ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 8th May

The US steamer Baltic, and the USS Constitution, prepare to move the US Naval Academy from Baltimore, MD, to Newport, RI, due to the unrest in Maryland.

Skirmish at Elkton Station, near Athens, AL.
Confederate arsenal at Baton Rouge, LA, is captured by a landing party from the USS Iroquois.
Federal reconnaissance toward Corinth, MS, by Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, USA.
Skirmish at Glendale, near Corinth, MS.
Engagement near McDowell (Bull Pasture Mountain), VA, as Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA, repulses and pursues Brig. Gen. Robert Gumming Schenck, USA, toward Franklin, WV.
Maj. Gen. William W. Loring, CSA, is assigned to the command of the Army of Southwest Virginia.
US Naval demonstration upon Sewell's Point, off Hampton, VA.

Brig. Gen. Leroy Augustus Stafford, CSA, dies at Richmond, VA, from wounds received during the first day of the Battle of the Wilderness, VA, on May 5
Maj. Gen. James Samuel Wadsworth, USA, dies in a Confederate field hospital from his battle wound received May 6, at the Battle of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, VA.
Skirmish 10 miles northeast of Maysville, AR.
Federal demonstration against Resaca, with combats at Snake Creek Gap, Sugar Valley, and near Resaca, GA. (May 8-13)
Federal demonstration against Rocky Face Ridge, with combats at Buzzard Roost or Mill Creek Gap, and Dug Gap, GA.
Skirmish at Bayou Robert, LA, the Red River (LA) Campaign.
The Operations about Spotsylvania Court-House, VA, including combats at the following locations:
- Todd's Tavern (May 8)
- Corbin's Bridge (May 8)
- Alsop's Farm (May 8)
- Laurel Hill (May 8)
- Ny and the Po Rivers (May 10)
- The Angle or the Salient (May 12)
- Piney Branch Church (May 15)
- Harris' Farm (May 19)
- Stanard's Mill (May 21)
- Guiney's Station (May21)
  (May 8-21)
Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early, CSA, is assigned to the command of the 3rd Confederate Army Corps, the Army of Northern Virginia, replacing Lieut. Gen. A. P. Hill, CSA, who has taken ill.
Affair at Halltown, WV, where the Union pickets are attacked.
Skirmish at Jeffersonville, WV, during the Federal operations on the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad.

James Meech Warner, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Federal expedition from Spring Hill, AL, to Baton Rouge, LA. (May 8-22)
Skirmish near Readsville, Callaway County, MO, as bushwackers dressed in Union uniform, try to fool an advancing Yankee command; when that fails, the bushwackers fire and disperse the Union cavalry.
Federal scout against guerrillas in Saline, La Fayette, and Cooper Counties, MO. (May 8-10)
Federal scout from Plum Creek to Midway Station, the Nebraska Territory, against the Indians who attacked the wagon train near Mullahla's Station on May 5. (May 8-20)

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