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This date in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 19, 1781 - British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
October 19, 1834 - Francis Channing Barlow, US lawyer, Union Major General, co-founder of the American Bar Association is born in Brooklyn, NY.
October 19, 1857 - Proslavery factions reconvene the Lecompton, Kansas, Constitutional Convention.
October 19, 1861 - Action at the Big Hurricane Creek, MO.
October 19, 1861 - Operations in the Kanawha and the New River Region, WV, with Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, and Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, CSA. (Oct 19-Nov 16)
October 19, 1861 - Skirmishes on the New River, WV. (Oct 19-21)
October 19, 1861 - President Davis tries to quell an on-going dispute between Generals Johnston [CS] and Beauregard [CS].
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Bardstown, KY.
October 19, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, retire through Cumberland Gap, KY, taking with it large amounts of confiscated supplies from Kentucky. (Oct 19-24)
October 19, 1862 - Reconnaissance on Madison Road, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Pitman's Cross-Roads, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Wild Cat, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Bonnet Carre, Saint John Baptist Parrish, LA.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish between Catlett's Station and Warrenton Junction VA.
October 19, 1863 - Lucius Fairchild, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Grand Coteau, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Smith's Bridge, MS.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Honey Creek, MO, with bushwhackers.
October 19, 1863 - Affair at Murrell's Inlet, (Myrtle Beach), SC, as the Confederates capture 11 Federals of a landing party arriving on barges who set out to recover the cargo aboard the blockade runner, the Rover, which ran aground here. The Confederates got the cargo as well as some prisoners.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Spurgeon's Mill, TN.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Zollicoffer, TN.
October 19, 1863 - The action at Buckland Mills, VA, or the Buckland Races, where Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA, routed Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's, USA, Cavalry forces, during the Bristoe Campaign.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmishes at Gainesville, New Baltimore, Catlett's Station, and Hay Market, VA, the Bristoe Campaign.
October 19, 1863 - William Rosecrans is relieved of duty. General Grant replaces him as commander of the Army of the Cumberland with George Thomas.
October 19, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 19, 1864 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Alfred Gibbs, USA
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, USA
Charles Russell Lowell, USA
William Henry Powell, USA
October 19, 1864 - US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish in Crawford County, AR, with guerrillas attacking local militia men, with casualties.
October 19, 1864 - Federal reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton, AR, with skirmish (Oct 23) at Hurricane Creek. (Oct 19-23)
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Ruff's Station, GA.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmishes near Turner's and Howell's Ferries, GA.
October 19, 1864 - Action at Lexington, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish near Montevallo, MO.
October 19, 1864 - Lieut. Bennett H. Young, CSA, and his band of about 25 Confederates cross the Canadian border about 15 miles and move on St. Albans, Vermont, where they rob 3 banks of over $200,000 before a dozen of the raiders flee back across the border and are captured but later released by the Canadian officials.
October 19, 1864 - The Battle of Cedar Creek, (or Bell Grove), VA, where Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early and his subordinates, Maj. Gens. John Brown Gordon and Joseph Brevard Kershaw, CSA, attack and overwhelm the Union forces and where Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, regroups the disorganized, beaten back and retreating Union army of the 6th, 8th, and 19th US Army Corps, and repels the Confederate onslaught and effectively terminates the last major Confederate threat in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
October 19, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, shot through both of his lungs and was captured.
October 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Daniel Davidson Bidwell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, while leading his men against the Confederates.
October 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Charles Russell Lowell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, while at the head of his brigade, receiving his death wound during the Union counter attack against Lieut. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early's, CSA.
October 19, 1870 - Four men become 1st African Americans elected to US House of Representatives.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
October 19, 1781 - British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 pm; US Revolutionary War ends.
October 19, 1834 - Francis Channing Barlow, US lawyer, Union Major General, co-founder of the American Bar Association is born in Brooklyn, NY.
October 19, 1857 - Proslavery factions reconvene the Lecompton, Kansas, Constitutional Convention.
October 19, 1861 - Action at the Big Hurricane Creek, MO.
October 19, 1861 - Operations in the Kanawha and the New River Region, WV, with Brig. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, and Brig. Gen. John B. Floyd, CSA. (Oct 19-Nov 16)
October 19, 1861 - Skirmishes on the New River, WV. (Oct 19-21)
October 19, 1861 - President Davis tries to quell an on-going dispute between Generals Johnston [CS] and Beauregard [CS].
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Bardstown, KY.
October 19, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, retire through Cumberland Gap, KY, taking with it large amounts of confiscated supplies from Kentucky. (Oct 19-24)
October 19, 1862 - Reconnaissance on Madison Road, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Pitman's Cross-Roads, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Wild Cat, KY.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Bonnet Carre, Saint John Baptist Parrish, LA.
October 19, 1862 - Skirmish between Catlett's Station and Warrenton Junction VA.
October 19, 1863 - Lucius Fairchild, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Grand Coteau, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Smith's Bridge, MS.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Honey Creek, MO, with bushwhackers.
October 19, 1863 - Affair at Murrell's Inlet, (Myrtle Beach), SC, as the Confederates capture 11 Federals of a landing party arriving on barges who set out to recover the cargo aboard the blockade runner, the Rover, which ran aground here. The Confederates got the cargo as well as some prisoners.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Spurgeon's Mill, TN.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Zollicoffer, TN.
October 19, 1863 - The action at Buckland Mills, VA, or the Buckland Races, where Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA, routed Brig. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick's, USA, Cavalry forces, during the Bristoe Campaign.
October 19, 1863 - Skirmishes at Gainesville, New Baltimore, Catlett's Station, and Hay Market, VA, the Bristoe Campaign.
October 19, 1863 - William Rosecrans is relieved of duty. General Grant replaces him as commander of the Army of the Cumberland with George Thomas.
October 19, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
October 19, 1864 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Alfred Gibbs, USA
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, USA
Charles Russell Lowell, USA
William Henry Powell, USA
October 19, 1864 - US Brigadier General Emory Upton (25) promoted to Major General.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish in Crawford County, AR, with guerrillas attacking local militia men, with casualties.
October 19, 1864 - Federal reconnaissance from Little Rock to Princeton, AR, with skirmish (Oct 23) at Hurricane Creek. (Oct 19-23)
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Ruff's Station, GA.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmishes near Turner's and Howell's Ferries, GA.
October 19, 1864 - Action at Lexington, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
October 19, 1864 - Skirmish near Montevallo, MO.
October 19, 1864 - Lieut. Bennett H. Young, CSA, and his band of about 25 Confederates cross the Canadian border about 15 miles and move on St. Albans, Vermont, where they rob 3 banks of over $200,000 before a dozen of the raiders flee back across the border and are captured but later released by the Canadian officials.
October 19, 1864 - The Battle of Cedar Creek, (or Bell Grove), VA, where Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early and his subordinates, Maj. Gens. John Brown Gordon and Joseph Brevard Kershaw, CSA, attack and overwhelm the Union forces and where Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan, USA, regroups the disorganized, beaten back and retreating Union army of the 6th, 8th, and 19th US Army Corps, and repels the Confederate onslaught and effectively terminates the last major Confederate threat in the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
October 19, 1865 - Maj. Gen. Stephen Dodson Ramseur, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, shot through both of his lungs and was captured.
October 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Daniel Davidson Bidwell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, while leading his men against the Confederates.
October 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Charles Russell Lowell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Cedar Creek, VA, while at the head of his brigade, receiving his death wound during the Union counter attack against Lieut. Gen. Jubal Anderson Early's, CSA.
October 19, 1870 - Four men become 1st African Americans elected to US House of Representatives.