04/30, April 30th In Civil War History

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

April 30, 1789 - Washington inaugurated as first President of the United States under the Constitution.

April 30, 1803 - President Thomas Jefferson agrees to buy Louisiana from the French for $11,250,000 plus assumption of up to $3,750,000 in claims of U. S. citizens against France.

April 30, 1824 - Congress passes the General Survey Bill, allowing the President to authorize the survey of internal improvements. The bill was opposed by the North and Deep South. It marked the first time that Western interests succeeded in putting together a majority on a major bill.

April 30, 1858 - The English Bill passes both houses of Congress - it offered land and other considerations to Kansas if the voters of Kansas would approve the Lecompron Constitution. The Lecomption Constitution as modified by the English Bill is overwhelmingly defeated.

April 30, 1861 - Robert Selden Garnett, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

April 30, 1861 - President Lincoln orders the Federal troops to evacuate the forts in the Indian Territory, leaving the following Indian Nations under the jurisdiction of the Confederate States:
Cherokee Indian Nation
Chickasaw Indian Nation
Choctaw Indian Nation
Creek Indian Nation
Seminole Indian Nation

April 30, 1861 - Fort Washita, the Indian Territory, is abandoned by Lieut. Col. William H. Emory, 1st US Cavalry, as he Marches his troops north toward Fort Leavenworth, KS.

April 30, 1861 - Maj. Caleb C. Sibley's, USA, detachment of paroled US troops sail for New York, from Texas.

April 30, 1862 - Abram Sanders Piatt, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

April 30, 1862 - The Reorganization by General Halleck of the Union Armies of the Mississippi, with the following command assignments:
Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, Right Wing
Maj. Gen. John Pope, Left Wing
Maj. Gen. John Alexander McClernand, Reserve Wing
Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, commands Army of the Ohio
Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, overall 2nd in command

April 30, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, CSA, moves toward Staunton from Elk Run, near Swift Run Gap, Shenandoah Valley, VA.

April 30, 1863 - Army of the Potomac forces set up camp in The Wilderness surrounding the Chancellor family home after crossing the Rappahannock River, Virginia

April 30, 1863 - Abel Streight [US] fights a pitched battle at Day's Gap, Alabama.

April 30, 1863 - About noon, Ulysses S. Grant begins crossing the Mississippi and landing U. S. troops south of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

April 30, 1863 - Actions at Day's Gap, or Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek, and Hog Mountain, AL, with Col. Abel D. Streight's, USA, raid.

April 30, 1863 - Attack near Oak Camp, CA, as Indians ambush and capture a US Government pack train about 13 miles from Fort Gaston.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Bloomfield, MO, with Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmishes at and near Chancellorsville, VA, as Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, and the Army of the Potomac, make camp.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, VA, with Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmish near Spotsylvania Court-House, VA.

April 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Bridgeport, WV, with Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, CSA.

April 30, 1864 - Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas.

April 30, 1864 - Jefferson Davis's son Joe dies following a fall from the Confederate White House.

April 30, 1864 - Mosby Monroe Parsons, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

April 30, 1864 - Skirmish at Decatur, AL, with Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, USA, Commanding the US Army of the Tennessee.

April 30, 1864 - The Engagement (Rear-Guard) at Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.

April 30, 1864 - Brig. Gen. William Read Scurry, CSA, is mortally wounded at the engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, AR, where he bled to death, refusing to be taken from the battlefield to surgeons who probably could have saved his life.

April 30, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice, USA, is severely wounded at the engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, AR, having his ankle bone shattered by a Confederate minieball.

April 30, 1864 - Skirmish at Whitmore's Mill, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.

April 30, 1864 - Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to Ripley, MS, and skirmish (May 2) at Bolivar, TN, with Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, USA. (Apr 30-May 9)

April 30, 1865 - Federal operations in the vicinity of Brashear City, LA, with skirmishes at:
Chacahoula (May 3)
Bayou Black (May 4)
Bayou Goula (May 9)
Brown's Plantation (May 11).

April 30, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, USA, meets with Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, near Mobile, AL, to agree upon an end to hostilities and the surrender of the remaining Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi.

April 30, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrives at Indianapolis, IN.
 
April 30, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, USA, meets with Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, near Mobile, AL, to agree upon an end to hostilities and the surrender of the remaining Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi.

April 30, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrives at Indianapolis, IN.
I've never really looked into, because I haven't thought much about it until now. I wonder how smooth the other surrenders,stacking of arms and furling of colors went after Appomattox? I imagine Union commanders and soldiers were in a very foul mood after Pres. Lincoln was assassinated.
 
Today mark's the 158th Anniversary of the Battle of Day's Gap Alabama. This will be a Union Victory. The Union Commander will be Colonel Abel Streight he will command a force of 1,500 and have 23 losses. The Confederate Army will be commanded by Brig. General Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest will command a force of 600 and have 65 losses.
 
Today marks the 157th Anniversary of the Battle of Jenkins Ferry Arkansas. This is known to have been an Union pyrrhic victory. The Union Commander will be Major General Frederick Steele. Steele will command a force of 12,000 and have a loss of 700. The Confederate Army will be commanded by General Edmund Kirby Smith and Major General Sterling Price and have a force of 10,000 and loss of 1,000.

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Day's Gap was the location in which Forrest lost two cannon, a fact which enraged him and for which he blamed the battery commander, Lieutenant A. Willis Gould. He ordered Gould transferred out of his command. On June 13, 1863, Gould chose to confront Forrest over the transfer, reportedly saying “No man can accuse me of cowardice and both of us live!” This turned out to be a career ending decision on Gould's part. In the ensuing encounter Forrest received a minor wound in the abdomen, but left Gould with a mortal knife wound from which he died nearly two weeks later.
 
Battle of Chancellorsville:
Today marks the start of 159th​ anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville. The battle of Chancellorsville was fought April 30th​, 1863, thru May 6, 1863.


Result of Battle: Confederate Victory :CSA1stNat:

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

Confederate Army Strength:
- (60,298)

Confederate Army casualties and losses:
Killed: 1,665
Wounded: 9,081
Captured/missing: 2,018

Union Army Commander:
Major General Joseph Hooker (California) 1814 – 1879

Union Army Strength:
- (12,145)

Union Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 1,082
Wounded: 6,849
Captured/missing: 4,214
 
Battle of Jenkins Ferry:
Today marks the 158th​ anniversary of the Battle of Jenkins Ferry. This battle is sometimes called the Engagement at Jenkins Ferry. This battle took place southwest of Little Rock, Arkansas in present day Grant County, Arkansas.

Result of Battle: Union pyrrhic Victory :us34stars:

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

Union Army Strength:
- (around 12,000)

Union Army casualties and losses:
700

Confederate Army Commander:
General Edmund Kirby Smith (Florida) 1824 – 1893
Major General Sterling Price (Missouri) 1809 – 1867

Confederate Army Strength:
- (around 10,000)

Confederate Army casualties and losses: around 1,000
 
Battle of Day's Gap:
Today marks the 159th​ anniversary of the Battle of Day's Gap. This battle took place on April 30th​, 1863. The location of the battle was Cullman County, Alabama.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:
Colonel Abel Speight (Indiana) 1828 – 1892

Union Army Strength: - (around 1,500)

Union Army casualties and losses: - (23)



Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General Nathan Bedford Forrest (Tennessee) 1821 – 1877

Confederate Army Strength: - (around 600)

Confederate Army casualties and losses: - (65)
 
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