JUNE 13TH IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY

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1731-Martha Washington is born in Kent County,Virginia.
1786-Winfield Scott is born.Army General (Union) Presidential Canidate.
1809-Philip St.George Cooke,Bvt.Maj.Gen.USA is born.
1825-Benjamin Jefferson Hill,CSA,Brig.Gen. is born.
1861-Descent of the Union troops on,and occupation of,Romney,WV,led by Col.Lew Wallace,USA,11th.Ind.Infantry,commanding,who then returns to Cumberland,MD.
1862-Affair at White House,near Hilton Head,S.C.
Maj.Gen.JEB Stuart,CSA,continues his ride around Maj.Gen.George B. McClellan,USA,THREATENS federal supply lines and lowers Federal morale with Skirmishes at :
Hawes Shop
Old Church
and Garlick'S Landing.
Skirmish at Mount Jackson,Va.
Skirmish at New Market,Va.
1863-Matt Whitaker Ransom,CSA,is appointed Brig.Gen.
Alfred Moore Scales,CSA,is appointed Brig.Gen.
Skirmish at Howard'S Mills,Ky.
Federal Scout on the Manchester Pike,Tn.
Skirmish at Berryville,Va,and occupation by Lt.Gen.Richard Stoddard Ewell,CSA.
Skirmish at Opequon Creek,near Winchester,Va.
Skirmish at White Post,near Winchester,Va.
Engagement (2nd) at Winchester,Va,as Maj.Gen.Robert Huston Milroy's,USA,command is nearly totally captured by Lt.Gen.Richard S.Ewell;Milroy escapes with a few hundred cavalry to Harper's Ferry,WV.6/13-15/1863.
Skirmish at Bunker Hill,WV.
President Lincoln calls for 100,000 militia.
1864-Skirmish near Colluerville,Tn,ad Brig.Gen.Samuel D.Sturgis,USA,Federal expedition against Maj.Gen.Nathan Bedford Forrest,CSA,is concluded.
Skirmish near Buchanan,Va.,The Lynchburg Campaign.
Federal Scout from Lexington to Lynchburg,by Maj.Gen.David Hunter,USA.
The Richmond (Virginia)Campaign,begins with Gen.Robert E.Lee,CSA,beginning to move his troops to front Grant's Union move on Petersburg,Va,6/13-7/31/1864.
Skirmish at Riddell's Shop,Va,the Richmond Campaign.
Skirmish at White Oak Swamp,Va,the Richmond Campaign,
Lt.Gen.Richard S.Ewell,CSA, is assigned to the command of the Dept.of Richmond,Va,while vice Maj.Gen.Robert Ransom Jr,CSA,IS ORDERED TO THE Dept of Western Virginia,
1865-Cleveland J.Campbell B.G,USV,DIES AT ABOUT AGE 29.
CIVILIAN RULE IS RESTORED IN Mississippi.
James Johnston,a pro union politician is appointed provisional Governor of Georgia.
1866-The 30th Congress approves the 14th amendment to the constitution.
 
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