December 30 In Civil War History

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

December 30, 1819 - John White Geary, American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania (d. 1873)

December 30, 1860 - Federal arsenal at Charleston is seized by the South Carolina Rebels.

December 30, 1861 - US banks stop payments in gold

December 30, 1861 - Confederate Commissioners James Mason and John Slidell are released to Lord Lyons, British Minister, which ends this international incident.

December 30, 1862 - Ford's Theater gutted by fire.

December 30, 1862 - The U. S. S. Monitor founders in heavy seas off Cape Hatteras. 16 men die and the remaining are rescued by the Rhode Island, her escort. The boat is towed to port.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at New Haven, KY, with Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.

December 30, 1862 - Affair at Springfield, KY, with Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA.

December 30, 1862 - The capture of Confederates at Blountsville, TN, by Brig. Gen. Samuel P. Carter's, USA, raid.

December 30, 1862 - The capture of Carter's Depot, and the destruction of the Watauga Railroad Bridge, TN, by Brig. Gen. Samuel Carter, USA.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Clarksburg, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Huntingdon, TN, with Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Jefferson, TN.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at La Vergne, TN.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Nolensville, TN.

December 30, 1862 - Skirmish at Rock Spring, TN.

December 30, 1862 - The capture of Union, TN, and the destruction of the railroad bridge across the Holston River, by Brig. Gen. Samuel Powhatan Carter, USA.

December 30, 1862 - Federal expedition from Falmouth to Warrenton, VA. (Dec 30-31)

December 30, 1862 - Federal expedition from Potomac Creek to Richards' and Ellis' Fords, VA. (Dec 30-31)

December 30, 1863 - Skirmish at Waldron, AR.

December 30, 1863 - Skirmish near Saint Augustine, FL, as Confederate Cavalry attack a body of Union wood choppers, procuring fire-wood, capturing 24 Federals.

December 30, 1863 - Skirmish near Greenville, NC.

December 30, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

December 30, 1864 - Pierce Manning Butler Young, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.

December 30, 1864 - James Phillip Simms, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

December 30, 1864 - Skirmish near Leighton, AL.

December 30, 1864 - Skirmish 15 miles below Caruthersville, MO, where the Yankees pursue the fleeing guerrillas.

December 30, 1864 - Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, is in temporary command of the Army of the Potomac, and Bvt. Maj. Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox, USA, is in command of the 9th US Army Corps, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

December 30, 1886 - William Wing "Old Blizzards" Loring, American Major General (Confederate Army), dies in New York City at 68.
 
I can't help but think how surreal it must have been as 1864 came to a close.
 
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