Thursday, 30 March 1865
Confederate Lieutenant Charles W. Read takes command of the ram CSS William H. Webb on the Red River, in Louisiana. Read reported to Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory that he found the ship "...without a single gun on board, little or no crew, no fuel, and no small arms, save a few cutlasses." Characteristically, the enterprising officer obtained a 30 Pound Parrott rifle from General Kirby Smith and readied Webb for her bold dash out of the Red River, intended to take her down the Mississippi some 300 miles, past New Orleans, and out to sea.
Skirmishing breaks out at Montevallo, Alabama, with Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops contesting the advance of Brigadier General James H. Wilson's forces.
Federal expeditions maneuver from Baton Rouge to Clinton and the Comite River, Louisiana, including the capture of two Confederate soldiers who had slept in the woods and were enjoying a hot breakfast at the home of a Mrs. Simms. One of the suspected Rebels' grey horse indicates these are likely Confederate Cavalrymen.
Union Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor assumes the command of the District of the Plains, in the Nebraska Territory.
Skirmishes erupt near Five Forks, Virginia, as well as on the line of Hatcher's Run and Gravelly Run in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.
A skirmish occurs near Patterson's Creek, West Virginia, about 10 miles east of Cumberland, Maryland, where a band of partisan guerrillas attacked, captured and robbed a passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The railroad refuses to accept Federal soldiers aboard for protection without receiving any compensation from the Union government.
Confederate Lieutenant Charles W. Read takes command of the ram CSS William H. Webb on the Red River, in Louisiana. Read reported to Secretary of the Navy Stephen Mallory that he found the ship "...without a single gun on board, little or no crew, no fuel, and no small arms, save a few cutlasses." Characteristically, the enterprising officer obtained a 30 Pound Parrott rifle from General Kirby Smith and readied Webb for her bold dash out of the Red River, intended to take her down the Mississippi some 300 miles, past New Orleans, and out to sea.
Skirmishing breaks out at Montevallo, Alabama, with Confederate Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest's troops contesting the advance of Brigadier General James H. Wilson's forces.
Federal expeditions maneuver from Baton Rouge to Clinton and the Comite River, Louisiana, including the capture of two Confederate soldiers who had slept in the woods and were enjoying a hot breakfast at the home of a Mrs. Simms. One of the suspected Rebels' grey horse indicates these are likely Confederate Cavalrymen.
Union Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor assumes the command of the District of the Plains, in the Nebraska Territory.
Skirmishes erupt near Five Forks, Virginia, as well as on the line of Hatcher's Run and Gravelly Run in the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign.
A skirmish occurs near Patterson's Creek, West Virginia, about 10 miles east of Cumberland, Maryland, where a band of partisan guerrillas attacked, captured and robbed a passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The railroad refuses to accept Federal soldiers aboard for protection without receiving any compensation from the Union government.
