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This date in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 19, 1850 - Millard Fillmore signs the last of the Acts approved by Congress that comprise the Compromise of 1850.
September 19, 1861 - Crossing into Kentucky through the Cumberland Pass, Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer disperses a small federal garrison at Barboursville, Kentucky.
September 19, 1861 - Gustavus Woodson Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1861 - John Blair Smith Todd, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of the Ohio is reorganized.
September 19, 1861 - Action at Barboursville, KY, where Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, CSA, causes a general retreat of Federal troops from the area.
September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of Western Virginia is constituted.
September 19, 1862 - Battle of Iuka - William Rosecrans [US] beat Sterling Price [CS] who withdrew when scouts report a column under the command of Edward O. C. Ord was advancing from the Mississippi.
September 19, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Lewis Henry Little, C.S.A., is instantly killed by a musket ball to the forehead, while he sat on his horse talking with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, and Brig. Generals Louis Hebert, and John Wilkins Whitfield, at the engagement at Iuka, MS; the Minie Ball passing under Gen. Price's arm and striking Lewis Henry Little in the forehead.
September 19, 1862 - September 20, 1862 - Skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Ashby's Gap, Williamsport, and Hagerstown, as Confederates under A. P. Hill covered the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Sharpsburg. Lee would keep a heavy cavalry presence in the area until October.
September 19, 1862 - William Edwin Baldwin, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen. and William Edmondson Jones, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1862 - Charles Smith Hamilton, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1862 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Francis Channing Barlow, USA
Gustavus Adolphus Smith, USA
Francis Laurens Vinton, USA
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish near Helena, AR, with Federal pickets and Texas Rangers.
September 19, 1862 - Operations in the Indian Territory. (Sep 19-24)
September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Horse Cave and Bear Wallow, KY.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Southerland's Farm, KY.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Barnett's Corners, MS.
September 19, 1862 - Confederate small arms attack on the Queen of the West, near Bolivar, MS.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Peyton's Mill, MS, between Cavalry forces.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Prentiss, MS.
September 19, 1862 - The Dept. of Missouri is re-established and also embraces the Dept. of Kansas, which is discontinued.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Hickory Grove, MO.
September 19, 1862 - Affair at Mount Vernon, MO.
September 19, 1862 - The Confederate Dept. of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. (Dept. of Virginia and of North Carolina) is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, CSA.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Brentwood, TN. (Sep 19-20)
September 19, 1862 - West Virginia is transferred to the Federal Dept. of the Ohio.
September 19, 1863 - September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga - General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill -The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops.
September 19, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Preston Smith, CSA, is mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, TN, while directing a night attack, receiving a volley from the Federal detachment of soldiers he accidently rode into.
September 19, 1863 - Henry Warner Birge, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. and Charles Garrison Barker, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish on the Greenwell Springs Road, near Baton Rouge, LA.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Bristol, TN.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Como, TN.
September 19, 1863 - Federal expedition from Fort Pillow to Jackson, TN. (Sep 19-25)
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, VA.
September 19, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 19, 1864 - 3rd battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) - Phil Sheridan [US], with a force of 40,000 men, strikes Jubal Early's [CS] 14,000 man Confederate army north of Winchester. Sheridan simply overpowered the Confederates.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Archibald Campbell Godwin, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Federal artillery shell fragment.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Robert Emmett Rodes, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, while leading his men in a counterattack against the Federal lines.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. David Allen Russell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Confederate artillery shell fragment through his heart, while at the head of his command.
September 19, 1864 - Matthew Calbraith Butler, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and James Lawson Kemper, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1864 - Federal expeditions from Natchez to Buck's Ferry (Sep 19-21) and Farrar's Plantation, MS, and skirmishes en route. (Sep 19-22)
September 19, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's, CSA, Confederate Cavalry column of 12,000 enters Missouri from Arkansas.
September 19, 1864 - Affair at Doniphan, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
September 19, 1864 - Two Confederates, Capt. John Yates Beall, CSN, and Capt. John H. Cole, CSA, plan to capture Union vessels, sail to Johnson's Island, and release the Confederate prisoners there, near Sandusky, OH. Beall captures the Federal steamer, Philo Parons on Lake Erie, then captures and burns the Island Queen. Cole fails to capture the Michigan, forcing Beall to burn the Philo Parsons at Sandwich, Canada, and abandon their plans.
September 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Culpeper, VA.
September 19, 1864 - Federal scout to Lee's Mill and Proctor's House, Richmond, VA. Campaign. (Sep 16-17)
September 19, 1866 - Oregon ratifies the 14th Amendment.
September 19, 1881 - James A. Garfield dies from disease introduced by unsanitary medical practices in an attempt to remove an assassin's bullet.
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
September 19, 1850 - Millard Fillmore signs the last of the Acts approved by Congress that comprise the Compromise of 1850.
September 19, 1861 - Crossing into Kentucky through the Cumberland Pass, Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer disperses a small federal garrison at Barboursville, Kentucky.
September 19, 1861 - Gustavus Woodson Smith, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1861 - John Blair Smith Todd, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of the Ohio is reorganized.
September 19, 1861 - Action at Barboursville, KY, where Brig. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, CSA, causes a general retreat of Federal troops from the area.
September 19, 1861 - The Dept. of Western Virginia is constituted.
