man named Sam Lively built the monument, fearing otherwise the grave would become lost.[4]

The monument is technically on private property, but a path through the evergreen trees allows visitors access. A Confederate Naval Jack flies beside the monument.
 
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