05/01, May 1st In Civil War History

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

May 1, 1845 - "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is published.

May 1, 1861 - Joseph Eggleston Johnston, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

May 1, 1861 - Fort Washita, the Indian Territory, and near Texas, is occupied by the Texas militia.

May 1, 1861 - Funeral services are held in Boston, MA, for the Union soldiers killed in the Baltimore, MD, riots.

May 1. 1861 - Volunteer forces to support the Union are called out in the Nebraska Territory, by Governor Samuel W. Black.

May 1, 1861 - Robert E. Lee orders Stonewall Jackson to remove the weapons and equipment from the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

May 1, 1862 - William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Samuel Powhatan Carter, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

May 1, 1862 - Federal operations in vicinity of Athens, Mooresville, Limestone Bridge, and Elk River, AL, with Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, USA. (May 1-2)

May 1, 1862 - New Orleans, LA, is occupied by the Union forces, under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish near Pulaski, TN, with Col. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish at Rapidan Station, VA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish on Camp Creek, in the Stone River Valley, WV, and on the Lewisburg road, with Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, USA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish at Clark's Hollow, WV.

May 1, 1863 - May 4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville
General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it crosses the Rappahannock on the way to Richmond.

May 1, 1863 - "Stainless Banner" becomes the second Confederate Flag.

May 1, 1863 - May 2, 1863 - Battle of Chalk Bluff, Arkansas.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmishing increased in eastern Alabama as Col. Abel Streight moved towards Rome, GA

May 1, 1863 - In a rally intended to be a reaction to Burnside's General Order 38, Clement Vallandigham criticizes Abraham Lincoln for not ending the Civil War, which he characterized as "wicked and cruel."

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish near La Grange, AR.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmishes near Greensburg and at Williams' Bridge, LA, with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's, USA, Cavalry raid.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Walls Post-Office, on the Amite River and north of Baton Rouge, LA, with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson, USA.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish near Washington, LA.

May 1, 1863 - The Battle of Port Gibson, or Thompson's Hill, MS, with Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, CSA, being defeated by Maj. Gen. John McClernand, USA. Total casualties approximate 1,700.

May 1, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Edward Dorr Tracy, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Port Gibson, MS, dying instantly from a chest wound.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Chalk Bluff on the St. Francis River, MO, with Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA.

May 1, 1863 - Federal reconnaissance from Murfreesboro to Lizard, TN.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Lee's Creek, AR.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Pine Bluff, AR.

May 1, 1864 - Affair with Indians at Booth's Run, CA, after which 15 bucks and 25 squaws and children burn their bows and arrows, and come into the Federal camp to surrender.

May 1, 1864 - Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, FL, replacing Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, USA.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Stone Church, GA, near Chattanooga, TN.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Ashton, LA.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Ashwood Landing, LA.

May 1, 1864 - Affair at Berwick, LA, with an attack by Confederate cavalry.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Clinton, LA.

May 1, 1864 - The US transport, Emma, is captured at David's Ferry, Red River, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmishes at Governor Moore's Plantation, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign. (May 1-4)

May 1, 1864 - Lieut. Col. John Mosby's Cavalry and Military Operations in Virginia, begins with the capture of 8 of Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel's, USA, wagon train near Bunker Hill, Shenandoah Valley, VA. Mosby then proceeds to Martinsburg, capturing Federal men and horses. His men had a skirmish near Winchester, losing several men. Mosby's men also attacked a heavily guarded wagon train near Strasburg, capturing about 30 men and horses.

May 1, 1864 - Federal troops return to Alexandria. Heavy skirmishing will continue for days.

May 1, 1865 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
James Sanks Brisbin, USA
Thomas Odgen Osborn, USA
Joseph Haydn Potter, USA

May 1, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, USA, is ordered to relieve Maj. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, USA, in the command of the Dept. of Mississippi.

