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Tuesday March 19 1861
  • Fort Clark, TX, is abandoned by the Union forces.
  • Fort Inge, TX, is abandoned by the Union forces.
  • Fort Lancaster, TX, is abandoned by the Union forces.
Wednesday March 19 1862
  • Samuel Jones, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
  • Daniel Phineas Woodbury, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • Federal expedition from Camp Latham to Owen's River, CA, with skirmish with Indians (Apr 9) near Bishop's Creek, in the Owen's River Valley, California. (Mar 19-Apr 28)
  • Col. W.S. Dilworth, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of Florida, vice Trapier, is ordered to Alabama.
  • Federal expedition to Carthage, MO, by Lieut. Col. Powell Clayton, 5th KS Cavalry. (Mar 19-20/)
  • Federal operations in Johnson County, MO, by Brig. Gen. James Totten, USA. (Mar 19-23)
  • Brig. Gen. Joseph R. Anderson, CSA, supersedes Brig. Gen. Richard C. Gatlin, CSA, in the command of the Confederate Dept. of North Carolina.
  • Federal reconnaissance on May River, SC. (Mar 19-24)
  • Skirmish at Strasburg, VA; Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, CSA, causes a Federal retreat, by Brig. Gen. James Shields, USA.
  • Skirmish at Elk Mountain, WV.
Thursday March 19 1863
  • Skirmish on Frog Bayou, AR, with a small Union reconnoitering party besting the Rebel forces.
  • Skirmish at Hazle Green, KY.
  • Skirmish at Mount Sterling, KY.
  • Reconnaissance to False River, LA.
  • The passage of the Grand Gulf, MS, batteries by the Union gunboats, USS Hartford and the USS Monongahela.
  • Federal scout toward Doniphan, MO. (Mar 19-23)
  • Skirmish near College Grove, TN.
  • Skirmish at Liberty, TN, with attack on a Union forage train.
  • Skirmish at Richland Station, TN.
  • Skirmish at Spring Hill, TN, with Brig. Gen. Earl Van Dorn, CSA.
  • Skirmish near Winchester, VA.
  • Maj. Gen. John G. Parke, USA, assumes the command of the 9th US Army Corps, at Newport News, VA, with Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, as his superior.
  • The 1st and 2nd Divisions, 9th US Army Corps, embark at Newport News, VA, for the Dept. of the Ohio, arriving at Bardstown and Lexington, KY via railroad cars through Pennsylvania and Ohio. The 3rd Division left Newport News, VA, for Suffolk, VA. (Mar 19-26)
Saturday March 19 1864
  • Federal expedition from Rolling Prairie to Batesville, AR, with skirmishes, where the Confederates suffer about 50 casualties, with loss of horses, etc. (Mar 19-Apr 4)
  • Skirmish with Indians on the Eel River, CA, where the Yankees kill 2 Indian men and capture 2 squaws.
  • Skirmish on the Cumberland River, KY, with Brig. Gen. Edward H. Hobson, USA, with the loss of life on both sides.
  • Skirmish at Black Bayou, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign.
  • Federal scout from Lexington, toward Jackson, MO, and encounters with guerrillas and bushwackers. (Mar 19-22)
  • Skirmish at Beersheba Springs, TN.
  • Union attack on Laredo, TX. Even though the Federals have superior rifles, the Texans barricade the town and force a Union withdrawal.
  • Federal scout to Salem and Orleans, VA, where Lieut. Col. John S. Mosby, CSA, punishes the Yankees for coming into Mosby's Confederacy.
Sunday March 19 1865
  • Brig. Gen. Thomas Kilby Smith, USA, assumes the command of the District of South Alabama, the Mobile, AL, Campaign.
  • Skirmishes at Welaka and Saunders, FL.
  • Federal scout from Warrensburg to Columbus, MO, with skirmish with guerrillas near Greenton. (Mar 19-23)
  • The Battle of Bentonville, NC, as Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, squares off in front of Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum's Union column. (Mar 19-21)
  • Skirmish at the Neuse River Bridge, near Goldsborough, NC.
  • Skirmishes at and near Cox's Bridge, Neuse River, near Goldsborough, NC, with Maj Gen. John M Schofield's, USA, column of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's, USA, Army, which is Marching towards Goldsborough, NC. (Mar 19-20)
  • Skirmish at Celina, TN.

On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.