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Tuesday April 30 1861
- Robert Selden Garnett, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- President Lincoln orders the Federal troops to evacuate the forts in the Indian Territory, leaving the following Indian Nations under the jurisdiction of the Confederate States:
- Cherokee Indian Nation
- Chickasaw Indian Nation
- Choctaw Indian Nation
- Creek Indian Nation
- Seminole Indian Nation
- Fort Washita, the Indian Territory, is abandoned by Lieut. Col. William H. Emory, 1st US Cavalry, as he Marches his troops north toward Fort Leavenworth, KS.
- Maj. Caleb C. Sibley's, USA, detachment of paroled US troops sail for New York, from Texas.
Wednesday April 30 1862
- Abram Sanders Piatt, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
- The Reorganization of the Union Armies of the Mississippi, with the following command assignments:
- Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, Right Wing
- Maj. Gen. John Pope, Left Wing
- Maj. Gen. John Alexander McClernand, Reserve Wing
- Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, commands Army of the Ohio
- Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, overall 2nd in command
- Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, CSA, moves toward Stauton from Elk Run, near Swift Run Gap, Shenandoah Valley, VA.
Thursday April 30 1863
- Actions at Day's Gap, or Sand Mountain, Crooked Creek, and Hog Mountain, AL, with Col. Abel D. Streight's, USA, raid.
- Attack near Oak Camp, CA, as Indians ambush and capture a US Government pack train about 13 miles from Fort Gaston.
- Skirmish at Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.
- Union troops under Maj. Gen. John McClernand, USA, cross the Mississippi River near Bruinsburg, MS, toward Vicksburg, MS.
- Skirmish at Bloomfield, MO, with Brig. Gen. John S. Marmaduke, CSA.
- Skirmishes at and near Chancellorsville, VA, as Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, USA, and the Army of the Potomac, make camp.
- Skirmish at Raccoon Ford, VA, with Maj. Gen. George Stoneman, USA.
- Skirmish near Spotsylvania Court-House, VA.
- Skirmish at Bridgeport, WV, with Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, CSA.
Saturday April 30 1864
- Mosby Monroe Parsons, C.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
- Skirmish at Decatur, AL, with Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson, USA, Commanding the US Army of the Tennessee.
- The Engagement (Rear-Guard) at Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.
- Brig. Gen. William Read Scurry, CSA, is mortally wounded at the engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, AR, where he bled to death, refusing to be taken from the battlefield to surgeons who probably could have saved his life.
- Brig. Gen. Samuel Allen Rice, USA, is severely wounded at the engagement at Jenkins' Ferry, AR, having his ankle bone shattered by a Confederate minieball.
- Skirmish at Whitmore's Mill, AR, the Camden (AR) Campaign.
- Federal expedition from Memphis, TN, to Ripley, MS, and skirmish (May 2) at Bolivar, TN, with Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, USA. (Apr 30-May 9)
- President Jefferson Davis' son, Joseph, age 5, falls out a second floor window at the Confederate White House, and dies, Richmond, VA.
Sunday April 30 1865
- Federal operations in the vicinity of Brashear City, LA, with skirmishes at:
- Chacahoula (May 3)
- Bayou Black (May 4)
- Bayou Goula (May 9)
- Brown's Plantation (May 11).
(Apr 30-May 12)
- Maj. Gen. Edward R. S. Canby, USA, meets with Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor, CSA, near Mobile, AL, to agree upon an end to hostilities and the surrender of the remaining Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi.
- President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train arrives at Indianapolis, IN.
On This Day information kindly provided by Martin Cross, 2nd U.S. Artillery, Bty B.