North Carolina, 153 Years Ago: January 1863

From the North Carolina Sesquicentennial Timeline.

JANUARY 1--  Emancipation Proclamation issued "all persons held as slaves" within rebellious states "are, and henceforth shall be free."

During the month of January, Thomas' Highland Legion hunts for bushwhackers in French Broad Valley.

JANUARY 8--  Shelton Laurel Massacre, showdown between Unionist and Confederate forces in Laurel Valley.  Unionists attack Marshall, stealing salt, merchandise and foodstuffs.

They ransack the house of Colonel Lawrence Allen, commanding the 64th North Carolina Regiment.  They harass his wife and three sick children.  Colonel Allen and James Keith (also of the 64th N.C.) attack from East Tennessee with 500 men.

They go to Marshall and Laurel Valley and execute 13 "prisoners."

--Old Secesh

December Civil War Chronology-- Part 2: Battle of Nashville

Dec. 15, 1864: The Battle of Nashville, Tennessee, begins.

Dec. 16, 1773:  Boston Tea Party, Massachusetts

Dec. 18, 1865:  The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery becomes a part of the U.S. Constitution.

Dec. 24, 1814:  The Treaty of Ghent is signed  (War of 1812)

Dec. 29, 1812:  The USS Constitution defeats the HMS Java.  (War of 1812)

Dec. 31, 1862:  The Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) Tennessee, begins.

--Old Secesh

December Civil War Chronology-- Part 1: 13th Amendment

From the 2017 Civil War trust calendar.

Dec. 6, 1865:  13th Amendment officially ending slavery is ratified.

Dec. 7, 1862:  battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas.
1941:  Pearl Harbor Day

Dec. 11, 1862:  The Battle of Fredericksburg begins

Dec. 12, 1862:  The USS Cairo sinks in the Yazoo River, Mississippi.

--Old Secesh

Events From the Civil War, December-- Part 2: Clara Barton Born 1821

13--  Battle of Fredericksburg 1862

13--  Fort McAllister, Ga. surrenders, 1864

15-16--  Battle of Nashville, 1864

20--  South Carolina secedes, 1860

25--  Clara Barton born, 1821   Yesterday, December 3, our McHenry County Civil War Round Table had our Christmas dinner at the 1966 Grand Old Mill in Wonder Lake, Illinois, and we heard Clara Barton speaking about her very interesting life.

31--  Union Gen. George Meade born, 1815

31--  Second Battle of Murfreesboro, aka the Battle of Stones River begins, 1862

--Old Secesh

Events From the War in December-- Part 1: 13th Amendment Passed

From Mort Kunstler's Civil War 2017 Calendar.

Dec. 3, 1826:  Gen. George B. McClellan, US, born.

Dec. 5, 1839:  Gen. George Custer, US, born.

Dec. 6,  1833:  Col. John S. Mosby, CS, born.

Dec. 6, 1865:  The 13th Amendment, abolishing slavery, passed.

Dec. 7, 1941:  Pearl Harbor

Dec. 8, 1863:  Lincoln makes Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction.

--Old Secesh

Civil War Trust 2017 Calendar-- Part 12, December: Battle of Fredericksburg

FREDERICKSBURG, VA.  247 acres saved.

A photo of the Slaughter Pen Farm.

The Civil War Trust purchased the Slaughter Pen Farm for $12 million in 2006 -- the most expensive private battlefield effort in American history.

Five Union soldiers earned the Medal of Honor for their actions on this 208-acre property.  Recent efforts by the Trust and its allies have greatly enhanced preservation and interpretive opportunities at the southern end of this battlefield.

--Old Secesh

November Civil War Chronology-- Part 2: The Gettysburg Address

Nov. 17, 1863:  Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee, begins and lasts for 16 days.

Nov. 19, 1863:  President Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the Pennsylvania Battlefield.

Nov. 23, 1863:  Battle of Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Nov. 24, 1863:  Battle of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee.

Nov. 25, 1783:  British evacuate New York City.

Nov. 30, 1864:  Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.

--Old Secesh

Civil War Timeline for November-- Part 2: Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

NOVEMBER 9, 1864--  Lincoln Re-Elected for second time.

NOVEMBER 13, 1814--  Union General Joseph Hooker born.

NOVEMBER  15, 1864--  Sherman begins his March to the Sea.

