ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 1st September

Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Skirmish near Fort Scott, KS.
Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, based at Cape Girardeau, MO, assumes the command of the Federal forces in Southeastern Missouri.
Skirmish at Bennett's Mills, MO.
Federal expeditions through Jefferson County, MO. (Sep 1-3)
Skirmish at Blue Creek, WV.
Skirmish at Boone Court-House, WV.
Skirmish at Burlington, WV.

Brig. Gen. George William Taylor, USA, dies from wounds received two days before at the Second Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run, VA.
Alfred Holt Colquitt, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Junius Daniel, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Skirmish at Huntsville, AL.
Skirmish at Morganfield, KY.
Skirmish at Tail's Ferry, Kentucky River, KY.
Skirmish at Uniontown, KY.
Skirmish at Putnam, MO.
Skirmishes at Neosho and Spring River, MO.
Maj. Gen. Ormsby M. Mitchel, USA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of the South, SC.
Maj. Gen. John Porter McCown, CSA, assumes the command of the Dept. of East Tennessee.
Skirmish at Britton's Lane, near Denmark, TN, on the Mississippi Central Railroad.
The Proclamation declaring martial law in Texas is annulled.
The Battle of Chantilly, or Ox Hill, VA, concludes the 2nd Battle of Bull Run; Maj. Gen.JPope, USA, retreats towards Washington, DC.
Maj. Gen. Philip Kearny, USA, is instantly killed at the Battle of Chantilly, VA, receiving multiple gunshot wounds after unknowingly riding directly into the Confederate battle line, refusing to be captured, he spurred his horse to flee.
Maj. Gen. Isaac Ingalls Stevens, USA, is instantly killed at the Battle of Chantilly, VA, shot through the head by a Confederate soldier.
Skirmish at Glenville, WV.

The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
- Matthew Calbraith Butler, CSA
- Robert Daniel Johnston, CSA
- William Carter Wickham, CSA
Skirmishes at Will's Creek and at Davis', Tap's, and Neal's Gaps, or Devil's Backbone, AL, the Chickamauga Campaign.
Skirmishes at Devil's Backbone or Backbone Mountain, and at Jenny Lind, AR, as Maj. Gen. James G. Blunt's, USA, advance guard is ambushed on his return from pursuing Brig. Gen. William Steele, CSA.
Fort Smith, AR, since evacuated by Brig. Gen. William L. Cabell, CSA, is now occupied by Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, USA, and his Federal forces.
Federal expeditions from Paducah, KY, and Union City, TN, to Conyersville, TN, and skirmish, (Sep 5). (Sep 1-10)
Federal expedition from Natchez, MS, to Harrisonburg, LA, including skirmishes:
- at Trinity (Sep 2) and
- near Harrisonburg, (Sep 4) and the capture of Fort Beauregard.
  (Sep 1-7)
Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, USA, and the Army of the Cumberland, crosses the Tennessee River, heading for Chattanooga, TN, and Gen. Braxton Bragg, CS A, and the Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Skirmish at Barbee's Cross-Roads, VA, with Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
Skirmish at Corbin's Cross-Roads, VA.
Skirmish at Lamb's Creek Church, near Port Conway, VA.
Skirmish at Leesburg, VA.

Giles Alexander Smith, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Skirmish near Beatty's Mill, AR, with a large force of bushwackers. The Federals capture a lot of Spanish brown, which the bushwackers were using to disguise themselves as Indians.
Skirmish at Fort Smith, AR.
Federal scout against Indians from Camp Grant to the North Fork of the Eel River, CA. (Sep 1-29)
Federal operations in the Trinity River Valley, CA, against Indians committing deprivations on ranchers and settlers in this vicinity. (Sep 1-Dec 3)
The Confederate Army of Tennessee evacuates Atlanta, GA, as Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood, CSA, burns the huge munitions and supply depots, creating fires that burn out of control, burning much of the railroad yards, as he leaves the city.
Federal operations in Johnson County, MO, with skirmish (Sep 1) near Lone Jack, as Yankee attacks exert a deadly toll on guerrillas. (Sep 1-9)
The Confederate attack on, and capture of, Tipton, MO, then fleeing toward Boonville.
Skirmish at Opequon Creek, WV, the Shenandoah Valley, Campaign.

Skirmish with Indians on the east side of the Powder River, the Montana Territory, with little fighting as the Indians flee from the advancing Federals.

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