ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 9th April

Two more vessels leave New York Harbor, NY, for Fort Sumter, SC, including the US steamer, the USS Baltic.

Action at Owen's River, CA.
Jacksonville, FL, is evacuated by the Union forces.
Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons, MO, State Guard, assumes the command of the Confederate Missouri State Guard.
Federal scout to Shiloh Camp, on Hoyle's Run, near Quincy, MO, and skirmishes; scout to Little Niangua, Hickory County, MO; and scout from Hummansville to Montevallo, Vernon County, MO.
Skirmish at Jackson, MO, with the MO Cavalry Militia.
Federal reconnaissances in front of Yorktown, VA. (Apr 9-11)

Halbert Eleazer Paine, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Hector Tyndale, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Skirmish on the White River, AR.
Operations in West Louisiana. (Apr 9-5)
Union forces cross Berwick Bay, LA. (Apr 9-11)
Skirmish at Sedalia, MO.
Action at Blount's Creek, NC, during Maj. Gen. Daniel Henry Hill's, CSA, siege of Washington, NC.
The Confederate destruction of the Union steamer George Washington, near Beaufort, SC, after her ironclad escort, Hale, runs aground.
Skirmish at Franklin, TN.
Skirmish near the Obion River, at Antioch Station, TN.
Confederate operations against Gloucester Point, VA, are repelled. (Apr 9-14)

Skirmishes on Prairie D'Ane, AR, prevents Maj. Gen. Frederick Steele, USA, from assisting Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA. The Camden (AR) Campaign. (Apr 9-12)
The Engagement at Pleasant Hill, LA, with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, repulsing Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, but effectively halting Banks' Red River Campaign.
Skirmish near Raleigh,TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's, CSA, Cavalry.
Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA, is assigned to the command of the Cavalry Corps, the Dept. of the Ohio, TN.
Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield, USA, assumes the command of the 23rd US Army Corps, the Army of the Cumberland, TN.
Federal offensive plans are laid for a general advance of the Armies of the United States as follows:
- Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, to advance on Mobile, AL.
- Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, the Military Division of the Mississippi, to advance on Georgia, and the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA.
- Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, USA, commanding the Dept. of West Virginia, to advance down the Shenandoah Valley, VA.
- Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, commanding the Army of the James, to advance upon Richmond, VA, from the south side of the James River, VA.
- Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, USA, commanding the Army of the Potomac, to advance upon the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, under Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA.

Federal expedition from Blakely to Claiborne, AL, and skirmish (Apr 11) near Mount Pleasant, the Mobile, AL, Campaign. (Apr 9-17)
The Federal bombardment and the capture of Batteries Huger and Tracy, near Mobile, AL, as Mobile is on the verge of surrender by Maj. Gen. Dabney H. Maury, CSA. (Apr 9-11)
Engagement at Appomattox Court-House, VA, as Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, orders one last assault to break through the Union lines. Initially, Maj. Gens. John Brown Gordon and Fitzhugh Lee, CSA, break through the Union cavalry only to find solid lines of Federal infantry blocking the way.
THE SURRENDER OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA AT APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE. VA. by General Robert Edward Lee. CSA. to Lieut. General Ulysses Simpson Grant. USA, at the Wilbur McLean Residence.
Brig. Gen. Thomas Alfred Smyth, USA, dies near Burkeville, VA, from his deathwound received two days before at Farmville, VA. He is the last Federal General to die from combat wounds in the American Civil War.
President Jefferson Davis, representing the remnants of the Confederate Government, vows to carry on the fight for Southern independence at the new capital of Danville, VA.

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