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Posted on 10/14/14 at 5:11 am to BadLeroyDawg
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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Posted on 10/14/14 at 8:33 pm to BadLeroyDawg
Saturday, 15 October 1864
General Joseph Shelby, unlike M. Jeff Thompson, had a real commission in a real army, and was operating today under the overall command of General Sterling Price’s campaign to re-take the state of Missouri back into the Confederacy, or at any rate out of the Uhands of the Northern invaders. This morning, Shelby, operating on a detached campaign, assaulted the garrison at Sedalia, Missouri. The defending militiamen did not give a very outstanding account of themselves; in the words of one report they “seemed confused.” In the other arm of the campaign, Price’s men occupied the town of Paris, Missouri, and some fighting occurred near Glasgow.
Acting Master's Mate John Woodman completed his third daring and successful reconnaissance of the Confederate position at Plymouth, North Carolina, reporting the CSS Albemarle moored to the wharf as before, and the apparent abandonment of efforts to raise the captured steamer Southfield.
John Patrick Halligan’s submarine, the St. Patrick, is deemed ready for sea trials. A description of the boat closely matches a submarine designed by Lodner Phillips before the War. In a letter from Catesby ap Roger Jones, Commandant of the Naval Gun Foundry and Ordnance Works, Selma, to Major General Dabney Herndon Maury, Confederate States Army, 16 June 1864, regarding the torpedo boat under construction: "...The boat will be launched in a few days. It combines a number of ingenious contrivances, which if experiments show that they will answer the purposes expected, will render the boat very formidable. It is propelled by steam (the engine is very compact), though under water by hand. There are also arrangements for raising and descending at will, for attaching the torpedo to the bottom of vessels, etc. Its first field of operation will be off Mobile Bay, and I hope you may soon have evidence of its success..."
Confederate President Jefferson Davis detached General Braxton Bragg as his chief of staff and sent him to command defenses at Wilmington, North Carolina, which was the Confederacy’s last major seaport.
Funeral services were held for U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who died on 12 October. President Lincoln and other prominent officials attended the funeral.
A Federal expedition began from Bernard Mills, Virginia, to Murfree's Station, Virginia, and a skirmish will occur at the Blackwater, as the Yankees continue to destroy precious and limited Confederate supplies, including slabs of bacon and 40 barrels of apple brandy.
Skirmishes break out at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia, as well as around Bayou Liddell, Louisiana, near Mossy Creek, Tennessee and at Hernando, Mississippi.
General Joseph Shelby, unlike M. Jeff Thompson, had a real commission in a real army, and was operating today under the overall command of General Sterling Price’s campaign to re-take the state of Missouri back into the Confederacy, or at any rate out of the Uhands of the Northern invaders. This morning, Shelby, operating on a detached campaign, assaulted the garrison at Sedalia, Missouri. The defending militiamen did not give a very outstanding account of themselves; in the words of one report they “seemed confused.” In the other arm of the campaign, Price’s men occupied the town of Paris, Missouri, and some fighting occurred near Glasgow.
Acting Master's Mate John Woodman completed his third daring and successful reconnaissance of the Confederate position at Plymouth, North Carolina, reporting the CSS Albemarle moored to the wharf as before, and the apparent abandonment of efforts to raise the captured steamer Southfield.
John Patrick Halligan’s submarine, the St. Patrick, is deemed ready for sea trials. A description of the boat closely matches a submarine designed by Lodner Phillips before the War. In a letter from Catesby ap Roger Jones, Commandant of the Naval Gun Foundry and Ordnance Works, Selma, to Major General Dabney Herndon Maury, Confederate States Army, 16 June 1864, regarding the torpedo boat under construction: "...The boat will be launched in a few days. It combines a number of ingenious contrivances, which if experiments show that they will answer the purposes expected, will render the boat very formidable. It is propelled by steam (the engine is very compact), though under water by hand. There are also arrangements for raising and descending at will, for attaching the torpedo to the bottom of vessels, etc. Its first field of operation will be off Mobile Bay, and I hope you may soon have evidence of its success..."
Confederate President Jefferson Davis detached General Braxton Bragg as his chief of staff and sent him to command defenses at Wilmington, North Carolina, which was the Confederacy’s last major seaport.
Funeral services were held for U.S. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, who died on 12 October. President Lincoln and other prominent officials attended the funeral.
A Federal expedition began from Bernard Mills, Virginia, to Murfree's Station, Virginia, and a skirmish will occur at the Blackwater, as the Yankees continue to destroy precious and limited Confederate supplies, including slabs of bacon and 40 barrels of apple brandy.
Skirmishes break out at Snake Creek Gap, Georgia, as well as around Bayou Liddell, Louisiana, near Mossy Creek, Tennessee and at Hernando, Mississippi.
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