Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
Correction note: Last week, the Confederate ironclad should have been identified as the CSS Virginia in the third entry for February 27th.
March 5, 1862 - Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston masses his forces at Corinth, Mississippi to stop any Union thrust south on the Tennessee River. The Tennessee River flows north into the Ohio so south is often referred to as "up-river" in Civil War histories.
March 5, 1862 - General P.G.T. Beauregard takes charge of the new Confederate Army of the Mississippi, stationed at Jackson, Tennessee.
March 5, 1862 - Savannah, Tennessee, located northeast of Corinth, Mississippi, becomes General Charles F. Smith's headquarters for Union forces.
March 5, 1862 - Federal General Nathaniel P. Banks moves from Harper's Ferry in western Virginia to the Shenandoah Valley and encounters skirmishers at Bunker Hill and Pohick Church.
March 6, 1862 - President Lincoln asks Congress to compensate States that willingly abolish slavery. State legislatures reject the idea.
March 6, 1862 - Sterling Price is appointed Major General, C.S.A.
March 6, 1862 - Following several delays, General George B. McClellan moves the Army of the Potomac southward against Southern troops at Manassas, Virginia. Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston falls back to Leesburg, Virginia.
March 6, 1862 - General Samuel R. Curtis and 10,500 Union troops occupy positions around Pea Ridge and Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. C.S.A. General Earl Van Dorn moves to flank the Union Army and cut them off from the Missouri River escape. Three Cherokee regiments under General Albert Pike and Stand Watie join Van Dorn.
March 7, 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston continues to move away from Manassas Junction and the Army of the Potomac, moving south to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
March 7, 1862 - Colonel Turner Ashby's Cavalry skirmish with Union forces at Winchester, Virginia.
March 7, 1862 - General Earl Van Dorn's flanking movement at Pea Ridge becomes complicated and Texas General Ben McCulloch and second in command General James M. McIntosh are both killed. After four engagements, the line has moved less than 800 feet by nightfall.
March 8, 1862 - General War Order #2 is issued by President Lincoln, organizing the Army of the Potomac into four corps with one corp left to defend Washington, D.C.
March 8, 1862 - Union forces occupy Leesburg, Virginia.
March 8, 1862 - In Tennessee, Colonel John H. Morgan raids Nashville's outskirts while General John B. Floyd forces Union troops to leave Chattanooga and Knoxville.
March 8, 1862 - General Van Dorn orders General Franz Sigel to attack Union positions believing General Curtis is low on artillery ammunition. General Van Dorn's Army is defeated with huge losses in casualties and prisoners. This is the first major victory for the Union in the far West.
March 8, 1862 - The USS Monitor arrives off Hampton Roads after a perilous voyage from New York.
March 8, 1862 - The CSS Virginia ironclad ram disables the sloop USS Cumberland and the frigate USS Congress, and then burns them. The USS Minnesota grounds itself to avoid an attack. Wooden warships fall into disfavor.
March 9, 1862 - General McClellan cannot maintain contact with the southern army and moves back to Alexandria, Virginia. General Johnston moves further south, behind the Rappahannock.
March 9, 1862 - Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones assumes command of the CSS Virginia ironclad due to Captain Franklin Buchanan's wounds caused by shore gunfire during yesterday's encounters. As the CSS Virginia leaves Norfolk to destroy theUSS Minnesota, the USS Monitor sails directly in its path. After a lengthy dual in front of shoreline spectators, the inconclusive confrontation ends. USS Monitor Lieutenant John L. Worden is injured when the pilothouse is hit and a wood splinter hits his eye.
March 10, 1862 - President Lincoln pays a bedside visit to Lieutenant John L. Worden of the USS Monitor.
March 10, 1862 - Commodore David G. Farragut begins working his deep draft warships over the sandbars into the Mississippi River below New Orleans.
March 5, 1862 - Savannah, Tennessee, located northeast of Corinth, Mississippi, becomes General Charles F. Smith's headquarters for Union forces.
March 5, 1862 - Federal General Nathaniel P. Banks moves from Harper's Ferry in western Virginia to the Shenandoah Valley and encounters skirmishers at Bunker Hill and Pohick Church.
March 6, 1862 - President Lincoln asks Congress to compensate States that willingly abolish slavery. State legislatures reject the idea.
March 6, 1862 - Sterling Price is appointed Major General, C.S.A.
March 6, 1862 - Following several delays, General George B. McClellan moves the Army of the Potomac southward against Southern troops at Manassas, Virginia. Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston falls back to Leesburg, Virginia.
March 6, 1862 - General Samuel R. Curtis and 10,500 Union troops occupy positions around Pea Ridge and Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. C.S.A. General Earl Van Dorn moves to flank the Union Army and cut them off from the Missouri River escape. Three Cherokee regiments under General Albert Pike and Stand Watie join Van Dorn.
March 7, 1862 - General Joseph E. Johnston continues to move away from Manassas Junction and the Army of the Potomac, moving south to Fredericksburg, Virginia.
March 7, 1862 - Colonel Turner Ashby's Cavalry skirmish with Union forces at Winchester, Virginia.
March 7, 1862 - General Earl Van Dorn's flanking movement at Pea Ridge becomes complicated and Texas General Ben McCulloch and second in command General James M. McIntosh are both killed. After four engagements, the line has moved less than 800 feet by nightfall.
March 8, 1862 - General War Order #2 is issued by President Lincoln, organizing the Army of the Potomac into four corps with one corp left to defend Washington, D.C.
March 8, 1862 - Union forces occupy Leesburg, Virginia.
March 8, 1862 - In Tennessee, Colonel John H. Morgan raids Nashville's outskirts while General John B. Floyd forces Union troops to leave Chattanooga and Knoxville.
March 8, 1862 - General Van Dorn orders General Franz Sigel to attack Union positions believing General Curtis is low on artillery ammunition. General Van Dorn's Army is defeated with huge losses in casualties and prisoners. This is the first major victory for the Union in the far West.
March 8, 1862 - The USS Monitor arrives off Hampton Roads after a perilous voyage from New York.
March 8, 1862 - The CSS Virginia ironclad ram disables the sloop USS Cumberland and the frigate USS Congress, and then burns them. The USS Minnesota grounds itself to avoid an attack. Wooden warships fall into disfavor.
March 9, 1862 - General McClellan cannot maintain contact with the southern army and moves back to Alexandria, Virginia. General Johnston moves further south, behind the Rappahannock.
March 9, 1862 - Lieutenant Catesby ap Roger Jones assumes command of the CSS Virginia ironclad due to Captain Franklin Buchanan's wounds caused by shore gunfire during yesterday's encounters. As the CSS Virginia leaves Norfolk to destroy theUSS Minnesota, the USS Monitor sails directly in its path. After a lengthy dual in front of shoreline spectators, the inconclusive confrontation ends. USS Monitor Lieutenant John L. Worden is injured when the pilothouse is hit and a wood splinter hits his eye.
March 10, 1862 - President Lincoln pays a bedside visit to Lieutenant John L. Worden of the USS Monitor.
March 10, 1862 - Commodore David G. Farragut begins working his deep draft warships over the sandbars into the Mississippi River below New Orleans.
