September 2 In Civil War History

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

September 2 Birthdays

1798 - Thomas Holliday Hicks, pro-Union governor of Maryland, born in East New Market, MD. (d. 1865)
1837 - James Harrison Wilson, American topographic engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Shawneetown, Illinois (d. 1925)

September 2 Antebellum Events

1837 - Samuel F. B. Morse demonstrates a crude version of the telegraph.

Monday September 2 1861
  • James McKinstry, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • Destruction of the US dry-dock at Pensacola, FL.
  • Gen. M. Jeff. Thompson, CSA, issues a proclamation threatening retaliation, in Missouri, because of Maj. Gen. Charles Fremont's, USA, proclamation.
  • Expeditions toward Columbia, Boone County, and Iberia, MO.
  • Skirmish at Dallas, MO.
  • Action at Dry Wood Creek, or Fort Scott, MO.
  • Arkansas and all the military operations in Missouri is placed under the command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA, commanding the Confederate Dept. Number Two, which already includes Confederate operations along the Mississippi River and in Tennessee.
  • Skirmish at Seller's Mill, near Harper's Ferry, WV.
  • Skirmish near the Hawk's Nest, WV, with Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise, CSA.
  • Skirmish at Worthington, WV.
Tuesday September 2 1862
  • Abraham Buford, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen.
  • Lexington, KY, is occupied by Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, Marches north from Chattanooga, TN.
  • Action with the Sioux Indians at Acton, MN.
  • Action with the Sioux Indians at Birch Cooley, MN.
  • Raid into Ohio, by Jenkins' Confederate Cavalry command.
  • Skirmish near Memphis, TN.
  • Skirmish near Nashville, TN.
  • The Army of Virginia is merged into the Army of the Potomac, under the command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, leaving Maj. Gen. John Pope, USA, without a command.
  • Skirmishes near Fairfax Court-House, Falls Church, and Vienna, VA, as Maj. Gen. Pope, USA, retreats to Washington, DC.
  • Affair at Flint Hill, VA.
  • Skirmish near Leesburg, VA, results in a rout of the Federals.
  • Federal expedition from Suffolk, VA, to cut off some Rebel recruits on their way to Richmond, VA. (Sep 2-3)
  • Winchester, VA, is evacuated by Brig. Gen. Julius White, USA.
  • Surrender of Union forces at Spencer Court-House, WV, to Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins', CSA, Cavalry Raid.
Wednesday September 2 1863
  • Skirmish near Shallow Ford, Bayou Meto, AR.
  • Confederate affair with, and the rout of, Zapata's banditti, near Mier, Mexico.
  • Knoxville, TN, is occupied by the Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, cutting the direct Confederate railway between Chattanooga and Virginia.
  • Skirmish near Oak Shade, VA, near to Utz's Ford, Stark's Ford, Rixeyville Ford, and Corbin's Cross-Roads.
  • The federal expedition against and the destruction of the captured Union gunboats, Satellite, and the Reliance at Port Conway, VA, by Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's, USA, cavalry.
  • Affair near Rixey's Ford, VA, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
  • Federal Cavalry expeditions from Martinsburg, WV, including affairs (Sep 15 & Sep 19) at Smithfield, WV, and at Strasburg, VA, with the capture of Confederate supplies, stragglers, etc. (Sep 2-23)
Friday September 2 1864
  • Brig. Gen. John Herbert Kelly, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN.
  • Skirmish at the Tannery, near Little Rock, AR, where the Confederate attack on the tannery is repulsed with losses.
  • Skirmish 8 miles from Quitman, AR.
  • The Union forces under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, USA, occupy Atlanta, GA.
  • Actions at Lovejoy's Station, southeast of Atlanta, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, regroups his remaining forces which have been weakened by losses sustained in the recent fighting and attacks on Union positions in front of Atlanta. (Sep 2-5)
  • Guerrilla raid on Owensborough, KY, who are reported to have murdered 3 Union soldiers and 1 civilian after they surrendered.
  • Federal scouts on the Little Blue River, in Jackson County, MO, where bushwackers try to surprise the Federals by stringing wire across the road between two trees which the Yankee horses ran into. (Sep 2-10)
  • Skirmish near Mount Vernon, MO, with Union cavalry.
  • Federal expedition from Sedalia, MO, to Scott's Ford, on the Blackwater, patrolling for Confederates. (Sep 2-4)
  • Skirmishes at and near Union City, TN.
  • Federal scout from Whiteside's, TN, to Sulphur Springs, GA. (Sep 2-5)
  • Federal reconnaissance beyond Yellow Tavern, on the Weldon Railroad, south of Petersburg, VA, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.
  • Action at Bunker Hill, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
  • Skirmish at Darkesville, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.
Saturday September 2 1865
  • Skirmish with Indians at Powder River, the Montana Territory.
 
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