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Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:02 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Posted on 10/12/14 at 9:02 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Thursday, 13 October 1864
Colonel John Singleton Mosby was technically a cavalryman, but really belonged to that category known as “Confederate partisan raiders.” Rather than scouting and screening for an army of infantry, he and his men operated independently, taking supplies, tearing up communications lines, and generally raising hell wherever they could. They raised a great deal today when they tore out some railroad tracks. The next train along naturally derailed, and Mosby’s men pounced. Great was their glee when they discovered the Army payroll was on board. Relieving the two Union paymasters of $173,000 in greenbacks, they then compounded their nuisance value by burning the train.
Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a leader with keen understanding of men as well as great skill and courage, wrote to his son, Loyall, from Mobile Bay regarding the young man's studies: "...remember also that one of the requisite studies for an officer is man. Where your analytical geometry will serve you once, a knowledge of men will serve you daily. As a commander, to get the right men in the right place is one of the questions of success or defeat."
A large boat expedition from the USS Braziliera, Acting Master William T. Gillespie, and the USS Mary Sanford, Acting Master Zaccheus Kempton, freed a number of slaves from a plantation on White Oak Creek, Georgia, and engaged a company of Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff. The Union gunboats succeeded in driving off the Southerners.
Colonel John Singleton Mosby was technically a cavalryman, but really belonged to that category known as “Confederate partisan raiders.” Rather than scouting and screening for an army of infantry, he and his men operated independently, taking supplies, tearing up communications lines, and generally raising hell wherever they could. They raised a great deal today when they tore out some railroad tracks. The next train along naturally derailed, and Mosby’s men pounced. Great was their glee when they discovered the Army payroll was on board. Relieving the two Union paymasters of $173,000 in greenbacks, they then compounded their nuisance value by burning the train.
Rear Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, a leader with keen understanding of men as well as great skill and courage, wrote to his son, Loyall, from Mobile Bay regarding the young man's studies: "...remember also that one of the requisite studies for an officer is man. Where your analytical geometry will serve you once, a knowledge of men will serve you daily. As a commander, to get the right men in the right place is one of the questions of success or defeat."
A large boat expedition from the USS Braziliera, Acting Master William T. Gillespie, and the USS Mary Sanford, Acting Master Zaccheus Kempton, freed a number of slaves from a plantation on White Oak Creek, Georgia, and engaged a company of Confederate cavalry at Yellow Bluff. The Union gunboats succeeded in driving off the Southerners.
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Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:11 am to BadLeroyDawg
Friday, 14 October 1864
The continuing conflict between the Confederate cavalry expedition of General Jubal Early and his Union opponent General Phillip Sheridan continued apace today. Over the last few weeks this venture, intended as a side venture to pressure Grant to send troops to suppress it and thereby relax the siege of Petersburg, had turned very sour indeed for Early. Since Sheridan had come East and been given the assignment to catch, kill, or drive him away things had gone from bad to worse. Skirmishing also occurred today on Hupp’s Hill, Virginia, and not far away at Duffield’s Station, West Virginia. Both were near the town of Strasburg. The two armies were now just a few miles apart and moving slowly.
Ballots were tallied from yesterday's voting and finalized this morning; Maryland voters barely approved a new state constitution that included abolishing slavery by just 375 votes. The measure would have been defeated had Unionist Governor Augustus Bradford not allowed absentee soldiers and soldiers currently in jail to vote.
General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee continued disrupting Federal supply lines in northern Georgia, seizing the important railroad north of Rome to Tunnel Hill, which included Dalton and Tilton.
Union President Abraham Lincoln computed the estimated electoral college vote in next month’s presidential election to be 120 for the “Union Vote” and 114 for the “Supposed Copperhead Vote.” Lincoln also continued working around the clock to furlough as many soldiers as possible so they could go home and vote.
Major General Sterling Price’s Confederate invasion of Missouri continued, as Price issued a proclamation requesting that citizens join his army and redeem Missouri from illegally gained Federal control.
Fighting erupted at Danville, Missouri, as Price's Confederates attack the town and burn the post office. There was also a skirmish near Glasgow, Missouri, as Price's forces continue to wear down, both in man power and horses.
Skirmishes occur near Fort Smith, Arkansas, and at Adamstown, Maryland.
A skirmish began at the Boca Chica Pass, Texas.
The continuing conflict between the Confederate cavalry expedition of General Jubal Early and his Union opponent General Phillip Sheridan continued apace today. Over the last few weeks this venture, intended as a side venture to pressure Grant to send troops to suppress it and thereby relax the siege of Petersburg, had turned very sour indeed for Early. Since Sheridan had come East and been given the assignment to catch, kill, or drive him away things had gone from bad to worse. Skirmishing also occurred today on Hupp’s Hill, Virginia, and not far away at Duffield’s Station, West Virginia. Both were near the town of Strasburg. The two armies were now just a few miles apart and moving slowly.
Ballots were tallied from yesterday's voting and finalized this morning; Maryland voters barely approved a new state constitution that included abolishing slavery by just 375 votes. The measure would have been defeated had Unionist Governor Augustus Bradford not allowed absentee soldiers and soldiers currently in jail to vote.
General John Bell Hood’s Confederate Army of Tennessee continued disrupting Federal supply lines in northern Georgia, seizing the important railroad north of Rome to Tunnel Hill, which included Dalton and Tilton.
Union President Abraham Lincoln computed the estimated electoral college vote in next month’s presidential election to be 120 for the “Union Vote” and 114 for the “Supposed Copperhead Vote.” Lincoln also continued working around the clock to furlough as many soldiers as possible so they could go home and vote.
Major General Sterling Price’s Confederate invasion of Missouri continued, as Price issued a proclamation requesting that citizens join his army and redeem Missouri from illegally gained Federal control.
Fighting erupted at Danville, Missouri, as Price's Confederates attack the town and burn the post office. There was also a skirmish near Glasgow, Missouri, as Price's forces continue to wear down, both in man power and horses.
Skirmishes occur near Fort Smith, Arkansas, and at Adamstown, Maryland.
A skirmish began at the Boca Chica Pass, Texas.
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