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Eric | December 25, 2011
December 25, 1861 (Wednesday – Christmas) For some, the first Christmas of the war was a time of rest, where drills and military formalities took a short day off. Around Washington, the mood was full of apprehension and gloom over the Trent Affair, as well as gloom, if the past year was considered in the [...]
Eric | December 1, 2011
December 1, 1861 (Sunday) When Union General George B. McClellan was given command of the Army of the Potomac, he was promised by President Lincoln that he would not be hurried. Upon becoming General-in-Chief, however, McClellan took command of all the Union armies. This change gave him the authority to move all the forces in [...]
Eric | October 19, 2011
Saturday, October 19, 1861 General George McClellan had spent most of his time in Washington preparing his Army of the Potomac to defend the capital against a Confederate attack. After Bull Run, the Confederates had inched closer and closer, but over the past few days, it seemed as if they were withdrawing towards Fairfax and [...]
Eric | October 1, 2011
Tuesday, October 1, 1861 General Joe Johnston’s Confederate Army of the Potomac still occupied the general position it held following the victory at Bull Run in July. Some had wished for an invasion of Washington immediately after the battle, but months had passed with little movement, aside from ordering advanced troops away from the enemy [...]
Eric | September 29, 2011
Sunday, September 29, 1861 Though Union General Fremont’s Army of the West was scattered over much of Missouri, disorganized and confused, it was slowly gathering together. The General himself had left St. Louis and was, like the rest of the Army, heading in the direction of Lexington, scene of the latest Union defeat. Fremont’s move [...]
Eric | September 12, 2011
Thursday, September 12, 1861 The Confederate plan of attack at Cheat Mountain in Western Virginia was, by dawn, ready. Each of the five brigades were in position and the Union forces on Cheat and at Elkwater, seven miles to the west, were completely unaware that General Lee was about to attack them. General Lee had [...]
Eric | September 8, 2011
Sunday, September 8, 1861 General John C. Fremont, Union commander of the Western Department, took pen in hand and made an attempt to defend his policies in Missouri against the chastisement of President Lincoln. On September 2nd, Lincoln took issue with Fremont’s proclamation which emancipated the slaves of disloyal owners and threatened the death penalty [...]
Eric | August 17, 2011
Saturday, August 17, 1861 This day was a bureaucratic shake up. Commanders and departments were changed, combined and eliminated. General Benjamin Butler, Union commander of the Department of Virginia, headquartered at Fortress Monroe, had received notice on August 11 that General John Ellis Wool was to replace him. No further orders were issued for Butler, [...]
Eric | August 4, 2011
Sunday, August 4, 1861 The morning broke over the Rebel camp at Crane Creek, Missouri with all the uncertainty that two tactical losses could bring. The Rebel force of 10,000 was actually two forces. The Confederates, commanded by General Ben McCulloch, consisted of two brigades of roughly 5,000 well-trained men from Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana. [...]
Eric | August 1, 2011
Thursday, August 1, 1861 August started not with shots fired on the field of battle, but angry letters exchanged from Confederate General to Confederate President. General Beauregard, victorious commander of the Battle of Bull Run, wrote to Congress, insisting that the “want of food and transportation has made us lose all the fruits of our [...]
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