Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
November 3, 1863 - The ruins of Fort Sumter are pounded by another 661 rounds from Union guns, without effect.
November 3, 1863 - Heavy skirmishing along the Bayou Borbeau, Louisiana results in an embarrassing and hasty Union retreat. Union General William B. Franklin's XIX Corps encamps beyond the reach of mutual support and with lax security. Confederate General Richard Taylor outnumbered two to one, launches a sudden attack, including the cavalry under General Thomas Green emerging out of a ravine, scattering the Union camp. The Union loss is 25 dead, 129 wounded, and 562 captured.
November 3, 1863 - Near Charleston, West Virginia, 1,700 Union cavalry move against Confederates at Lewisburg. Their goal is to destroy the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
November 3, 1863 - Federal gunboats transport General Nathaniel P. Banks' troops and land at Brazos Island, Texas. This is the first Union unit to establish a presence in Texas.
November 4, 1863 - At Jefferson Davis' direction, General Braxton Bragg sends General Longstreet with 15,000 men to support Knoxville. This move is partially to tie down Union troops at Knoxville but also to separate the two feuding Southern Generals. Bragg is seriously weakened at Chattanooga as General Grant prepares for an attack.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 3, 1863 - Heavy skirmishing along the Bayou Borbeau, Louisiana results in an embarrassing and hasty Union retreat. Union General William B. Franklin's XIX Corps encamps beyond the reach of mutual support and with lax security. Confederate General Richard Taylor outnumbered two to one, launches a sudden attack, including the cavalry under General Thomas Green emerging out of a ravine, scattering the Union camp. The Union loss is 25 dead, 129 wounded, and 562 captured.
November 3, 1863 - Near Charleston, West Virginia, 1,700 Union cavalry move against Confederates at Lewisburg. Their goal is to destroy the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
November 3, 1863 - Federal gunboats transport General Nathaniel P. Banks' troops and land at Brazos Island, Texas. This is the first Union unit to establish a presence in Texas.
November 4, 1863 - At Jefferson Davis' direction, General Braxton Bragg sends General Longstreet with 15,000 men to support Knoxville. This move is partially to tie down Union troops at Knoxville but also to separate the two feuding Southern Generals. Bragg is seriously weakened at Chattanooga as General Grant prepares for an attack.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 3, 1863 - Near Charleston, West Virginia, 1,700 Union cavalry move against Confederates at Lewisburg. Their goal is to destroy the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad.
November 3, 1863 - Federal gunboats transport General Nathaniel P. Banks' troops and land at Brazos Island, Texas. This is the first Union unit to establish a presence in Texas.
November 4, 1863 - At Jefferson Davis' direction, General Braxton Bragg sends General Longstreet with 15,000 men to support Knoxville. This move is partially to tie down Union troops at Knoxville but also to separate the two feuding Southern Generals. Bragg is seriously weakened at Chattanooga as General Grant prepares for an attack.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 3, 1863 - Federal gunboats transport General Nathaniel P. Banks' troops and land at Brazos Island, Texas. This is the first Union unit to establish a presence in Texas.
November 4, 1863 - At Jefferson Davis' direction, General Braxton Bragg sends General Longstreet with 15,000 men to support Knoxville. This move is partially to tie down Union troops at Knoxville but also to separate the two feuding Southern Generals. Bragg is seriously weakened at Chattanooga as General Grant prepares for an attack.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 4, 1863 - At Jefferson Davis' direction, General Braxton Bragg sends General Longstreet with 15,000 men to support Knoxville. This move is partially to tie down Union troops at Knoxville but also to separate the two feuding Southern Generals. Bragg is seriously weakened at Chattanooga as General Grant prepares for an attack.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 4, 1863 - Generals Nathaniel Banks and Napoleon J. T. Dana occupy Brownsville, Texas.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 5, 1863 - General Grant urges General W. T. Sherman to hasten his move to Chattanooga so the Union forces can attack Bragg's force before Longstreet can attack General Burnsides at Knoxville.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 5, 1863 - President Lincoln scolds General Nathaniel Banks for leaving Louisiana before he re-establishes a constitutional government thereby assuring the African Americans "on the question of their permanent freedom."
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 6, 1863 - President Davis continues his morale building tour visiting Wilmington, North Carolina. Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina is further reduced.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 6, 1863 - Captain Raphael Simmes' crew, aboard the CSS Alabama, captures and burns the Union bark 'Amanda' in the Dutch East Indies.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 7, 1863 - General George Meade surprises General R. E. Lee by installing two pontoon bridges across the Rappahannock River at Kelly's Ford and Rappahannock Station. Three Union Corps cross and attack the 2nd and 30th North Carolina units of General Robert Rode's division and establish a position on the south bank of the Rappahannock. Five miles upstream, General John Sedgwick's V and VI Corps defeat the "Louisiana Tigers." General Lee assumes no further fighting is planned and fails to guard the bridgehead. General Sedgwick leads the 6th Marines and the 5th Wisconsin in a bayonet charge against the "Louisiana Tigers," driving the Confederates from the bridgehead with 2,023 casualties. Lee withdraws south to Culpepper Court House.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 9, 1863 - President Davis returns to Richmond from his morale-boosting trip. His train is delayed by an early snowstorm.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
November 9, 1863 - President Lincoln attends the play 'The Marble Heart' featuring actor John Wilkes Booth at a theater in Washington, D.C.
