November 23 In Civil War History

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This date in Civil War history
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November 23, 1804 - Franklin Pierce, fourteenth president of the United States, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire.

November 23, 1819 - Benjamin Mayberry Prentiss, American politician and Major General (Union Army), born in Belleville, Virginia (d. 1901)

November 23, 1860 - Major Robert Anderson reports Fort Sumter is being threatened in Charleston as federal forces begin to improved Fort Moultrie and Fort Sumter in the harbor.

November 23, 1861 - USS San Jacinto docks in Boston and John Slidell and James Mason are removed to Fort Warren.

November 23, 1861 - John Grubb Parke, USA, and Zealous Bates Tower, USA, are appointed Brig. Gen.

November 23, 1863 - Affair at Bayou Portage, Grand Lake, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.

November 23, 1863 - Federal scout from Houston, MO. (Nov 23-29)

November 23, 1863 - Federal expedition from Springfield to Howell, Morgan and Wright counties, MO.

November 23, 1863 - Assault on the Confederate lines about Knoxville, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.

November 23, 1863 - Assault on the Union lines about Knoxville, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.

November 23, 1863 - The Chattanooga-Ringgold, TN, Campaign. (Nov 23-27)

November 23, 1863 - Skirmishes at Orchard Knob, or Indian Hill, and Bushy Knob, TN, with the Federal troops under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, occupying Orchard Knob, and establishing an entrenched position for Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.

November 23, 1863 - Skirmish at Cedar Bayou, TX, with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P Banks, USA.

November 23, 1863 - Federal expedition to Rio Grande City, TX, by Maj. Gen. William P. Banks, USA.

November 23, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.

November 23, 1864 - Skirmishes at Balls' Ferry and the Georgia Central Railroad Bridge, Oconee River, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm. Sherman. (Nov 23-25)

November 23, 1864 - Skirmish near, and Federal occupation of Milledgeville, the state capital of Georgia, by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.

November 23, 1864 - Skirmishes at Morganza, LA.

November 23, 1864 - Federal expedition from Vicksburg under Maj. Gen. Edward R.S. Canby, USA, commanding the Military Division of West Mississippi and Maj. Gen. Napoleon J.T. Dana, USA,
commanding the Districts of West Tennessee and Vicksburg, to Yazoo City, MS, and skirmish at Big Black Bridge on the Mississippi Central Railroad (Nov 27) and action at Concord Church (Dec 1). This expedition cuts Lieut. Gen. John B. Hoods', CSA, communications with Mobile, AL, and cuts the Confederate Army from the large quantities of supplies and stores accumulated at Jackson. The 3rd US Colored Cavalry participates in the destruction of 30 miles of railroad track, wagon bridges, railroad depots and buildings, 2,600 bales of cotton, 2 locomotives, 4 cars, 4 stage coaches, 20 barrels of salt, and $166,000 of stores at Vaughn Station. MS. (Nov 23-Dec 4)

November 23, 1864 - Federal expedition from Fort Wingate against Indians in New Mexico Territory, with skirmish (Dec 1) on the Red River, as the Federals pursue a small band of Indians trying escape with some stolen sheep into the mountains and maintain their freedom and own way of living. The party is comprised of 8 Apaches with their families, 3 Navajo with their families, and 5 Navajo who left their families behind. The Yankees catch up, take prisoners, kill one, retake all the sheep and burn everything else the fleeing Indians left behind. (Nov 23-Dec 10)

November 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Fouche Springs, TN, as Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood, CSA, continues his advance on Columbia.

November 23, 1864 - Skirmish at Henryville, TN.

November 23, 1864 - Action at Mount Pleasant, TN.
 
November 23, 1863 - Skirmishes at Orchard Knob, or Indian Hill, and Bushy Knob, TN, with the Federal troops under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, occupying Orchard Knob, and establishing an entrenched position for Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA.
Me,@Buckeye Bill and @KLSDAD had a great visit to Orchard Knob on 10/25. Standing on top of it,you can easily understand the topographical advantage of taking and holding that ground.
 
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