April 22, 1862 – NY Times account of the Battle of Shiloh

Key events in late April 1862 during the American Civil War?

April 21 – the Confederate Congress passes the Partisan Ranger Act thereby legitimizing many guerilla organizations fighting throughout the Confederacy. Partisan leaders like John Singleton Mosby and William Quantrill will soon become Confederate officers.

April 24 – Navy Captain David Farragut (USA) launches his siege against New Orleans, eventually capturing the largest Confederate city by May 1st.

For a complete timeline of important events during the American Civil War click here.

April 16th in the American Civil War?

What happened on this day during the Civil War - April 16th?

1. April 16, 1862 - Confederate Congress, following numerous Western Theater losses in the past three months, issues the first-ever conscription act in American military history. This would be just the first of three Confederate conscription acts.
2. April 16, 1862 – Lincoln signs a bill outlawing slavery in the District of Columbia.
3. April 16, 1863 – Grant turns his attention again towards Vicksburg by sending gunboats and transports to the region. He will eventually capture the city in a couple months. The city was deemed impregnable by the citizens, hailing it as the “Gibraltar of the West”.
4. April 16, 1864 – An official report from the ward department lists 146,634 prisoners of war.

For a complete timeline of the American Civil War, click here.

Key events in mid-late April 1863 during the Civil War?

April 16 – Grant turns his attention again towards Vicksburg by sending gunboats and transports to the region. He will eventually capture the city in a couple months. The city was deemed impregnable by the citizens, hailing it as the “Gibraltar of the West”.

April 17 – Gierson’s 600 mile cavalry raid begins in Mississippi in an effort to divert attention away from Grant’s gunboats near Vicksburg. 1,700 Union cavalry wound wreak havoc in Mississippi in a two week period.

April 27 – Union General Joe Hooker launches his Chancellorsville Campaign in Northern Virginia in an attempt to get around Lee’s left flank.

See the complete Civil War Timeline here.

April 15th in the American Civil War?

What happened on this day during the Civil War - April 15th?

1. April 15, 1861 - President Abraham Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers to serve a 90-day term in the U.S. Army to quell the rebellion.
2. April 15, 1865 – Vice President Andrew Johnson takes the oath of office following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

For a complete timeline of the American Civil War, click here.

5th Annual Skirmish at Jeffersonville (April 17-19th)

5th Annual Skirmish at Jeffersonville
April 17, 18, 19, 2009
At Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park

Friday – April 17, 2009
Dusk – Nighttime Artillery Fire

Saturday – April 18, 2009
10 – 5 pm       Tour the encampment
2 pm            Battlefield Reenactment
8 pm            Period Ball

Sunday – April 19, 2009
10 – 3 pm       Tour the encampment
11 am   War Period Church Service
2 pm            Battlefield Reenactment

Adult admission:  $5.00 daily or $10.00 for weekend pass.
Children’s admission age 7-12: $3.00 daily or $5.00 for weekend pass
Children 6 and under admitted FREE
Admission for Saturday evening ball only $5.00

Historic Crab Orchard Museum is located 4 miles west of Tazewell, VA, on HWY
19/460.
Contact us at: (276) 988-6755 or www.craborchardmuseum.com

Thank you for your support and let me know of any concerns.

Thanks,
Cortney A. Honaker
Historic Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park, Inc.
Administrative / Collections Curator
3663 Crab Orchard Rd.
Tazewell, VA 24651
276.988.6755
chonaker@craborchardmuseum.com <mailto:chonaker@craborchardmuseum.com>
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April 14th in the American Civil War?

What happened on this day during the Civil War - April 14th?

April 14, 1862 – Gen. Johnston pleads with Davis to be allowed to withdraw his troops from Yorktown. Davis objects.

April 14, 1862 – Federals engage with Quantrill’s raiders in Missouri.

April 14, 1863 – CSA Gen Richard Taylor’s troops abandon Fort Bisland, LA.

April 14, 1865 - Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.

April 14, 1865 - Secretary Seward is stabbed by Booth co-conspirator in assassination attempt.

For a complete timeline of the American Civil War, click here.

April 13th in the American Civil War?

What happened on this day during the Civil War – April 13th?

1. Saturday, April 13, 1861 – Maj Robert Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter to the Confederates in the opening salvo of the American Civil War.
2. Sunday, April 13, 1862 - Gen David Hunter declares his region (vicinity of Ft. Pulaski, GA) free of slavery. Issues his own unapproved emancipation of slaves.
3. Monday, April 13, 1863 – Federals assault Fort Bisland, LA; on Bayou Teche.
4. Wednesday, April 13, 1864 - CSA Nathan Bedford Forrest’s cavalry skirmish in Columbus, KY.
5. Thursday, April 13, 1865 – Raleigh falls to Sherman.

For a complete timeline of the American Civil War, click here.

American Civil War begins on this day 148 years ago!

At 4:30 a.m. Friday morning the bombardment of Fort Sumter started when the first artillery shell was fired from neighboring Fort Johnson in the Charleston Harbor. When the shelling subsided hours later there would be no casualties inflicted upon either side but the start of hostilities between the South and North would begin in earnest.

No one expected that the ensuing conflict would wage for four more years at a total cost of more than 600,000 lives. Two percent (2%) of the U.S. population would die between 1861 and 1865.

Previous posts to check out:

• Anderson refuses to surrender Sumter to Beauregaard
• Lincoln decides to NOT abandon Sumter
• Star of the West fired upon in Charleston Harbor
• Spirit Line cruises in Charleston give view of harbor
• Charleston residents watch bombardment of Sumter atop houses
• Confederate Military History on Fort Sumter
• Historic pictures of Ft Sumter

April 12th in the American Civil War?

What happened on this day during the Civil War – April 12th?

1. April 12th/13th, 1861 – The American Civil War officially begins when rebels in Charleston fire on the U.S. Fort Sumter in the harbor. Fire is returned from the Federals. There are no war-casualties. The fort is surrendered on the 13th.
2. April 12th, 1862 – Union raiders, led by James Andrews, steal a locomotive in Big Shanty, Georgia, and attempt to take it to Chattanooga. The great Civil War locomotive chase ensues.
3. April 12th, 1863 – Gen Hooker informs Lincoln he wishes to flank Robert E. Lee and capture Richmond, Virginia.
4. April 12th, 1864 – Confederate cavalryman, General Nathan Bedford Forrest captures Fort Pillow (TN) on the Mississippi River. Surrendered U.S. Colored Troops are massacred, sending shock waves throughout the country.
5. April 12th, 1865 – April 12 – Confederate forces make official surrender of arms at Appomattox.

For a complete timeline of the American Civil War, click here.