May 1, 1865 - Federal scout against Indians from Ojode Anaya, the New Mexico Territory. (May 1-9)

May 1, 1865 - The pursuit and the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, currently at Cokesburg, SC, and heading for the Florida coast. (May 1-10)

May 1, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrives in Chicago, IL, where his body lies in state at the courthouse.
 
May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Clinton, LA.
Clinton is a very neat and historic town. I visited it twice last year. The CW-era courthouse still stands as well as a number of antebellum homes. There was a Confederate hospital there during the war,thus there is a Confederate cemetery there now. 2 local SCV camps commemorate Confederate Memorial Day there every year on 4/26. During the war a short line railroad ran from Port Hudson to Clinton.
 
Clinton is a very neat and historic town. I visited it twice last year. The CW-era courthouse still stands as well as a number of antebellum homes. There was a Confederate hospital there during the war,thus there is a Confederate cemetery there now. 2 local SCV camps commemorate Confederate Memorial Day there every year on 4/26. During the war a short line railroad ran from Port Hudson to Clinton.
May 1st,1819 William Steele is born..Brig.Gen. C..S.A
1852-Calamity Jane is born ,girlftriend of Union soldier Wild Bill Hickcock.
 
This date in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

May 1, 1845 - "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" is published.

May 1, 1861 - Joseph Eggleston Johnston, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

May 1, 1861 - Fort Washita, the Indian Territory, and near Texas, is occupied by the Texas militia.

May 1, 1861 - Funeral services are held in Boston, MA, for the Union soldiers killed in the Baltimore, MD, riots.

May 1. 1861 - Volunteer forces to support the Union are called out in the Nebraska Territory, by Governor Samuel W. Black.

May 1, 1861 - Robert E. Lee orders Stonewall Jackson to remove the weapons and equipment from the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia

May 1, 1862 - William Tecumseh Sherman, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Samuel Powhatan Carter, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

May 1, 1862 - Federal operations in vicinity of Athens, Mooresville, Limestone Bridge, and Elk River, AL, with Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, USA. (May 1-2)

May 1, 1862 - New Orleans, LA, is occupied by the Union forces, under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish near Pulaski, TN, with Col. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish at Rapidan Station, VA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish on Camp Creek, in the Stone River Valley, WV, and on the Lewisburg road, with Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, USA.

May 1, 1862 - Skirmish at Clark's Hollow, WV.

May 1, 1863 - May 4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville
General "Fighting Joe" Hooker's Army of the Potomac is defeated by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia as it crosses the Rappahannock on the way to Richmond.

May 1, 1863 - "Stainless Banner" becomes the second Confederate Flag.

May 1, 1863 - May 2, 1863 - Battle of Chalk Bluff, Arkansas.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmishing increased in eastern Alabama as Col. Abel Streight moved towards Rome, GA

May 1, 1863 - In a rally intended to be a reaction to Burnside's General Order 38, Clement Vallandigham criticizes Abraham Lincoln for not ending the Civil War, which he characterized as "wicked and cruel."

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish near La Grange, AR.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmishes near Greensburg and at Williams' Bridge, LA, with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's, USA, Cavalry raid.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Walls Post-Office, on the Amite River and north of Baton Rouge, LA, with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson, USA.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish near Washington, LA.

May 1, 1863 - The Battle of Port Gibson, or Thompson's Hill, MS, with Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, CSA, being defeated by Maj. Gen. John McClernand, USA. Total casualties approximate 1,700.

May 1, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Edward Dorr Tracy, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Port Gibson, MS, dying instantly from a chest wound.

May 1, 1863 - Skirmish at Chalk Bluff on the St. Francis River, MO, with Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA.

May 1, 1863 - Federal reconnaissance from Murfreesboro to Lizard, TN.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Lee's Creek, AR.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Pine Bluff, AR.

May 1, 1864 - Affair with Indians at Booth's Run, CA, after which 15 bucks and 25 squaws and children burn their bows and arrows, and come into the Federal camp to surrender.