September 19, 1862 - Battle of Iuka - William Rosecrans [US] beat Sterling Price [CS] who withdrew when scouts report a column under the command of Edward O. C. Ord was advancing from the Mississippi.
September 19, 1862 - Brig. Gen. Lewis Henry Little, C.S.A., is instantly killed by a musket ball to the forehead, while he sat on his horse talking with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, and Brig. Generals Louis Hebert, and John Wilkins Whitfield, at the engagement at Iuka, MS; the Minie Ball passing under Gen. Price's arm and striking Lewis Henry Little in the forehead.
September 19, 1862 - September 20, 1862 - Skirmishes at Shepherdstown, Ashby's Gap, Williamsport, and Hagerstown, as Confederates under A. P. Hill covered the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia from Sharpsburg. Lee would keep a heavy cavalry presence in the area until October.
September 19, 1862 - William Edwin Baldwin, CSA, is promoted Brig. Gen. and William Edmondson Jones, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1862 - Charles Smith Hamilton, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1862 - The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
Francis Channing Barlow, USA
Gustavus Adolphus Smith, USA
Francis Laurens Vinton, USA
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish near Helena, AR, with Federal pickets and Texas Rangers.
September 19, 1862 - Operations in the Indian Territory. (Sep 19-24)
September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Horse Cave and Bear Wallow, KY.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Southerland's Farm, KY.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Barnett's Corners, MS.
September 19, 1862 - Confederate small arms attack on the Queen of the West, near Bolivar, MS.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Peyton's Mill, MS, between Cavalry forces.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Prentiss, MS.
September 19, 1862 - The Dept. of Missouri is re-established and also embraces the Dept. of Kansas, which is discontinued.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmish at Hickory Grove, MO.
September 19, 1862 - Affair at Mount Vernon, MO.
September 19, 1862 - The Confederate Dept. of North Carolina and Southern Virginia. (Dept. of Virginia and of North Carolina) is constituted, under the command of Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith, CSA.
September 19, 1862 - Skirmishes at Brentwood, TN. (Sep 19-20)
September 19, 1862 - West Virginia is transferred to the Federal Dept. of the Ohio.
September 19, 1863 - September 20, 1863 - Battle of Chickamauga - General Braxton Bragg [CS] tries to split General William Rosecrans [US] forces as they try to return to the safety of Chattanooga. A second day breakthrough at the Brotherton Cabin forces the federals into a retreat, halted only by the Rock of Chickamauga, General George Thomas on Snodgrass Hill -The bloodiest two days in American history cost the Federals 1,657 dead, 9,756 wounded, and 4,757 missing for a total of 16,170 casualties out of 58,000 troops. The Confederate losses were 2,312 dead, 14,674 wounded and 1,468 for a total of 18,545 out of 66,000 troops.
September 19, 1863 - Brig. Gen. Preston Smith, CSA, is mortally wounded during the Battle of Chickamauga, TN, while directing a night attack, receiving a volley from the Federal detachment of soldiers he accidently rode into.
September 19, 1863 - Henry Warner Birge, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen. and Charles Garrison Barker, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish on the Greenwell Springs Road, near Baton Rouge, LA.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Bristol, TN.
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Como, TN.
September 19, 1863 - Federal expedition from Fort Pillow to Jackson, TN. (Sep 19-25)
September 19, 1863 - Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, VA.
September 19, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
September 19, 1864 - 3rd battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) - Phil Sheridan [US], with a force of 40,000 men, strikes Jubal Early's [CS] 14,000 man Confederate army north of Winchester. Sheridan simply overpowered the Confederates.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Archibald Campbell Godwin, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Federal artillery shell fragment.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. Robert Emmett Rodes, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, while leading his men in a counterattack against the Federal lines.
September 19, 1864 - Brig. Gen. David Allen Russell, USA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Winchester, VA, instantly killed by a Confederate artillery shell fragment through his heart, while at the head of his command.
September 19, 1864 - Matthew Calbraith Butler, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen. and James Lawson Kemper, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
September 19, 1864 - Federal expeditions from Natchez to Buck's Ferry (Sep 19-21) and Farrar's Plantation, MS, and skirmishes en route. (Sep 19-22)
September 19, 1864 - Maj. Gen. Sterling Price's, CSA, Confederate Cavalry column of 12,000 enters Missouri from Arkansas.
September 19, 1864 - Affair at Doniphan, MO, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA.
September 19, 1864 - Two Confederates, Capt. John Yates Beall, CSN, and Capt. John H. Cole, CSA, plan to capture Union vessels, sail to Johnson's Island, and release the Confederate prisoners there, near Sandusky, OH. Beall captures the Federal steamer, Philo Parons on Lake Erie, then captures and burns the Island Queen. Cole fails to capture the Michigan, forcing Beall to burn the Philo Parsons at Sandwich, Canada, and abandon their plans.
September 19, 1864 - Skirmish at Culpeper, VA.
September 19, 1864 - Federal scout to Lee's Mill and Proctor's House, Richmond, VA. Campaign. (Sep 16-17)
September 19, 1866 - Oregon ratifies the 14th Amendment.
September 19, 1881 - James A. Garfield dies from disease introduced by unsanitary medical practices in an attempt to remove an assassin's bullet.