ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 4th December

The Confederate expedition to, and the destruction of, the Bacon Creek Bridge, near Munfordville, KY, by Col. John Hunt Morgan, CSA. (Dec 4-7)
The Confederate raiding party is repulsed by the Union citizens of Dunksburg, MO.
Skirmish at Burke's Station, VA, south of Washington, DC.

Arnold Jones Elsey, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Federal operations about Cane Hill and Reed's Mountain, AR.
Federal operations in Cherokee County, the Indian Territory, including skirmishes with the Pin Indians.
Skirmish in Floyd County, KY.
The capture of Union transports, and skirmishes near Prestonburg, KY. (Dec 4-5)
Affair near Oxford, MS.
Skirmish at Water Valley, MS.
Skirmish on the Franklin Pike, near Holly Tree Gap, TN.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, assumes the command to which he was assigned Nov 24, TN.
The capture of the Union outpost near Stewart's Ferry (or Ford's), Stone's River, TN.
Engagement on the Rappahannock River, near Port Royal, and east of Fredericksburg, VA.
Union forces occupy Winchester, VA.

Nathan Bedford Forrest, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Affair at Ripley, MS, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Skirmish with Indians at Niobrara, the Nebraska Territory.
The Federals bombard Fort Sumter, SC, with over 1,300 rounds the last several days.
Skirmish near Kingston, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign.
Skirmish at La Fayette, TN, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad.
Skirmishes at and near Loudon, TN, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign. (Dec 4-5)
Skirmish at Meadow Bluff, WV.

James Monroe Goggin, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Skirmish at the Little Ogeechee River, GA, the "March to the Sea," Campaign by Maj. Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, including the following skirmishes in Georgia:
Skirmish near Lumpkin's Station, GA.
Skirmish near Statesborough, GA.
Skirmish at Station No. 5, on the Georgia Central Railroad, GA.
The engagement at Waynesborough, GA, as Maj. Gen. Joseph O. Wheeler's, CSA, Confederate cavalry attacks Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Cavalry, under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick who was guarding the Union men who were occupied destroying railroad tracks. Wheeler is eventually driven off.
Skirmish with Indians on Cow Creek, 15 miles east of Fort Zarah, KS, as the Indians attack and capture a 6-mule team and wagon loaded with ammunition for the Fort.
Skirmish on the New Texas road, near Morganza, LA, as Rebels dressed in Federal uniforms fire on the Union pickets.
Action at Bell's Mills, TN.
Skirmish at White's Station, near Memphis, TN, where Union advance guards and flankers charge after withdrawing Rebels, only to find themselves surrounded and made prisoners.
Skirmish near Davenport Church, the Richmond, VA, Campaign.

North Carolina becomes the 25th state to ratify the 13th amendment, abolishing slavery.

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