02/20, February 20th In Civil War History

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

February 20, 1811 - Louisiana becomes a state.

February 20, 1811 - Vice President George Clinton casts the deciding vote in the defeat of the charter renewal of the First National Bank.

February 20, 1820 - Mahlon Dickerson Manson, American druggist politician and General (Union Army), born in Piqua, Ohio (d. 1895)

February 20, 1827 - Edward Stuyvesant Bragg, American politician, lawyer and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Unadilla, New York (d. 1912)

February 20, 1838 - James Barbour Terrill, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Bath County, VA. (d. 1864)

February 20, 1861 - P. G. T. Beauregard resigns from the U. S. Army.

February 20, 1861 - President-elect Abraham Lincoln and Vice-president Elect Hannibal Hamlin of Maine meet in New York City.

February 20, 1861 - The Confederate Government in Montgomery, AL, establishes the Confederate Dept. of the Navy.

February 20, 1862 - William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln dies. The 12-year-old son of U. S. President Abraham Lincoln probably had typhoid fever.

February 20, 1862 - Gov. Isham Harris of Tennessee moves the state capital from Nashville to Memphis, away from the Union advance, while Gen. Albert S. Johnston, CSA, moves his men toward Murfreesboro, TN.

February 20, 1863 - Skirmish near Fort Halleck, the Dakota Territory with the Ute Indians.

February 20, 1863 - Skirmish on the Shelbyville Pike, TN.

February 20, 1864 - Federal expedition from Helena up White River, AR. (Feb 20-26)

February 20, 1864 - The Engagement at Olustee, or Ocean Pond, or Siler Lake, FL, where Brig. Gen. Seymour Truman, USA, under Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, USA, retreats toward Jacksonville, FL, with heavy casualties in its black Union regiments, after facing Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, CSA, commanding the District of East FL.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Pease Creek, FL.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmish near West Point, MS, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, withdraws back towards Vicksburg, MS, after tiring of waiting for Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith's Cavalry, tearing up Confederate railroad tracks all the way, the Meridian, MS, Expedition.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Flat Creek, TN.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmish on the Sevierville Road, near Knoxville, TN.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Strawberry Plains, TN.

February 20, 1864 - Skirmishes at Upperville and Front Royal, VA, where the Federals surprise John S. Mosby's men who were celebrating John's promotion to Lieut. Colonel. Mosby regroups and the superior fire power of the Federals using their carbines allows the Yankees to withdraw.

February 20, 1864 - Affair near Hurricane Bridge, WV, with a Union scouting party.

February 20, 1865 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

February 20, 1865 - Brig. Gen. John S. Morgan, USA, is assigned to the command of the District of Arizona.

February 20, 1865 - The Confederate attack on Fort Myers, FL, is repulsed.

February 20, 1865 - Skirmish at Center Creek, MO.

February 20, 1865 - Federal expedition to Greeneville and Warrensburg, TN, in the pouring rain, with skirmishes (Feb 21 & 22) near Greeneville as elections were held in the town.

February 20, 1865 - Federal expedition from Nashville to Pine Wood, Hickman County, TN, and encounter with guerrillas. (Feb 20-24)

February 20, 1869 - Tennessee Governor W C Brownlow declares martial law in Ku Klux Klan crisis

February 20, 1893 - P. G. T. Beauregard dies, New Orleans, Louisiana.

February 20, 1895 - Frederick Douglass dies in Washington, DC.
 
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Battle of Valverde:
Today marks the 160th​ anniversary of the start of the two – day Battle of Valverde. This battle was also known as Battle of Valverde Ford. The battle took place on February 20th​ – February 21st​, 1862. The location of the battle is modern day Socorro County New Mexico.



Result of Battle: Confederate Victory :CSA1stNat:



Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General Henry Hopkins Sibley (Louisiana) 1816 – 1886

Confederate Army Force: Confederate Army of New Mexico

Confederate Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 35
Wounded: 150
Missing: 1


Union Army Commander:
Colonel Edward R. S. Canby (Kentucky) 1817 – 1873

Union Army Force: Union Army Department of New Mexico

Union Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 68
Wounded: 160
Captured/Missing: 204
6 artillery pieces captured

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Battle of Olustee:
Today marks the 158th​ anniversary of the Battle of Olustee. This battle took place on February 20th​ at Baker County Florida.


Result of Battle: Confederate Victory :CSA1stNat:

Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General Joseph Finegan (Ireland) 1814 – 1885

Confederate Force:
Confederate Army District of East Florida

Confederate Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 93
Wounded: 847
Captured/missing: 8

Union Army Commander:
Brig. General Truman Seymour (Vermont) 1824 – 1891

Union Force:
Union Army District of Florida

Union Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 203
Wounded: 1,152
Captured/missing: 506

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Battle of Fort Myers:
Today marks the 157th​ anniversary of the Battle of Fort Myers. This battle took place on February 20, 1865, in Lee County Florida.

Result of battle: Minor Union Victory :us34stars:

Union Army commander:
Captain James Doyle

Union Army casualties and losses:

Dead: 1
Wounded: 3


Confederate Army commander:
Colonel Charles James Munnerlyn (South Carolina) 1822 – 1898

Confederate Army casualties and losses:

Wounded: 1
 
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