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This date in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 18, 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress.
September 18, 1858 - Fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate, Charleston, Illinois.
September 18, 1861 - William Thomas Ward, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 18, 1861 - Capt. Samuel Francis DuPont, USN, assumes command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
September 18, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Central Division of Kentucky.
September 18, 1861 - Bowling Green, KY, is occupied by the Confederates.
September 18, 1861 - Federal agents seize employees of a Louisville, KY, newspaper, accused of writing Pro-Southern newspaper articles.
September 18, 1861 - Skirmish near Berlin, MD.
September 18, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hebert, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Dept. of Texas.
September 18, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Joseph Ring Fenno Mansfield, USA, dies near Sharpsburg, MD, from his battle wound received the previous day.
September 18, 1862 - The CSS Alabama continues to destroy Federal whaling vessels, near the Azores, Atlantic Ocean, including the Altahama, Courser, Elisha Dunbar, Benjamin Tucker, and the Virginia.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish near Cave City, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish near Florence, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Affair at Glasgow, KY, with the capture of many Confederates.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Owensboro, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Rienzi, MS.
September 18, 1862 - Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton, USA, relieves Brig. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby in command of the Dept. of New Mexico.
September 18, 1862 - Operations about Forts Henry and Donelson, TN, and skirmish. (Sep 18-23)
September 18, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia re-crosses the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, WV after losing thousands of men at Antietam, MD. (Sep 18-19)
September 18, 1863 - Edmund Winston Pettus, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen. and Thomas Neville Waul, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmishes at Pea Vine Bridge, Alexander's and Reed's Bridges, Dryer's Ford, Spring Creek, and near Stevens' Gap, GA, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, moves most of his forces from Ringgold across West Chickamauga Creek as he is being reinforced by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's, CSA Army Corps, fresh from the Army of Northern Virginia. So as not to be outflanked, Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, moves Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' USA Army Corps toward Chattanooga, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Calhoun, East TN, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Cleveland, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Affair near Fort Donelson, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Kingsport, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Crooked Run, VA, near Bristol, TN.
September 18, 1863 - The Confederate capture of schooners Alliance, J.J. Houseman, Samuel Pearsall and the Alexandria, on the Chesapeake Bay, near Eastville, VA, by one Capt. John Y. Beall. (Sep 18-23)
September 18, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 18, 1864 - Federal expedition from Barrancas to Marianna, FL, including affair:
at Euchee Anna Court-House (Sep. 23) and
action at Marianna. (Sep 27).
(Sep 18-Oct 4)
September 18, 1864 - Skirmish 7 miles from Lexington, MO, in Ray County, as the Confederate guerrillas attack the state militia camp there.
September 18, 1864 - Federal scout against Indians on the Cimarron River, in Northeastern New Mexico Territory.
September 18, 1864 - The affair near Martinsburg, WV, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves from the vicinity of Winchester, VA, against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Martinsburg, WV, with a force of 12,000 against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's force, USA, of 40,000.
September 18, 1873 - Philadelphia railroad brokers Jay Cooke and Co. declare bankruptcy, precipitating the Panic of 1873.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 18, 1850 - Fugitive Slave Act is passed by Congress.
September 18, 1858 - Fourth Lincoln-Douglas debate, Charleston, Illinois.
September 18, 1861 - William Thomas Ward, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 18, 1861 - Capt. Samuel Francis DuPont, USN, assumes command of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
September 18, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Central Division of Kentucky.
September 18, 1861 - Bowling Green, KY, is occupied by the Confederates.
September 18, 1861 - Federal agents seize employees of a Louisville, KY, newspaper, accused of writing Pro-Southern newspaper articles.
September 18, 1861 - Skirmish near Berlin, MD.
September 18, 1861 - Brig. Gen. Paul Octave Hebert, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Dept. of Texas.
September 18, 1862 - Maj. Gen. Joseph Ring Fenno Mansfield, USA, dies near Sharpsburg, MD, from his battle wound received the previous day.
September 18, 1862 - The CSS Alabama continues to destroy Federal whaling vessels, near the Azores, Atlantic Ocean, including the Altahama, Courser, Elisha Dunbar, Benjamin Tucker, and the Virginia.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish near Cave City, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish near Florence, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Affair at Glasgow, KY, with the capture of many Confederates.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Owensboro, KY.
September 18, 1862 - Skirmish at Rienzi, MS.
September 18, 1862 - Brig. Gen. James H. Carleton, USA, relieves Brig. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby in command of the Dept. of New Mexico.
September 18, 1862 - Operations about Forts Henry and Donelson, TN, and skirmish. (Sep 18-23)
September 18, 1862 - The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia re-crosses the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, WV after losing thousands of men at Antietam, MD. (Sep 18-19)
September 18, 1863 - Edmund Winston Pettus, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen. and Thomas Neville Waul, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmishes at Pea Vine Bridge, Alexander's and Reed's Bridges, Dryer's Ford, Spring Creek, and near Stevens' Gap, GA, as Gen. Braxton Bragg, CSA, moves most of his forces from Ringgold across West Chickamauga Creek as he is being reinforced by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet's, CSA Army Corps, fresh from the Army of Northern Virginia. So as not to be outflanked, Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, moves Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas' USA Army Corps toward Chattanooga, TN, the Chickamauga Campaign.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Calhoun, East TN, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Cleveland, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Affair near Fort Donelson, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Kingsport, TN.
September 18, 1863 - Skirmish at Crooked Run, VA, near Bristol, TN.
September 18, 1863 - The Confederate capture of schooners Alliance, J.J. Houseman, Samuel Pearsall and the Alexandria, on the Chesapeake Bay, near Eastville, VA, by one Capt. John Y. Beall. (Sep 18-23)
September 18, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 18, 1864 - Federal expedition from Barrancas to Marianna, FL, including affair:
at Euchee Anna Court-House (Sep. 23) and
action at Marianna. (Sep 27).
(Sep 18-Oct 4)
September 18, 1864 - Skirmish 7 miles from Lexington, MO, in Ray County, as the Confederate guerrillas attack the state militia camp there.
September 18, 1864 - Federal scout against Indians on the Cimarron River, in Northeastern New Mexico Territory.
September 18, 1864 - The affair near Martinsburg, WV, as Lieut. Gen. Jubal Early, CSA, moves from the vicinity of Winchester, VA, against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, near Martinsburg, WV, with a force of 12,000 against Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan's force, USA, of 40,000.
September 18, 1873 - Philadelphia railroad brokers Jay Cooke and Co. declare bankruptcy, precipitating the Panic of 1873.