11/20, November 20th In Civil War History

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On this day in Civil War history

Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag

November 20, 1802 - James L. Lardner, American naval officer (American Civil War), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1881)

November 20, 1818 - Bank of Kentucky suspends all payments.

November 20, 1802 - James L. Lardner, American naval officer (American Civil War), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1881)

November 20, 1830 - Patrick Henry Jones, Irish-American lawyer, Postmaster of New York City, and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland (d. 1900)

1836 - John Thomas Croxton, American attorney, diplomat, and Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Paris, Kentucky, (d. 1874)

November 20, 1861 - Treasury Secretary Salmon Chase instructs James Pollock of U. S. Mint in Philadelphia that "the trust of our people in God should be declared on our national coins."

November 20, 1861 - The pursuit and the capture of the Showalter Party at Warner's Ranch, in the San Jose Valley, CA, southeast of Los Angeles, 18 Confederates, including their leader, Mr. Daniel Showalter, are captured on Nov 29.

November 20, 1861 - Maj. Gen. David Hunter, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of Kansas.

November 20, 1861 - Skirmish at Brownsville, KY, with Brig. Gen. Thomas C. Hindman, CSA.

November 20, 1861 - Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck, USA, issues General Orders No. 3, excluding fugitive slaves from the military camps in the Dept. of the Missouri.

November 20, 1861 - Skirmish at Butler, MO.

November 20, 1861 - Skirmish at Little Santa Fe, MO.

November 20, 1861 - Col. William B. Wood, CSA, announces to the Honorable Judah P. Benjamin, Confederate Secretary of War, the suppression of the East Tennessee rebellion.

November 20, 1861 - Brig. Gen. John Buchanan Floyd, CSA, withdraws his troops from the vicinity of the Gauley River, WV.

November 20, 1861 - Secession ordinance is filed by Kentucky's "Confederate" government.

November 20, 1862 - Federal reconnaissance toward Van Buren and Fort Smith, AR. (Nov 20-23)

November 20, 1862 - Affair near Matagorda, TX, where a party from the US mortar vessel, Henry James, are captured after they went ashore to purchase food for the crew.

November 20, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Tennessee is constituted, to consist of the following Army Corps Commanders:

Lieut. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith, CSA

Lieut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, CSA

Lieut. Gen. William Joseph Hardee, CSA

November 20, 1862 - Federal expedition from Camp Douglas to the Cache Valley, the Utah Territory, with skirmish (Nov 23) in the Cache Valley. (Nov 20-27)

November 20, 1862 - Brig. Gen. John H. Martindale, USA, assumes the command as Military Governor of the District of Columbia.

November 20, 1863 - Federals began heavy bombardment of Fort Sumter. It will continue, off and on, through December 4.

November 20, 1863 - Skirmish at Camp Pratt, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

November 20, 1863 - Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, LA.

November 20, 1863 - Skirmish at Sparta, TN.

November 20, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish near Clinton, GA, with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, as he continues to skirmish on his March to the sea, including the following skirmishes:

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish at East Macon, G A.

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Griswoldville, GA.

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Walnut Creek, GA.

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish with Indians near Fort Zarah, KS, as two Yankees are severely injured with arrow wounds.

November 20, 1864 - Skirmish at Kabletown, WV, the Shenandoah Valley Campaign.

November 20, 1865 - Joel Alien Dewey, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.

November 20, 1866 - First national convention of Grand Army of Republic (veterans' org).
 
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