ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 16th April

Fort Washita, Indian Territory, Chickasaw Indian Nation, is abandoned by the Union forces.
Fort Caswell, at the mouth of the Cape Fear River, NC, and Fort Johnston, at Smithville, NC, are seized by the North Carolina state troops.

The following are appointed Confederate Brigadier Generals:
- John Echols, CSA
- Lewis Henry Little, CSA
- George Earl Maney, CSA
- Jean Jacques Alfred Alexander Mouton, CSA
- Roger Atkinson Pryor, CSA
- John Stuart Williams, CSA
Nathan Kimball, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Tuscumbia, AL, is occupied by the Union forces.
Skirmish on Whitemarsh Island, or Wilmington Island, GA, due to an advance ordered by Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, USA.
Flag Officer Daniel Glasgow Farragut, USN, moves his naval fleet to below Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Mississippi River, near New Orleans, LA, the mortar fleet of Commander David Dixon Porter, USN, as well as Union transports carrying Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's, USA, men, joining Farragut.
Skirmish near Blackwater Creek, MO, with mounted bushwackers.
Skirmish at Savannah, TN.
Skirmish at Columbia Furnace, VA, with Maj. Gen. Banks, USA.
Engagement at Lee's Mill, Burnt Chimneys, or Dam No. 1,VA.
Federal reconnaissance to Liberty Church, VA, as Lieut. Col. Willard Sayles, 1st RI Cavalry, arrests the blacksmith Willis.
Federal reconnaissance to the Rappahannock River, VA, as Maj. Robert C. Anthony, 1st RI Cavalry is forced to retreat, near the blacksmith Willis' home.
The Confederate government prepares to enact the law of conscription of all able bodied men, age 18 to 35 years old, Richmond, VA.

Skirmish at Paris, KY.
Skirmish at Newtown, LA.
The passage of the Vicksburg, MS, batteries by Union gunboats and transports, under Admiral David Porter, USN, including the following: Benton, Carondolet, La Fayette, Louisville, Mound City, Pittsburg, Price, and the Tuscumbia, and the chartered steamer transports, Forest Queen, Henry Clay, and the Silver Wave, which were protected with hay and cotton bales.
Federal expedition from New Berne toward Kinston, NC, in pursuit of the retreating Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, CSA. (Apr 16-21)
Affairs at Hill's and Rodman's Points, NC, after Maj. Gen. Daniel Henry Hill, CSA, ends his siege of Washington, NC.
Skirmish near Eagleville, TN.
Affair on the Pamunkey River, near West Point, VA, including the Confederate cannonading of two Union vessels, inflicting casualties; the vessels retreat down the York River.

Skirmishes about Camden, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign. (Apr 16-18)
Skirmish at Liberty Post-Office, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.
Affair on the Osage Branch of King's River, AR.
The US transport, Hunter, is destroyed in the Saint John's River, FL, after striking a Confederate torpedo, near the wreck of the Maple Leaf.
Skirmish at Salyersville, Eastern KY.
Skirmish at Grand Ecore, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign.
Skirmish at Rheatown, TN.
Affair near Catlett's Station, VA, with some of Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart's, CSA, men.

Skirmish at Crawford, AL, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
Skirmish at Girard, AL, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
Skirmish near Opelika, AL, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
Action at Columbus, GA, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
The Union troops under Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, occupy Columbus, GA.
The Federal attack on Fort Tyler, near West Point, GA.
The Union troops under Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, Cavalry, occupy West Point, GA.
Brig. Gen. Robert Charles Tyler, CSA, is mortally wounded by a Federal sharpshooter, while defending a Confederate earth work on the west side of the town of West Point, GA, called Fort Tyler, against the advancing Federal cavalry under Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
President Jefferson Davis with the remnants of the Confederate government arrive at Lexington, NC.

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