May 1, 1864 - Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of the South, FL, replacing Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, USA.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Stone Church, GA, near Chattanooga, TN.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Ashton, LA.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Ashwood Landing, LA.

May 1, 1864 - Affair at Berwick, LA, with an attack by Confederate cavalry.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmish at Clinton, LA.

May 1, 1864 - The US transport, Emma, is captured at David's Ferry, Red River, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign.

May 1, 1864 - Skirmishes at Governor Moore's Plantation, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign. (May 1-4)

May 1, 1864 - Lieut. Col. John Mosby's Cavalry and Military Operations in Virginia, begins with the capture of 8 of Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel's, USA, wagon train near Bunker Hill, Shenandoah Valley, VA. Mosby then proceeds to Martinsburg, capturing Federal men and horses. His men had a skirmish near Winchester, losing several men. Mosby's men also attacked a heavily guarded wagon train near Strasburg, capturing about 30 men and horses.

May 1, 1864 - Federal troops return to Alexandria. Heavy skirmishing will continue for days.

May 1, 1865 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
James Sanks Brisbin, USA
Thomas Odgen Osborn, USA
Joseph Haydn Potter, USA

May 1, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren, USA, is ordered to relieve Maj. Gen. Napoleon J. T. Dana, USA, in the command of the Dept. of Mississippi.

May 1, 1865 - Federal scout against Indians from Ojode Anaya, the New Mexico Territory. (May 1-9)

May 1, 1865 - The pursuit and the capture of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, currently at Cokesburg, SC, and heading for the Florida coast. (May 1-10)

May 1, 1865 - President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrives in Chicago, IL, where his body lies in state at the courthouse.
On this day in 1881 Brig.Gen.,C.S.A. John S. Preston died.
 
May 1, 1863 - In a rally intended to be a reaction to Burnside's General Order 38, Clement Vallandigham criticizes Abraham Lincoln for not ending the Civil War, which he characterized as "wicked and cruel."

Reflects on why Vicksburg was so important. Only July 4, 1863 the entire strategic situation in the west changed. In about two months Burnside was in Knoxville, cutting the direct route between Richmond and the west. In about the 3 months Steele was in Little Rock, Arkansas.
By the end of October the United States was applying overwhelming force at Chattanooga.
 
Today marks the 158th Anniversary of the Start of a two day battle called the Battle of Chalk Bluff Arkansas. This will be a Confederate pyrrhic victory. The Confederate Commander will be Brig. General John S. Marmaduke with a force of 2,000 and a loss of 30 killed, 60 wounded and 120 missing. The Union Commander will be Brig. General William S. Vandever with a force of 10,000 he will have a loss of 23 killed, 44 wounded and 53 captured.

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Today marks 158th Anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Port Gibson Mississippi. This will be a Union Victory. The Union Army will be commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant will have a force of 2 corps equally 23,000 and have a loss of 861. The Confederate Army will be commanded by Brig. General John S. Bowen with a force of 4 brigades equally 8,000. Bowen will have a loss of 787.

Port Gibson.jpg
 
I've actually been searching for detailed information on this battle of and on for the past few months. But unfortunately, like MANY smaller battles in Arkansas, (or rather any battle outside of Pea Ridge, Jenkins Ferry, and Prairie Grove), its very difficult to find anything. Almost like they never happened or existed as far as the internet and most well known books are concerned.
 
I've actually been searching for detailed information on this battle of and on for the past few months. But unfortunately, like MANY smaller battles in Arkansas, (or rather any battle outside of Pea Ridge, Jenkins Ferry, and Prairie Grove), its very difficult to find anything. Almost like they never happened or existed as far as the internet and most well known books are concerned.
Its sad but true and the battlefields to many have been lost.
 
