JANUARY 30TH IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY

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1816-Nathaniel Banks is born in Waltham,Massachusetts.
1835-President Andrew Jackson becomes the 1st. President to survive an assassination attempt by Richard Lawrence as his gun misfires.
1861-Louisiana Secessionist Convention selects 6 Dela gates to represent the state at the Convention of Seceded States at Monygomery,Alabama.
President elect Lincoln leaves Springfield,Ill. and travels to Cole County,Ill. To visit his step-mother Sarah Bush Lincoln.
1862-Confederate Commissioners,James Mason and John Slidell,finally arrive at Southampton,England,after being captured and released by the Federal authorities.
A Strange new ironclad vessel launches from Greenpoint,Long Island,N.Y. with its designer John Ericsson on board,the U..S.S. MONITOR.
1i63-Maj.Gen. Ulysses S.Grant assumes the immediate command of the expedition against Vicksburg,Ms.
Skirmish at Turner'S Mills,Va.
The Union gunboat Isaac Smith falls into Confederate hands while scouting near Charleston,S.C.
Skirmish at Dyersburg,Tn.
Engagement at the Deserted House, or Kelly'S Store,near Suffolk,Va.,where B.G.Roger A.Pryor,C.S.A.,inflicts numerous casualties on B.G.Michael Corcoran,USA.
1864-Rosecrans assumes command in Mo. And Frederick Steele does the same in Ark.
Skirmish at Chickamauga Creek,Ga.
Federal expedition from Batesville to near Searcy Landing,Ark.
Skirmish at Windsor,N.C. where both sides claim victory.
Federal scout from Culpeper to Mount Zion Church,then to Madison Court House,Va.,returning to camp by way of Bethel Church and White'S Shop.
The capture of a wagon train at Medley,W.V., by M.G.Juba A. Early,CSA.,with the assistance of local Partisan Ranfers.the train consisted of 93 wagons loaded with commissary supplies and forage,half had to be burned as their teams escaped.
1865-Federal scout to Long Bridge and Bottom'S Bridge,Va.,the Richmond Va. Campaign.
Skirmish near Lawtonville,S.C.
Skirmish in LA Fayette County,Mo.
Maj.Gen.John Pope,USA,is assigned to the command of the Military Division of the Missouri.
Maj.Gen.Samuel R.Curtis,USA.,is transferred to the command of the Dept. Of the Northwest.
The Dept. Of Kansas is merged into the Dept. Of the Missouri.
 
N.C. Governor William Woods Holden's impeachment trial began on January 30, 1871. Holden is the only Chief Executive in the state's history to be impeached and removed from office (and the first in the nation). He played a prominent role during North Carolina's Civil War and Reconstruction era.
 
N.C. Governor William Woods Holden's impeachment trial began on January 30, 1871. Holden is the only Chief Executive in the state's history to be impeached and removed from office (and the first in the nation). He played a prominent role during North Carolina's Civil War and Reconstruction era.
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