04/09, April 9th In Civil War History

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This date in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

April 9, 1816 - African Methodist Episcopal Church organizes (Philadelphia)

April 9, 1837 - Lieutenant Robert E. Lee is ordered to St. Louis to rework the Mississippi River commercial channel.

April 9. 1861 - Two more vessels leave New York Harbor, NY, for Fort Sumter, SC, including the US steamer, the USS Baltic.

April 9. 1862 - Action at Owen's River, CA.

April 9, 1862 - Jacksonville, FL, is evacuated by the Union forces.

April 9, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons, MO, State Guard, assumes the command of the Confederate Missouri State Guard.

April 9, 1862 - Federal scout to Shiloh Camp, on Hoyle's Run, near Quincy, MO, and skirmishes; scout to Little Niangua, Hickory County, MO; and scout from Humansville to Montevallo, Vernon County, MO.

April 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Jackson, MO, with the MO Cavalry Militia.

April 9, 1862 - Federal reconnaissance in front of Yorktown, VA. (Apr 9-11)

April 9, 1863 - Halbert Eleazer Paine, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. Hector Tyndale, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

April 9. 1863 - Skirmish on the White River, AR.

April 9, 1863 - Operations in West Louisiana. (Apr 9-5)

April 9, 1863 - Union forces cross Berwick Bay, LA. (Apr 9-11)

April 9, 1863 - Skirmish at Sedalia, MO.

April 9, 1863 - Action at Blount's Creek, NC, during Maj. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill's, CSA, siege of Washington, NC.

April 9, 1863 - The Confederate destruction of the Union steamer George Washington, near Beaufort, SC, after her ironclad escort, Hale, runs aground.

April 9, 1863 - Skirmish at Franklin, TN.

April 9, 1863 - Skirmish near the Obion River, at Antioch Station, TN.

April 9, 1863 - Confederate operations against Gloucester Point, VA, are repelled. (Apr 9-14)

April 9, 1864 - Union surgeon Mary Edwards Walker is captured by Confederate troops and arrested as a spy during US Civil War.

April 9, 1864 - Skirmishes on Prairie D'Ane, AR, prevents Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, USA, from assisting Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA. The Camden (AR) Campaign. (Apr 9-12)

April 9, 1864 - The Engagement at Pleasant Hill, LA, with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, repulsing Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, but effectively halting Banks' Red River Campaign.

April 9, 1864 - Skirmish near Raleigh,TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry.

April 9, 1864 - Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, is assigned to the command of the Cavalry Corps, the Dept. of the Ohio, TN.

April 9, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, USA, assumes the command of the 23rd US Army Corps, the Army of the Cumberland, TN.

April 9, 1864 - U.S. Grant's offensive plans are laid for a general advance of the Armies of the United States as follows:
1. Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, to advance on Mobile, AL.
2. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, the Military Division of the Mississippi, to advance on Georgia, and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA.
3. Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA, commanding the Dept. of West Virginia, to advance down the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
4. Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, commanding the Army of the James, to advance upon Richmond, VA, from the south side of the James River, VA.
5. Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, commanding the Army of the Potomac, to advance upon the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA.

April 9, 1865 - Federal expedition from Blakely to Claiborne, AL, and skirmish (Apr 11) near Mount Pleasant, the Mobile, AL, Campaign. (Apr 9-17)

April 9, 1865 - The Federal bombardment and the capture of Batteries Huger and Tracy, near Mobile, AL, as Mobile is on the verge of surrender by Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury, CSA. (Apr 9-11)

April 9, 1865 - Engagement at Appomattox Court-House, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, orders one last assault to break through the Union lines. Initially, Maj. Gens. John Brown Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee, CSA, break through the Union cavalry only to find solid lines of Federal infantry blocking the way.

April 9, 1865 - THE SURRENDER OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AT APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE. VA. by General Robert Edward Lee. CSA. to Lieut. General Ulysses Simpson Grant. USA, at the Wilbur McLean Residence.

April 9, 1865 - Brig. Gen. Thomas Alfred Smyth, USA, dies near Burkeville, VA, from his wound received two days before at Farmville, VA. He is the last Federal General to die from combat wounds in the American Civil War.

