FEBRUARY 16TH IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY

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1813-Joseph Reid Anderson B.G CSA is born
1822-James Patton AndersonMaj.Gen.CSA is born
1823-John Daniel Imboden B.G. CSA IS BORN
1850-John C.Calhoun writes privately that the south "cannot with safety remain in the Union".
1861-Jefferson Davis finally arrives in Montgomery,Alabama.
The US Arsenal and Barracks at San Antonio,Tx,is seized by the Texas state troops.
The Texas commissioners demand the surrender of all the US military posts and public property in Texas.
1862-B.G. Simon Bolivar Buckner,CSA, surrenders Fort Donelson to B.G.U.S.Grant with 15,000 men and 48 field pieces.
Action at Pott'S Hill,Sugar Creek,Ark.
1863-United States Senate passes the Conscription Act.
Skirmish at Yazoo Pass,Ms,as the confederates contest the advance of Maj.Gen.Ulysses S.Grant,USA,on Vicksburg,Ms.
Skirmish at Bradyville,Tn.
Maj.Gen.Stephen A.Hurlibut,USA, asuumes the command of the 16th US Army Corps,etal.
Affair near Romney,WV, as a rebel cavalry captures a Union forage train and guards.
Maj.Gen.George Sykes,USA,is placed in temporary command of the 5th Army Corps,the Army of the Potomac,Va.
With Seddon' ruminations about the fate of Richmond,R.E.Lee also orders John Bell Hood'S division to move toward Richmond.
1864-in Washington Territory US forces begin an operation against Native Americans in that region.
Robert Hall Chilton,CSA, is appointed Maj.Gen.
Operations at Mobile,Ala,as the Union naval fleet bombard the Confederate fortifications,2/16-3/27/64.
Skirmish at Caddo Gap,Ark.
Skirmish at Indian Bay,Ark.
Skirmish at LauderdaleSprings,Ms,between Maj.Gen.Wm.T.Sherman USA,and Lt.Gen.Leonidas Polk,CSA,the Meridian,Ms, Expedition.
1865-Nevada indicates agreement with the 13th Admendment.
Skirmish at Savanah Creek,S.C.
Milledgeville Luke Bonham,CSA, is appointed Maj.Gen.
Skirmish at Two League Cross-roads,near Lexington,S.C.
Isaac Munroe St.John,CSA, is appointed Brig.Gen.
Skirmish near Cedar Key,Fl.
Federal scout from Nashville,on the Nolensville Pike,Tn 2/15-16/1865.
Federal scout from Fairfax Coyrt-House to Aldi and Middleburg,Va.
Indiana, Louisiana,and Nevada become the 13th,14th,and 15th. States to ratify the 13th admendment.
Skirmish3.5 miles from Gulley'S Tank,Ala,as the Confederates attack a Federal forage party.
Skirmishes about Columbia,SC, between M.G.Wm.T.Sherman,USA, and Gen.P.G.T.Beauregard,CSA, as the Union forces arrive on the South Bank of the Congaree River,as Beauregard evacuate the city.2/16-17/1865.
Federal scout in Ozark County,Mo,and Marion County,Ark,against bushwackers.
 
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