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Saturday November 30 1861
  • Skirmish at Grand River, or Black Walnut Creek, near Sedalia, MO.
  • Skirmish near the mouth of Little Cacapon River, WV, where bushwackers capture some of Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Kelly's, USA, horses.
Sunday November 30 1862
  • The federal warship, Vanderbilt, fails to capture the CSS Alabama, but instead the CSS Alabama captures and burns the vessel, Parker Cook, near the Leeward Islands, Atlantic Ocean.
  • Skirmish at Chulahoma, MS.
  • Skirmish on the Tallahatchie River, MS, with the destruction of the steamer, New Moon.
  • Federal expedition from Rolla to the Ozark Mountains, MO, and skirmishes. (Nov 30-Dec 6)
Monday November 30 1863
  • Skirmish at Salyersville, KY.
  • Skirmish near Port Hudson, LA.
  • Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou, LA, with Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA.
  • Affair at Charleston, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
  • Federal scouts to New Madrid Bend, TN, to conscript all able-bodied men subject to military duty. During the night, the Confederates conscripted quite a few men from the same area. Both sides seizing horses, saddles, corn, etc. (Nov 30-Dec 3)
  • Skirmish at Yankeetown, TN, where the Federals drive the Confederates across the river, the commanding Federal claiming he would take no prisoners.
  • Federal occupation of Fort Esperanza, Matagorda Bay, TX.
  • Skirmish at Licking Run Bridge, the Mine Run Campaign, VA.
  • Skirmishes along Mine Run, VA.
  • Skirmish near Raccoon Ford, VA, the Mine Run Campaign.
Wednesday November 30 1864
  • Benjamin Jefferson Hill, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • George Lafayette Beal, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • Henry Goddard Thomas, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
  • Skirmish near Dalton, GA.
  • Skirmish at Louisville, GA, with Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.
  • The engagement at Honey Hill, near Grahamville, SC, as the Union expeditionary force from Hilton Head, under Maj. Gen. John G. Foster, USA, commanding the Dept. of the South, and his subordinate, Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch, USA, are repulsed by an inferior Southern force, but with a strong defensive position; the Yankees report 746 casualties.
  • The Battle of Franklin, TN, where Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, USA, repulses repeated Confederate attacks under Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, with very severe fighting near the Gin House, the Carter House, and along the Columbia and Lewisburg Pikes. Schofield withdrawing across the Tennessee River, toward Nashville, TN. Hood continues to pursue Schofield. Total casualties approximate 8,575.
  • Brig. Gen. John Adams, CSA, is mortally at the Battle of Franklin, TN, as he charged the Federal breastworks on his horse.
  • Maj. Gen. Patrick Ronayne Cleburne, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN, as he was leading his troops against the Federals.
  • Brig. Gen. States Rights Gist, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN, killed instantly as he led his troops in a frontal assault on the Federal breastworks.
  • Brig. Gen. Hiram Bronson Granbury, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN, as he led his troops in a frontal assault on the Federal breastworks.
  • Brig. Gen. Otho French Strahl, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN, as he handed rifles up to his men so they could fire down in the Federal works.
  • Brig. Gen. John Carpenter Carter, CSA, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Franklin, TN, as he led his men in a frontal assault on the Federal breastworks.
  • Skirmish at Thompson's Station, TN.
  • Skirmish at Snicker's Gap, VA.
  • Skirmish at Kabletown, WV.
Thursday November 30 1865
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On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.