01/08, January 8th In Civil War History

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On this day in Civil War history

Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

January 8, 1811 - January 10, 1811 - Slaves revolt in Louisiana, led by Charles Deslondes.

January 8, 1814 - Thomas Green, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Buckingham County, VA. (d. 1864)

January 8, 1815 - George Webb Morell, American Major General (Union Army), born in Cooperstown, New York (d. 1883)

January 8, 1815 - Lawrence Pike Graham, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Amelia County, Virginia (d. 1905)

January 8, 1817 - John Selden Roane, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Wilson County, TN. (d. 1867)

January 8, 1818 - Missouri petitions for statehood.

January 8, 1818 - Yearly increase in manufacturing in USA drops nearly 80% in 1817 over 1816.

January 8, 1821 - James Longstreet, American Confederate general (1st Corps, ANV), born in Edgefield, South Carolina (d. 1904)

January 8, 1825 - Eli Whitney, American inventor (Cotton Gin), dies of prostate cancer at 59 in New Haven, CT.

January 8, 1830 - Gouverneur Kemble Warren, American civil engineer and Major General (Union Army), born in Cold Spring, New York (d. 1882)

January 8, 1861 - The US troops at Fort Barrancas, FL, fire on a party of Rebel men who attempt to move on the fort, unlike the peaceful seizure of Fort Marion the day before.

January 8, 1862 - Skirmish at Fishing Creek, near Somerset, KY.

January 8, 1862 - Skirmish at Charleston, MO, or Silver Creek, or Sugar Creek, and Roan's tan yard, with the rout of the Confederate camp there.

January 8, 1862 - Action at Roan's Tan-yard, Silver Creek, MO.

January 8, 1862 - Skirmish on the Dry Fork of the Cheat River, WV.

January 8, 1863 - James Cantey, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

January 8, 1863 - Federal scout from Elkhorn to Berryville, AR, where they surprise and kill 10 Rebel bushwhackers. (Jan 8-10)

January 8, 1863 - Engagement at Springfield, MO, with Brig. Gen. John Marmaduke, CSA, being repulsed by the Union garrison there, burns part of the town and withdraws towards Rollo, MO.

January 8, 1863 - Skirmish at Knob Creek, near Ripley, TN.

January 8, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Joseph Wheeler's, CSA, Cavalry Raid, including affairs at Mill Creek, Harpeth Shoals, and Ashland, TN. (Jan 8-14)

January 8, 1863 - Federal reconnaissance to Catlett's and Rappahannock Stations, VA, with skirmishes at Brentsville, Elk Run, etc. (Jan 8-10)

January 8, 1863 - Federal Cavalry expedition from Suffolk toward the Blackwater, VA. (Jan 8-10)

January 8, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

January 8, 1864 - The Federal gunboat bombardment of the Confederate works at the mouth of Caney Bayou, TX. (Jan 8-9)

January 8, 1864 - Skirmish at Moorefield Junction, WV.

January 8, 1864 - Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, who recently escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary, Columbus, is honored at Richmond, VA.

January 8, 1865 - Skirmish near Ivey's Ford, AR.

January 8, 1865 - The naval fleet under Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, USN, and the transport fleet containing the expeditionary forces against Fort Fisher, arrive at rendezvous off Beaufort, NC.

January 8, 1865 - Maj. Gen. John A. Logan, USA, resumes the command of the 15th US Army Corps, relieving Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus, USA, TN.

January 8, 1865 - Action with Indians, mainly Kickapoos and Pottawatomie, at Dove Creek, Concho River, TX. The friendly Indians sent a woman with child under a flag of truce to the Yankees who refused to recognize any friendly Indians on the Texas frontier and then declined to accept her offer of being their prisoner, whereupon they killed her, the young lad escaping into the bushes. Attacking the tribe in their wigwams, many Indians were massacred before they finally returned fire, killing and wounding about 15 before the Yankees called off the attack during a heavy snow-storm. The Indians flee towards Mexico, leaving behind most of their provisions, in their haste to get away from the white men.

January 8, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Edward O. C. Ord, USA, assumes command of the Dept. of Virginia and North Carolina, as well as the Army of the James, replacing Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, relieved from command.

January 8, 1867 - Kentucky rejects the 14th Amendment.

January 8, 1867 - Blacks in Washington D. C. gain the right to vote in a bill passed over President Andrew Johnson's veto.

January 8, 1877 - Francis Nicholls, a Confederate general is inaugurated governor of Louisiana. Stephen B. Packard, a Republican, tried to claim victory.
 
Battle of Roan's Tan Yard:

Today marks the 160th​ anniversary of the Battle of Roan's Tan Yard. This battle took place in Randolph County Missouri.


Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:


Union Army commander: Major W. M. G. Torrance

Union Army Command:

1st​ Iowa Cavalry Regiment

1st​ Missouri Cavalry Regiment

2nd​ Missouri Cavalry Regiment

4th​ Ohio Cavalry Regiment


Missouri State Guard Commander: Colonel John A. Poindexter

Confederate Army command:

Missouri State Guard
 
Second Battle of Springfield:
Today marks the 159th​ anniversary of the Second Battle of Springfield. This battle took place in Springfield Missouri.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union army commander: Brig. General Egbert B. Brown 1816 – 1902

Union Army command:
Southwestern District of Missouri

Union Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 30
Wounded: 195
Missing: 6



Confederate army commander:
Brig. General John S. Marmaduke 1833-1887

Confederate Army Command:
4th​ Division 1st​ Army Corps Trans – Mississippi Department
 
Nothing to do with the Civil War but the 8th is my departed mother's birthday. She'd have been 94 tomorrow, I think.Or is it 95? She was born in 1927. Math is not strong point. Oh, it's Elvis' birthday as well.
 
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