Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
March 11, 1862 - President Lincoln issues War Order #3, removing General George B. McClellan as General in Chief. McClellan is retained as commander of the Army of the Potomac but all other commanders report directly to Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
March 11, 1862 - As the Departments of the Ohio, the Kansas, and the Missouri become the Department of the Mississippi, General Halleck is appointed commander of all Union forces in the West.
March 11, 1862 - President Davis rejects the reports of Generals John B. Floyd and Gideon Pillow concerning the loss of Forts Henry and Donelson and relieves them of command.
March 11, 1862 - The Dept. of Western Virginia is moved to General Fremont's Mountain Division.
March 11, 1862 - Troops from the USS Wabash capture and occupy St. Augustine, Florida. At Pensacola Confederates burn two of their gunboats fearing a Union thrust.
March 12, 1862 - General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson withdraws from western Virginia to move up the Shenandoah Valley. Federal troops occupy Winchester, Virginia.
March 12, 1862 - At New Madrid, Missouri on the Mississippi River, General John Pope deploys heavy artillery to strengthen his siege.
March 13, 1862 - General McClellan announces the Peninsula Campaign. Abandoning the overland move directly to Richmond, the Army of the Potomac is to be shipped to the mouth of the York and James Rivers and approach Richmond from the south. President Lincoln approves the plan but warns "at all events, move such Army at once in pursuit of the enemy."
March 13, 1862 - General Ambrose Burnside lands 12,000 Union troops supported by 13 gunboats at Slocum's Creek on the Neuse River in North Carolina. New Bern, North Carolina, an important railhead, is the objective.
March 13, 1862 - General Robert E. Lee becomes war advisor to Confederate President Davis.
March 13, 1862 - New Madrid, Missouri falls to General Pope with the Confederates moving to Island #10, abandoning huge piles of supplies.
March 13, 1862 - General William T. Sherman probes from Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River into the land toward Corinth, Mississippi.
March 13, 1862 - The Union creates the Department of the South, which includes South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
March 14, 1862 - New Bern, North Carolina, the second largest city in North Carolina is captured by General Burnside and is occupied throughout the remainder of the war.
March 14, 1862 - General Stephen Hurlbut's division joins General Sherman's Army that is deployed at Pittsburg Landing, near Shiloh Church.
March 14, 1862 - Commodore Andrew Foote moves six gunboats from Cairo, Illinois toward Island #10.
March 15, 1862 - Commodore Foote bombards Island #10 with his six gunboats and 121 mortars.
March 16, 1862 - Colonel John H. Morgan leads a Confederate raid at Gallatin, Tennessee.
March 16, 1862 - General Pope and Commodore Foote continue operations against Confederate held Island #10. This obstacle to Mississippi River travel remains strong.
March 17, 1862 - The 105,000 man Army of the Potomac leaves Alexandria, Virginia for Fort Monroe and the York and James Rivers aboard transports. General McClellan plans to outflank the Confederate Army defending Richmond.
March 17, 1862 - Commodore Foote continues the bombardment of Island #10 with both the USS Benton and the USS Cincinnati receiving damage when a gun on the USS St. Louis bursts, killing several sailors.
March 17, 1862 - The Union Navy Department is embarrassed when the CSS Nashville sails past Federal blockading ships at Beaufort, North Carolina. Navy Assistant Secretary Gustavus V. Fox called the incident "a Bull Run for the Navy."
March 11, 1862 - As the Departments of the Ohio, the Kansas, and the Missouri become the Department of the Mississippi, General Halleck is appointed commander of all Union forces in the West.
March 11, 1862 - President Davis rejects the reports of Generals John B. Floyd and Gideon Pillow concerning the loss of Forts Henry and Donelson and relieves them of command.
March 11, 1862 - The Dept. of Western Virginia is moved to General Fremont's Mountain Division.
March 11, 1862 - Troops from the USS Wabash capture and occupy St. Augustine, Florida. At Pensacola Confederates burn two of their gunboats fearing a Union thrust.
March 12, 1862 - General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson withdraws from western Virginia to move up the Shenandoah Valley. Federal troops occupy Winchester, Virginia.
March 12, 1862 - At New Madrid, Missouri on the Mississippi River, General John Pope deploys heavy artillery to strengthen his siege.
March 13, 1862 - General McClellan announces the Peninsula Campaign. Abandoning the overland move directly to Richmond, the Army of the Potomac is to be shipped to the mouth of the York and James Rivers and approach Richmond from the south. President Lincoln approves the plan but warns "at all events, move such Army at once in pursuit of the enemy."
March 13, 1862 - General Ambrose Burnside lands 12,000 Union troops supported by 13 gunboats at Slocum's Creek on the Neuse River in North Carolina. New Bern, North Carolina, an important railhead, is the objective.
March 13, 1862 - General Robert E. Lee becomes war advisor to Confederate President Davis.
March 13, 1862 - New Madrid, Missouri falls to General Pope with the Confederates moving to Island #10, abandoning huge piles of supplies.
March 13, 1862 - General William T. Sherman probes from Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River into the land toward Corinth, Mississippi.
March 13, 1862 - The Union creates the Department of the South, which includes South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida.
March 14, 1862 - New Bern, North Carolina, the second largest city in North Carolina is captured by General Burnside and is occupied throughout the remainder of the war.
March 14, 1862 - General Stephen Hurlbut's division joins General Sherman's Army that is deployed at Pittsburg Landing, near Shiloh Church.
March 14, 1862 - Commodore Andrew Foote moves six gunboats from Cairo, Illinois toward Island #10.
March 15, 1862 - Commodore Foote bombards Island #10 with his six gunboats and 121 mortars.
March 16, 1862 - Colonel John H. Morgan leads a Confederate raid at Gallatin, Tennessee.
March 16, 1862 - General Pope and Commodore Foote continue operations against Confederate held Island #10. This obstacle to Mississippi River travel remains strong.
March 17, 1862 - The 105,000 man Army of the Potomac leaves Alexandria, Virginia for Fort Monroe and the York and James Rivers aboard transports. General McClellan plans to outflank the Confederate Army defending Richmond.
March 17, 1862 - Commodore Foote continues the bombardment of Island #10 with both the USS Benton and the USS Cincinnati receiving damage when a gun on the USS St. Louis bursts, killing several sailors.
March 17, 1862 - The Union Navy Department is embarrassed when the CSS Nashville sails past Federal blockading ships at Beaufort, North Carolina. Navy Assistant Secretary Gustavus V. Fox called the incident "a Bull Run for the Navy."
