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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 6 Birthdays
1797 - Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, American lawyer and General (Confederate Army), born in King George County, Virginia (d. 1887)
1815 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General, born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi (d. 1870)
1816 - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, 1st brigade commander to die in combat, born in Chatham County, Georgia (d. 1861)
1819 - William Starke Rosecrans, American inventor, politician and US Army General (Union Army), born in Delaware County, Ohio (d. 1898)
1827 - John Morrison Oliver, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Penn Yan, New York (d. 1872)
1838 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln assassination conspirator, born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (d. 1906)
Friday September 6 1861
1868 - Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner to Spain, dies at 71 in New Orleans, LA. (b. 1797)
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 6 Birthdays
1797 - Wililam "Extra Billy" Smith, American lawyer and General (Confederate Army), born in King George County, Virginia (d. 1887)
1815 - St. John Richardson Liddell, American Civil War Confederate General, born in Wilkinson County, Mississippi (d. 1870)
1816 - Francis Stebbins Bartow, Confederate colonel, 1st brigade commander to die in combat, born in Chatham County, Georgia (d. 1861)
1819 - William Starke Rosecrans, American inventor, politician and US Army General (Union Army), born in Delaware County, Ohio (d. 1898)
1827 - John Morrison Oliver, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Penn Yan, New York (d. 1872)
1838 - Samuel Arnold, Lincoln assassination conspirator, born in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. (d. 1906)
Friday September 6 1861
- Brig. Gen. Charles Ferguson Smith, USA, is assigned to the command in Western Kentucky.
- Paducah, KY, near the the Cumberland River, and at the mouth of the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers is occupied by the Union forces, led by Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.
- Skirmish at Monticello Bridge, MO.
- Skirmish at Rowell's Run, WV.
- Skirmish at La Grange, AR.
- Skirmish with Sioux Indians at Fort Abercrombie, the Dakota Territory.
- The Dept. of the Northwest is created to embrace Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and the Territories of Nebraska and Dakota.
- Maj. Gen. John Pope, USA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of the Northwest, MN.
- Frederick, MD, is occupied by Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson, CSA.
- Skirmish south of Roanoke, MO, with a Union attack on the guerrilla camp there.
- Confederate attack on Washington, NC.
- Affair on the Gallatin Road, TN.
- The Union evacuation of Aquia Creek, VA, near Fredericksburg, and the destruction of property there.
- Campaign in the Kanawha Valley, WV, by Maj. Gen. William W.Loring, CSA. (Sep 6-16)
- Maj. Gen. Loring's Confederate command moves from the Narrows, WV.
- Brig. Gen. Lucius Marshall Walker, CSA, is mortally wounded in a pistol duel with Maj. Gen. John Sappingon Marmaduke, CSA, in a general disagreement over military affairs.
- Skirmish at Stevens' Gap, GA, with Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, the Chickamauga Campaign.
- Skirmishes at Summerville, GA, the Chickamauga Campaign. (Sep 6-7)
- Guerrilla attack on the supply wagon train between Fort Scott, KS, and Carthage, MO, with the Federals recapturing wagons that initially were taken by the raiders.
- Skirmish in the Mutton Valley, MO.
- Batteries Gregg and Wagner, Morris Island, SC, are evacuated by the Confederates, under the command of Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard, and occupied by the Union forces under Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gilmore, USA. (Sep 6-7)
- Skirmishes near Sweet Water, TN, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
- Skirmish at Carter's Run, VA, on the Aestham River, with Brig. Gen. David McM. Gregg, USA.
- Skirmish at Petersburg, WV.
- Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, assumes the command of the Dept. of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
- Operations in the vicinity of Lewisburg, AR, with skirmishes
- at Norristown (Sep 6) and
- near Glass Village (Sep 8).
(Sep 6-8)
- Federal scout from Little Rock to Benton, AR, as the Yankees chase the Rebels out of Benton, fleeing across the Saline River. The Yankees report that the main body of Confederates under Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, has retired to Arkadelphia. (Sep 6-7)
- Skirmish at Richland, AR.
- Skirmish at Searcy, AR.
- Federal expedition from Morganza to Bayou Sara, LA, with no engagements. (Sep 6-7)
- Skirmish near the Eight-Mile Post, on the Natchez and Liberty Road, MS.
- Federal scouts in Boone and Howard Counties, MO, with skirmishes in Boone County, (Sep 7 & Sep 8). (Sep 6-12)
- Affair near Brunswick, MO, where a band of Yankees are captured by guerrillas, stripped and robbed.
- Federal forces begin another bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC. (Sep 6-14)
- Skirmish at Readyville, Stone's River, TN, as the Confederates are pursued to Woodbury, 5 miles away, losing 130 men captured and over 200 horses.
- Skirmish at the Palmetto Ranch, near Brazos Santiago, TX, with the 1st Texas Cavalry.
1868 - Pierre Adolphe Rost, Louisiana judge, Confederate commissioner to Spain, dies at 71 in New Orleans, LA. (b. 1797)