02/03, February 3rd In Civil War History

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

February 3, 1807 - General Joseph Eggleston Johnston (CSA)born, Farmville, Virginia.

February 3, 1811 - Horace Greeley, editor, born in Amherst, NH. ("Go west, young man")

February 3, 1824 - George Thomas "Tige" Anderson, Brigadier General, born in Covington, GA. (Confederate Army)

February 3, 1824 - Nathan George "Shanks" Evans, American Brigadier-General (Confederate States Army), born in Marion County, South Carolina (d. 1868)

February 3, 1831 - Cyrus Ballou Comstock, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Wrentham, Massachusetts (d. 1910)

February 3, 1845 - The U. S. House explicitly prohibits slavery from the Oregon Territory.

February 3, 1861 - Former law partners, Judah Benjamin and John Slidell, from Louisiana, leave Washington, DC, and their Senate positions, for Baton Rouge, LA.

February 3, 1862 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
John Wynn Davidson, USA
William Scott Ketcham, USA
Thomas Francis Meagher, USA

February 3, 1862 - The call goes out for 71,000 volunteers from the State of Missouri for Confederate service.

February 3, 1862 - Federal reconnaissance to Occoquan Village, VA, by Col. Stephen G. Champlin, 3rd MI Infantry.

February 3, 1863 - The French offer to mediate the Civil War.

February 3, 1863 - Union ram Queen of the West sails past Vicksburg to disrupt Confederate shipping. After being hit 12 time by artillery, she rams the Confederate ship City of Vicksburg.

February 3, 1863 - Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's, USA, forces cut a path through the levee on the Yazoo River, near Yazoo Pass, AR, for transporting troops north of Vicksburg, MS.

February 3, 1863 - Skirmish at Mingo Swamp, MO.

February 3, 1863 - Attack on Fort Donelson, TN, by Confederate Cavalry under Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA, and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CSA, is repulsed with skirmishing at Cumberland Iron-Works, TN.

February 3, 1863 - Federal expedition from Murfreesboro to Auburn, Liberty, and Alexandria, TN. (Feb 3-5)

February 3, 1864 - William Tecumseh Sherman, having moved to Vicksburg by boat, begins the Meridian Campaign
Mississippi. The Meridian, MS, Expedition, and co-operating expeditions from Memphis, TN, and up the Yazoo River, to destroy Rebel railroads, and etc., in the vicinity. (Feb 3-Mar 6)

February 3, 1864 -Federal expedition aboard the steamers, J.M. Brown and Red Chief, from Brashear City, LA, up Grand Lake into Lac Fausse Pointe, and into Grand River, etc. The Federals confiscate Rebel supplies and food, etc. (Feb 3-6)

February 3, 1864 -Action at Liverpool Heights, Yazoo River, MS.

February 3, 1864 -The Confederate capture and burning of the US steamer, Levi, on the Kanawha River, at Red House Landing, WV, at 5 a.m. in the morning as everybody aboard was asleep.

February 3, 1865 - On the River Queen five men, US President Abraham Lincoln, US Secretary of State William Seward, CS Vice-president Alexander Stephens, along with John Campbell and RMT Hunter discuss peace terms at the Hampton Roads Conference near Fort Monroe. The conference was a failure.

February 3, 1865 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

February 3, 1865 - Skirmish at Ladd's House, Hog Jaw Valley, AL, with guerrillas, who skedaddle into the mountains. (Feb 3-4)

February 3, 1865 - Federal scout against the party of Indians suspected of being Kiowas and Comanches, from Fort Larned to South Fork of Pawnee Creek and Buckner's Branch, KS. (Feb 3-8)

February 3, 1865 - Maryland, New York, and West Virginia become the 4th, 5th, and 6th states to ratify the 13th amendment which abolishes slavery.

February 3, 1865 - The Confederate District of North Mississippi and West Tennessee is formed, and Brig. Gen. Marcus J. Wright, CSA, is assigned to its command.

February 3, 1865 - The Confederate District of South Mississippi and East Tennessee is formed, and Brig. Gen. Wirt Adams, CSA, is assigned to its command.

February 3, 1865 - The detachment Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, USA, is ordered from the Dept. of the Cumberland to the Military Division of West Mississippi.

February 3, 1865 - The 7th Division, Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi, is ordered from the Dept. of the Cumberland to the Military Division of West Mississippi.

February 3, 1865 - Federal scouts in La Fayette County, MO, killing bushwhackers and guerrillas. (Feb 3-8)

February 3, 1865 - Skirmish at Dillingham's Cross-Roads or Duck Branch, SC.

February 3, 1865 - Action at Rivers' Bridge, Salkehatchie River, SC, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, 17th US Army Corps press on northward towards the state capital of Columbia.

February 3, 1865 - Affair near Harper's Ferry, WV, where a Confederate force derail a train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. In a fit of rage, the commanding Union officer accuses the Lieut. in charge, of derelict of duty, if not drunk then full of opium all the time, feels it would be a waste of time to court martial him, and suggests a quick solution - hang him.
 
Battle of Dover:
Today marks the 159th​ anniversary of the Battle of Dover this battle is also known as the Second Battle of Fort Donelson. The battle took place in Stewart County Tennessee.



Result of Battle: Union Victory
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Union Army commander:
Colonel Abner C. Harding (Illinois)1807-1874

Union Army Forces Involved in battle:
83rd​ Illinois Infantry Regiment
5th​ Iowa Cavalry Regiment

Union Army casualties and losses:
126

Confederate Army Commander:
Major General Joseph Wheeler (Georgia) 1836 – 1906

Confederate Army Forces:

Second Army Corps Army of Tennessee

Confederate Army casualties and losses:
670

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Battle of River's Bridge:
Today marks the 157th​ anniversary of the Battle of River's Bridge. This battle took place February 3, 1865, in Bamberg County South Carolina.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:
Major General Francis Preston Blair Jr. (Missouri) 1821 – 1875
Union Army Forces:
Union Army XVII Army Corps
Union Army XV Army Corps

Union Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 18
Wounded: 106


Confederate Army Commander:
Major General Lafayette McLaws (Georgia) 1821 – 1897
Confederate Army Forces:
Confederate Army Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida

Confederate Army casualties and losses:
Killed:
8
Wounded: 44
Captured/missing: 45
 
Yazoo Pass Expedition:
Today marks the start of the Yazoo Pass Expedition. The Expedition would last from February 3 thru April 12, 1863. The Yazoo Pass Expedition took place in Northwestern Mississippi.



Result of Battle: Confederate Victory :CSA1stNat:


Confederate Army Commander:
Major General William W. Loring (North Carolina) 1818 – 1886

Confederate Army Force: Fort Pemberton Garrison

Confederate Army force:
Around 2,000
8 guns


Union Navy Commander:
Watson Smith
Union Army Commander: Brig. General Leonard F. Ross (Illinois) 1823 – 1901

Union Strength:
8 gunboats
2 Rams
1 mortar raft
 
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