Tuesday January 1 1861

Wednesday January 1 1862

• The Federal Bombardment of Forts McRee and Barranacas, Pensacola Harbor, FL, against Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg, CS A, commanding the Confederate Army of Pensacola, FL.
• The Federal expedition from Morristown to Dayton and Rose Hill, MO, skirmish en route, and the destruction of Dayton, MO, by Lieut. Col. D. R. Anthony, 1st KS Cavalry. (Jan 1-3)
• Engagement at Port Royal Ferry, Coosaw River, SC, with the Confederates removing their batteries.

Thursday January 1 1863

• Affair at Helena, AR, as the Texas Rangers surprise and capture 30 Union pickets without firing a shot. Brig. Gen. Willis A. German, USA, commanding, is furious.
• Skirmish at Bath Springs, MS.
• Skirmish near Clifton, TN, with Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, CSA.
• Skirmishes at Stewart's Creek and La Vergne, TN.
• All is relatively quiet around Stone's River, Murfreesboro, TN.
• The attack on the Federal Blockade fleet and the recapture of Galveston, TX, by Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA, with the capture of the US Gunboat, Harriet Lane, the destruction of the Westfield, while the Clifton, Coryphaeus, Owasco, and the Sachem flee.
• President Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, Washington, DC.

Friday January 1 1864

• Operations in Northeastern Arkansas, including skirmishes at Lunenburg, Sylamore, and on Sylamore Creek. (Jan 1-30)
• Operations against Indians in the Humboldt Military District, CA, where a band of Indians, mostly Hoopas, attacked a miners' camp on Pony Creek, a tributary of New River, taking their winter provisions, rifles, etc., then moving on to Plummer Creek, killing 2 white and 2 Chinamen, wounding 2 other Chinamen, and robbing a store of gold dust, supplies, etc. The next day they attack citizens gathered together, killing 3 whitemen, wounding 2 and another Chinamen, escaping into the wilds. (Jan 1-28)
• The Dept. of Kansas is re-established, (it had been merged into merged into the Dept. of the Missouri, on Sept. 19,1862).
• Operations in Charleston Harbor and vicinity, SC. (Jan 1-Nov 13)
• Skirmish at Dandridge, TN.
• Col. John M. Hugh's, CSA, Operations in Middle Tennessee. (Jan 1-Apr 18)
• Federal expedition from Bealeton through Chester Gap, to Front Royal, VA, braving the tremendous cold weather, picking up some Confederate prisoners, horses, etc. along the way, including the destruction of a tannery and a distillery. (Jan 1-4)
• Skirmish at Rectortown, VA, where Maj. John S. Mosby, CSA, and the 43th VA Cavalry Battalion continue to harass the Federals behind their lines, attacking them at will, seizing Union property whenever possible, repeatedly receiving the gratulations of his superior, Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA.
• Affair at Bunker Hill, WV, as Maj. Gen. Jubal Early's, CSA, boys attack and drive in the Union pickets.

Sunday January 1 1865

• Federal operations against guerrillas in Arkansas, including the 11th US Colored Infantry, and the use of the steamers, Alamo, Annie Jacobs, and the Chippewa, with actions at:
  • Dardanelle, (Jan. 14)
  • Ivey's Ford, (Jan. 17) and skirmish at
  • Boggs' Mills, (Jan. 14), where the Yankees destroy Confederate supplies including 1,200 bushels of wheat near Chickalah.
    (Jan 1-27)
• Skirmish at Bentonville, AR, with Confederate guerrillas.
• The Campaign of the Carolinas, by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, USA. (Jan 1-Apr 26)
• Federal operations on the Canyon City Road, Oregon, with skirmishes with the Snake Indians, including the killing of bucks and squaws who attempted to flee local citizens who demanded they surrender and move to a reservation. (Jan 1-Nov 30)
• The Richmond, Virginia, Campaign Continues, as the last large Confederate army remains on the siege lines at Petersburg, VA. (Jan 1-Apr 3)
• Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, USA, abandons his latest project to blow a hole at Dutch Gap, on the James River, VA, after the large explosion of gunpowder fails.