ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 18th April

The US Army subsistence stores are seized at Pine Bluff, AR.
Maj. Gen. William B. Taliaferro is assigned to the command of the Virginia forces at Norfolk, VA.
The US Armory at Harper's Ferry, WV, is abandoned and burned by its garrison.
Lieut. Col. Robert Edward Lee USA, turns down an offer by President Abraham Lincoln to command the Union forces.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Finegan, CSA, assumes the command of the Confederate Dept. of Middle and East Florida.
The Federal Bombardment and Capture of Forts Jackson and Saint Philip, LA, by Flag Officer David Farragut's gunboats and Commander David Porter's mortar fleet. (Apr 18-28)
Col. Justus Steinberger, 1st Washington Territory Infantry, is assigned to command of the District of the Oregon Territory.
Skirmish at, and the occupation of, Falmouth, VA, across from Fredericksburg, VA, by Maj. Gen. Irvin McDowell, USA.
Federal reconnaissance to the Rappahannock River, VA, under Brig. Gen. John J. Abercrombie, USA.
Skirmish at Chapmanville, WV.

Skirmish at Fayetteville, AR, with Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke's, CSA, raiding party being repulsed.
The destruction of the CSA salt-works near New Iberia, LA.
Skirmishes at New Albany, MS, with Col. Benjamin H. Grierson, USA. (Apr 18-19)
Federal scout through Shannon County, MO.
Federal scout from Salem to Sinking Creek, the Current River, and the Big Creek, MO. (Apr 18-22)
Skirmish at Hartsville, TN, as the Rebels capture much needed beef cattle.
Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to the Coldwater, MS, including action: (Apr 18) at Hernando, and skirmish (Apr 19) at Perry's Ferry. (Apr 18-24)
Affair at Sabine Pass, TX, as the Confederates rout the Union landing party.
Affair near Johnstown, Harrison County, WV, with the Federals.

Samuel Bell Maxey, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
Skirmish near Decatur, AL, where the Confederates repel a Union advance.
Engagement at Poison Spring, about 8 miles from Camden, AR, with Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, CSA, forcing a Union retreat, the Camden (AR) Campaign.
Federal expedition from Burkesville, KY, to Obey's River, TN, with prisoners including one Rebel accused of murdering a Union soldier. (Apr 18-20)
Affair at Hunnewell, MO, as local citizens attempt to fend off some plundering bushwackers with mortalities on both sides.
Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Dept. of North Carolina and Southern Virginia.
Skirmish at Boyken's Mills, SC.

Skirmish at the Double Bridges, over the Flint River, GA, as Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA, and his Union Cavalry presses on.
Skirmish at Pleasant Hill, GA, with Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson, USA.
Skirmish near Taylorsville, KY.
Hostilities between the armies of Generals William T. Sherman, USA, and of Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, are suspended, NC, as a broad agreement is reached that attempts to cross military boundaries and borders on a political plan that will have to be approved by the US Government. (Apr 18-26)
Skirmish 6 miles from Germantown, TN.

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