Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Confederate Congress adjourns; Lee, others made full general

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In Washington, the Asst. Sec. of Navy Gustavus V. Fox and Gen. Benjamin Butler awaken President Lincoln late at night to inform...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fremont declares martial law, confiscations in Missouri

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General John Fremont declares a dictatorial martial law across the state of Missouri . The unauthorized act provides for conf...
Monday, August 29, 2011

Fort Hatteras, NC, falls

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Bombardment of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina Fort Hatteras, at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina , falls into Union hands after a day and...
Sunday, August 28, 2011

Hatteras' Fort Clark, NC, falls

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Bombardment of Forts Hatteras and Clark Today, w hile under fire, the United States Expeditionary Force under command of Ben ...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Hatteras Inlet, NC: Expedition arrives

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The Outer Banks of North Carolina are a series of long, narrow islands that separate Pamlico Sound from the Atlantic Ocean, and ...
Friday, August 26, 2011

Hatteras Expedition departs, Battle at Kessler's Cross Lanes

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Hatteras Expedition leaves Hampton Roads Skirmishing breaks out at Wayne Court House, Blue's House, and Cross Lanes, western ...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Confederate operations against New Mexico Indians

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Skirmishes occur at Great Falls, Maryland , and Piggott's Mills, Western Virginia./1861 Confederate troops begin operations agai...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Davis appoints diplomats; Lincoln: 'Ky. camp stays'

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Image via Wikipedia Gov. Beriah Magoffin In Richmond, President Jefferson Davis appoints three new special commissioners ...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Rose O'Neal Greenhow placed under house arrest

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Image via Wikipedia Rose O'Neal Greenhow In Washington, D .C., Allen Pinkerton , leading the new US secret service , places ...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Confederate Army of New Mexico on march

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Image via Wikipedia USS Lexington Brig. Gen. Henry H. Sibley and 3,700 men named the "Confederate Army of New Mexico "...
Sunday, August 21, 2011

Blockade runner caught off Charleston, SC

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Image via Wikipedia Brig. Gen. Roswell Ripley At Richmond, Virginia , the Confederate War Department assigns Brigadier Gene...
Saturday, August 20, 2011

State of Kanawha proposed; New CS diplomats approved

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The pro-Union Second Wheeling Convention , the group of thirty-nine western Virginia counties which have seceded from the Common...
Friday, August 19, 2011

Confederate alliance with Missouri; More newspapers seized

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Confederate bond In Charleston, Missouri , the Battle of Charleston ( Bird's Point ) is a minor clash in which Union forces...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Spies in White House; Privateer Jefferson Davis wrecks

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Image via Wikipedia St. Augustine, Florida , waterfront in 1860s In Washington , President Lincoln receives a warning from ...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

US Army changes & NC Stone Fleet ready

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In Washington, President Lincoln orders a commission for Kentuckian Simon Bolivar Buckner as brigadier general of volunte...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Lincoln moves to curb freedom of New York press

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Image via Wikipedia President Lincoln In Washington, President Abraham Lincoln issues a proclamation declaring the seceding ...
Monday, August 15, 2011

The West: Reconnaissance, reinforcements, and reconfigurations

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Image via Wikipedia USS Tyler In Richmond, Virginia , President Jefferson Davis orders all Northern men to leave the South in forty d...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

Martial law declared in St. Louis

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Image via Wikipedia The odd bird John Fremont US General John Fremont declares martial law in St. Louis, Missouri . Fremont al...
Saturday, August 13, 2011

Confederate Navy contracts British shipbuilders

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Cmdr. James D. Bulloch , CSN Confederate Naval Commander and Secret Service Agent James Dunwoody Bulloch writes from Liverpool in t...