I've actually been searching for detailed information on this battle of and on for the past few months. But unfortunately, like MANY smaller battles in Arkansas, (or rather any battle outside of Pea Ridge, Jenkins Ferry, and Prairie Grove), its very difficult to find anything. Almost like they never happened or existed as far as the internet and most well known books are concerned.
Rusk County,
There is actually a book by the late Jerry Ponder on this. The title is "The Battle of Chalk Bluff - An Account of General John S. Marmaduke's Second Missouri Raid," by Jerry Ponder. c. 1994 ISBN 0-9623922-3-5, published by Ponder Books, Doniphan, MO. 190 pp. You might be able to fin a copy on Ebay.
 
Today marks the 158th Anniversary of the Start of a two day battle called the Battle of Chalk Bluff Arkansas. This will be a Confederate pyrrhic victory. The Confederate Commander will be Brig. General John S. Marmaduke with a force of 2,000 and a loss of 30 killed, 60 wounded and 120 missing. The Union Commander will be Brig. General William S. Vandever with a force of 10,000 he will have a loss of 23 killed, 44 wounded and 53 captured.

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gentlemanrob,
Thanks for your continued coverage of some Trans-Mississippi battles. If only the politicos in Richmond would have let Tom Hindman alone, instead of transferring him East, the situation might have been different. Thanks again. My ancestors fought in Jeffers' 8th MO Cavalry under Maramduke.
 
gentlemanrob,
Thanks for your continued coverage of some Trans-Mississippi battles. If only the politicos in Richmond would have let Tom Hindman alone, instead of transferring him East, the situation might have been different. Thanks again. My ancestors fought in Jeffers' 8th MO Cavalry under Maramduke.
I am going to try to start covering as many battles as possible as I feel many battles are totally forgotten.
 
I've actually been searching for detailed information on this battle of and on for the past few months. But unfortunately, like MANY smaller battles in Arkansas, (or rather any battle outside of Pea Ridge, Jenkins Ferry, and Prairie Grove), its very difficult to find anything. Almost like they never happened or existed as far as the internet and most well known books are concerned.
Sorry the copy on Ebay is going fro $85. That's way over-priced.
 
Today marks 158th Anniversary of the 1863 Battle of Port Gibson Mississippi. This will be a Union Victory. The Union Army will be commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant will have a force of 2 corps equally 23,000 and have a loss of 861. The Confederate Army will be commanded by Brig. General John S. Bowen with a force of 4 brigades equally 8,000. Bowen will have a loss of 787.

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“The Yankees concluded to permit Bowen to retain his position.”

Not so fast, my friend. 😂
 
Battle of Port Gibson:
Today marks the 159th​ anniversary of the Battle of Port Gibson. This battle took place on May 1st​, 1863. Location of this battle was Claiborne County near Port Gibson, Mississippi.



Result of Battle: Union Victory :us34stars:



Union Army Commander:
Major General Ulysses S. Grant (Illinois) 1822 – 1885

Union Army Strength: - (2 corps consisting of around 23,000)

Union Army casualties and losses: - (861)



Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General John S. Bowen (Missouri) 1830 – 1863

Confederate Army Strength: - (4 brigades)

Confederate Army casualties and losses: - (787)
 
Battle of Chalk Bluff:
Today starts the start of the two – day 159th​ anniversary of the Battle of Chalk Bluff. This battle is also called the skirmish at Chalk Bluff. The battle was fought on May 1st​ thru May 2nd​, 1863. Location of the battle was near Chalk Bluff northwest of St. Francis in present day Clay County, Arkansas.



Result of Battle: Confederate pyrrhic Victory :CSA1stNat:



Confederate Army Commander:
Brig. General John S. Marmaduke (Missouri) 1833 – 1887

Confederate Army Strength: - (around 2,000)

Confederate Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 30

Wounded: 60

Missing: 120



Union Army Commander:
Brig. General William Vandever (Iowa) 1817 – 1893

Union Army Strength: - (around 10,000)

Union Army casualties and losses:

Killed: 23

Wounded: 44

Captured: 53
 
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