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Tuesday November 19 1861
  • Operations in the Indian Territory. (Nov 19-Jan 4, 1892)
  • Engagement at Round Mountain, Indian Territory, with Capt. M. J. Brinson, CSA, 9th Texas Infantry, and Pro-South Cherokee Indians engaging Creek Indians.
  • Maj. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of Missouri.
  • Brig. Gen. George Wright, USA, is formally assigned to the command of the Dept. of the Pacific.
  • Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA, calls upon Tennessee for all the militia and volunteer force than can be armed.
  • Skirmish at Wirt Court-House, WV.
Wednesday November 19 1862
  • George Lucas Hartsuff, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
  • Federal expedition from Grand Junction, TN, to Ripley, MS, to determine Confederate troop strength at Vicksburg, MS. (Nov 19-20)
  • Skirmish near Tompkinsville, KY, with Confederate Cavalry.
  • Skirmish at Tunnel Hill, KY.
  • Skirmish at Pineville, MO.
  • Federal reconnaissance toward La Vergne, TN.
  • Skirmish at Philomont, VA.
Thursday November 19 1863
  • Brig. Gen. William Price Sanders, USA, dies in the Knoxville, TN, hotel, the Lamar, from wounds received the day before.
  • Skirmish near Lawrenceville, AR, at Dr. Green's farm.
  • Federal gunboat demonstration upon Fort Sumter, SC. The Fort holds on. (Nov 19-20)
  • Skirmish at Colwell's Ford, TN.
  • Federal scout from Memphis, TN, to Hernando, MS.
  • President Abraham Lincoln, following the main speaker of the day, Edward Everett, delivers his famous, "Gettysburg Address," in dedication of the fallen at the battle, and of the Federal Cemetery, at Gettysburg, PA.
  • Skirmish at Meriwether's Ferry, near Union City, TN, as the Federals whip the Confederates with Capt. Franklin Moore, 2nd IL Cavalry.
  • Skirmish at Mulberry Gap, TN, as the mounted Federals charge though a Rebel camp, killing and capturing some Confederates.
  • Skirmish near Grove Church, VA.
Saturday November 19 1864
  • Skirmish at Duckett's Plantation, near Paint Rock River, AL.
  • Skirmish at Buck Head Station, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm Sherman.
  • Federal expedition from Terre Bonne to Bayou Grand Caillou, LA, with affair (Nov 23) at Bayou Grand Caillou. (Nov 19-27)
  • Skirmish with Indians, near Plum Creek Station, the Nebraska Territory.
  • With little threat of Confederate intervention, President Abraham Lincoln lifts the Federal blockade of the southern ports at Norfolk, VA, and at Feraandina and Pensacola, FL.
Sunday November 19 1865
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On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.