ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 17th April

Federal re-inforcements from New York, aboard the USS Powhatan, arrive at Fort Pickens, FL.
Secessionists from Maryland meet in Baltimore.
The Governor of Missouri and the States of Tennessee and Kentucky refuse to furnish the quota of militia to the United States as requested by President Abraham Lincoln.
The US steamer, Star of the West, is captured by the troops under Col. Earl Van Dorn, CSA, near Indianola, TX.
The ordnance of secession, by secret ballot, is adopted by the Virginia Convention by a somewhat close vote of 88-55.

Skirmish at Warsaw, MO.
Skirmish at Monterey, TN, near Corinth, MS.
The Confederate capture of about 475 Union refugees at Woodson's Gap, TN, by Maj. Gen. E. Kirby Smith, CSA.
Skirmishes near Falmouth and the occupation (Apr 18) of Fredericksburg, VA, by the Union forces, under Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, USA. (Apr 17-19)
Federal occupation of Mount Jackson, skirmish at Rude's Hill, and the occupation of New Market, VA, by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA.
Skirmish at Piedmont, VA.
Skirmish at Holly River, WV.
Federal expedition from Summerville (Nicholas Court-House) to Addison, WV, as Maj. Ebenezer B. Andrews, 36th OH Infantry skirmishes with bushwackers. (Apr 17-21)

Maj. Gen. Daniel Smith Donelson, CSA, dies at Montevale Springs, TN, from natural causes.
Actions and skirmishes at Lundy's Lane, Cherokee Station, Great Bear Creek, and Barton Station, AL.
The CSS Florida destroys the Commonwealth off the coast of Brazil.
Federal expedition from Saint Martinville to Breaux Bridge and Opelouas, LA. (Apr 17-21)
Skirmish on the Amite River, LA.
Action at Bayou Vermillion, LA.
Brig. Gen. JohnS. Marmaduke's, CSA, Expedition into Missouri. (Apr 17-May 2)
Skirmish on the White River, MO, near Relleford's Mill.
Federal expedition from New Berne to Washington, NC. (Apr 17-19)
Skirmishes at Core Creek, NC, with Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill, CSA. (Apr 17-18)
Col. Benjamin H. Grierson's USA Cavalry Raid from La Grange, TN, to Baton Rouge, LA. (Apr 17-May 2)
Skirmishing takes place generally along the lines during the siege of Suffolk, VA, by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, VA.
Federal expedition from Winchester to Stump's Tannery, VA. (Apr 17-18)

Affair at Flint River, AL, as the Confederates attempt to cutoff a Federal scouting party with limited success, inflicting casualties.
Skirmish in Limestone Valley, AR, where the Federals surprise attack and overrun a Confederate camp.
Skirmish at Red Mound, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.
The Confederate capture of Plymouth, NC, by Brig. Gen. Robert Frederick Hoke, CSA, assisted by the Confederate ram, the CSS Albemarle. (Apr 17-20)
Skirmish at Beaver Creek, NC, on the Kinston Road.
Skirmish at Holly Springs, MS.
Maj. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, USA, is relieved from command of the 16th US Army Corps, and Maj. Gen. C. C. Washburn, USA, is assigned to the command of the District of West Tennessee.
Affair near Ellis' Ford,
Lieut. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, USA, issues a proclamation that from now on P.O.W.'s will only be exchanged or paroled for an equal amount of Union P.O.W.'s.

Federal expedition from Blakely, AL, to Georgetown, GA, and Union Springs, AL, the Mobile, AL, Campaign.
The destruction of the Confederate ironclad gun-boat, the CSS Jackson or the Muscogee, at Columbus, GA, by Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, USA.
Action at the Catawba River, near Morgantown, NC, with Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA.
Meeting at the Bennett House, near Durham Station, NC, to discuss surrender of the Confederate Army, between Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, and Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA.
President Jefferson Davis and his entourage arrive at Salisbury, NC.
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Davies, USA, is assigned to the command of the District of Wisconsin.
President Abraham Lincoln's remains lie in state in the East Room of the White House, Washington, DC.

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