April 9, 1865 - President Jefferson Davis, representing the remnants of the Confederate Government, vows to carry on the fight for Southern independence at the new capital of Danville, VA.

April 9, 1866 - Congress overrides President Andrew Johnson's veto of the Civil Rights Act.

April 9, 1867 - Senate ratifies treaty purchasing Alaska.

April 9, 1870 - The American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves.

April 9, 1949 - Wilmer McLean House "Surrender House" at Appomattox Court House opens to the public.
 
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"During the surrender meeting at Appomattox , the 198th PA Band lined up along the Richmond-Lyncburg State Road, opposite the McLean House and as General Lee left the house "...one of our bands, near by, through the generous impluse of the moment, struck up the appropriate air of "Auld Lang Syne"...Lee looked venerable, dressed in a new suit of grey, with a new sword at his side."
--198th PA Volunteers history.

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Battle of Appomattox Court Hose:
Today marks a sad day in the war with the 157th​ anniversary of the Battle and Surrender at Appomattox Court House. This battle happened on April 9th​, 1865. Location of the battle was Appomattox Court House, Virginia.



Result of Battle: Union Victory – (Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia) :us34stars:



United States Army Commander: Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant (Illinois) 1822 – 1885

Union Army Commanders:

Major General George G. Meade (Pennsylvania) 1815 – 1872
Major General Philip Sheridan (New York) 1831 – 1888
Major General Edward O.C. Ord (Maryland) 1818 – 1883


Union Army Strength – (63,285)


Union Army Casualties and losses: 164 killed and wounded


Confederate Army Commander: General Robert E. Lee (Virginia) 1807 – 1870 – (Surrendered)

Major General John B. Gordon (Georgia) 1832 – 1904 – (Surrendered)
Brig. General Henry L. Benning (Georgia) 1814 – 1875 – (Surrendered)

Confederate Army Strength: - (around 26,000)

Confederate Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 195
Wounded: 305
Surrendered and paroled: around 26,000
 
Battle of Fort Blakeley:
Today marks the last day of the 157th​ anniversary of the Battle of Fort Blakeley. This was another sad day for the Confederacy. The actual battle lasted from April 2nd​ thru April 9th​, 1865. Location of the battle was Baldwin County, Alabama.



Result of Battle: Union Victory – (Fort Blakeley Surrendered to U.S.) :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:

Major Edward R. S. Canby (Kentucky) 1817 – 1873
Major General Frederick Steele (New York) 1819 – 1868



Union Army Strength:
- (around 45,000)


Union Army casualties and losses:

Killed:
629

Wounded: 650



Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General St. John R. Liddell (Louisiana) 1815 – 1870


Confederate Army Strength: - (around 4,000)

Confederate Army Casualties and losses: 2,900
 
Battle of Prairie D'Ane:
Today marks the start of the 158th​ anniversary of the Battle of Prairie D'Ane. This battle took place on April 9th​ thru 13th​, 1864. Location of the battle was near Moscow Church in present – day Nevada County, Arkansas.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:
Major General Frederick Steele (New York) 1819 – 1868

Union Army Strength: - (around 13,000)

Union Army casualties and losses: 100


Confederate Army Commander:
Major General Sterling Price (Missouri) 1809 – 1867

Confederate Army Strength: - (around 7,000)

Confederate Army casualties and losses: 50
 
Battle of Pleasant Hill:
Today marks the 158th​ anniversary of the Battle of Pleasant Hill. This battle took place on April 9th​, 1864, in Desoto Parish and Sabine Parish, Louisiana.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:
Major General Nathaniel P. Banks (Massachusetts) 1816 – 1894

Union Army Strength: - (around 12,000)

Union Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 150

Wounded: 844

Missing: 375



Confederate Army Commander:
Major General Richard "Dick" Taylor (Louisiana) 1826 – 1879

Confederate Army Strength: - (around 12,100)

Confederate Army casualties and losses:

Killed and wounded: 1,200

Captured: 426
 
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