ACWS - On This Day in the American Civil War 28th May

Federal Naval blockade is established on Savannah, GA, by the USS Union.
Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of Northeastern Virginia.

The Confederate District of West Louisiana is constituted, under the command of Brig. Gen. Paul O. Hebert.
Skirmishes in front of Corinth, MS, Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck, USA, advancing against Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, CSA.
The destruction of the Confederate supplies at Ashland, VA.
The Virginia Central Railroad Bridge, on the South Anna River, VA, is destroyed by Union forces.
Skirmish at Charlestown, WV, with Maj. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA.

Brig. Gen. Edmund Kirby, USA, dies at the age of 23, in a Washington, DC, hospital from wounds received on the second day of the Battle of Chancellorsville, VA, on May 3.
Isham Warren Garrott, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Edmund Kirby, USA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
Skirmish near Fort Gibson, the Indian Territory.
The 54th Massachusetts Volunteers, the first Union regiment comprised of black soldiers, embark from Boston, for Hilton Head, SC, under Col. Robert Shaw, USA.
Skirmish near Austin, MS.
The Confederate Dept. of North Carolina is extended to embrace Petersburg, VA, and the Appomattox River.
Federal scout from Memphis, TN, toward Hernando, MS, with no encounters with the enemy.
Maj. Gen. George L. Hartsuff, USA, assumes the command of the 23rd US Army Corps, TN.

Skirmish near Little Rock, AR.
Skirmish at Washington, AR.
Skirmish with Indians at Big Hat, CA.
Skirmish near Jacksonville, FL.
Confederate reconnaissance under Lieut. Gen. William Hardee, CSA, sustain casualties against Maj. Gen. James McPherson, USA, near Dallas, GA.
The Confederate attack on the Pest House, opposite Port Hudson, LA, where the Rebels destroy medicines, capture the attending physician, destroy telegraph wires and poles toward Baton Rouge, etc.
The destruction and burning of Lamar, MO, by bushwackers.
Skirmish at Pleasant Hill, MO.
Skirmish at Warrensburg, MO.
The Army of Northern Virginia and Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA, arrive from North Anna to the area north of the Chickahominy River and Mechaniscville, near Cold Harbor, in advance of Grant's crossing of the Pamunkey River near Hanovertown, VA.

Bvt. Brig. Gen. George Spalding, USA, 12th Tennessee Cavalry, assumes the command of the District of North Missouri.

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