NOVEMBER 18, 1863--  Lincoln delivers his Gettysburg Address.

NOVEMBER 23-25, 1863--  Battle of Chattanooga.

NOVEMBER 28, 1861--  Missouri formally admitted to Confederacy.

NOVEMBER 30, 1864--  The Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.

Civil War Timeline for November-- Part 1: McClellan Chosen and Removed

From Mort Kunstler's 2017 Civil War Calendar month of November.

NOVEMBER 1,  1861--  McClellan replaces Scott as Commander of U.S. forces.

NOVEMBER 3, 1816--  Confederate General Jubal A. Early born.

NOVEMBER  5, 1862--  McClellan  removed from command.

NOVEMBER 6, 1861--  Jefferson Davis  re-elected  President of the Confederacy.

NOVEMBER 7. 1861--  Union forces capture Port Royal.

NOVEMBER 8, 1861--  Wilkes seizes Confederate commissioners off the British ship Trent.

NOVEMBER 9, 1825--  Confederate General Ambrose P. Hill born.

--Old Secesh

November Civil War Chronology-- Part 1: Lincoln Elected

Nov. 6, 1860:  Abraham Lincoln elected 16th president of the United States.

Nov. 7, 1861:  Battle of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina.

Nov. 8, 1864:  President Lincoln reelected.

Nov. 12, 1864:  General William T. Sherman's Federal troops burn the city of Atlanta, Georgia.

Nov. 16, 1864:  General Sherman's army departs Atlanta beginning its March to the Sea.

--Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler Civil War Events in October

From the Mort Kunstler 2017 Civil War Calendar.

10TH--  1837 --  Col. Robert Gould Shaw, U.S. born

19TH--  1864:--    Battle of Cedar Creek

20TH--  1819--  Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, U.S., born

21ST--  1861--   Battle of Ball's Bluff

--Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler-- Part 2: September Dates

SEPT. 19--  1863  Battle of Chickamauga

1864  Battle of the Wilderness

SEPT 24--  Sheridan lays waste to the Shenandoah Valley.

--Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler's 2017 Calendar, September-- Part 1

Dates from the September calendar

SEP. 2--  1864   Atlanta surrenders

SEP. 5--  1863   Britain seizes Confederate ships and shipyard

SEP.6--  1819  General William S. Rosecrans, US, born    1861   Grant moves into Paducah

SEP. 8--  1828   General Joshua Chamberlain, US, born

SEP. 10--  1836   Gen. Joseph Wheeler, CS, born

SEP. 11--  1861  Union victory at Cheat Mountain

--Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler's Civil War Events for August

August 5, 1864--  The Battle of Mobile Bay

August 9, 1862--  The Battle of Cedar Mountain

August 10, 1861--  The Battle of Wilson's Creek

August 17, 1862--  Uprising of Sioux Indians

August 21, 1821--   Gen. William Barksdale, CSA, born

August 28, 1861--  Fort Hatteras falls

August 29-30, 1862--  Second Battle of Bull Run

--Old Secesh

156 Years Ago-- July 20 and 21, 1861: Confederate Congress Meets and the Battle of First Bull Run

Looking at the Chicago Daily News, July 20 and 21

**  1861--  The Congress of the Confederate States of America began holding sessions in Richmond, Virginia.  The original Confederate capital had been in Montgomery, Alabama.

**  1861--  The First Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Virginia, resulting in a Confederate victory.
Things Were Sure Looking Good Back Then.  --Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler's Civil War Calendar, July 2017: On This Date

JULY

18--  1863, the Battle of Fort Wagner

21--  1861, The First Battle of Bull Run

22--   1864, Battle of Atlanta

29--  1862,  the "Alabama" sails out of England

30--  1864, Battle of the Crater

--Old Secesh

Mort Kunstler's Civil War July Calendar-- Part 2: Daily Happenings

These are the daily notes for July.

July 1-3, 1863:  Battle of Gettysburg
July 4, 1863:  Vicksburg Surrenders, Independence Day
July 5, 1801:    Adm. David G. Farragut born 1801

July 9, 1863:  Port Hudson on Mississippi River surrenders
July 9, 1864:  The Battle of Monocacy
July 13, 1821:  Gen. Nathan B. Forrest born

July 13, 1861:  Union forces secure West Virginia
July 13, 1862:  The First Battle of Murfreesboro
July 14:  Bastille Day

--Old Secesh