Thursday, 9 March 1865
Fighting continued at Kinston, North Carolina, as the Battle of Wyse Fork escalates between General Braxton Bragg's Confederates and Federal Major General Jacob D. Cox's Union army.
Confederate cavalry sweeps in to attack a completely surprised Federal cavalry at Monroe's Cross Roads, South Carolina, nearly capturing Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick who allegedly fled without his trousers.
The Federal occupation of Columbia, Virginia, by Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Union troops begins.
Christopher Columbus Andrews, USA, is appointed Major General.
Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, USA, assumes the command of the District of Eastern Arkansas.
Union soldiers scout from Fort Lamed to Coon Creek, Mulberry Creek, then on to Crooked Creek, Kansas, where the Yankees find a friendly village of Arapahoes of Little Raven's band, with many bucks, squaws and papooses. The Federals learn there are a few thousand braves of Comanches, Apaches and Kiowas in the vicinity and deem it advisable not to burn any of the deserted Indian villages they discovered in the area, opting to return back to Fort Larned as quickly as possible.
A skirmish breaks out at Howard's Mills, Kentucky.
Federals scout against partisan guerrillas from Cape Girardeau into Bellinger, Wayne, and Stoddard Counties, Missouri. The Yankees report there "...are a few less agitators in this region..." after the latest expedition with the black flag and taking no prisoners.
Major General George Stoneman, USA, assumes the command of the District of East Tennessee.
Vermont becomes the 17th state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery.
President Abraham Lincoln accepts the resignation of his Secretary of the Interior, John P. Usher, effective May 15. Assistant Secretary William Otto will handle the department until a successor can be named and confirmed.
Fighting continued at Kinston, North Carolina, as the Battle of Wyse Fork escalates between General Braxton Bragg's Confederates and Federal Major General Jacob D. Cox's Union army.
Confederate cavalry sweeps in to attack a completely surprised Federal cavalry at Monroe's Cross Roads, South Carolina, nearly capturing Brigadier General Judson Kilpatrick who allegedly fled without his trousers.
The Federal occupation of Columbia, Virginia, by Major General Philip H. Sheridan's Union troops begins.
Christopher Columbus Andrews, USA, is appointed Major General.
Major General Alexander McDowell McCook, USA, assumes the command of the District of Eastern Arkansas.
Union soldiers scout from Fort Lamed to Coon Creek, Mulberry Creek, then on to Crooked Creek, Kansas, where the Yankees find a friendly village of Arapahoes of Little Raven's band, with many bucks, squaws and papooses. The Federals learn there are a few thousand braves of Comanches, Apaches and Kiowas in the vicinity and deem it advisable not to burn any of the deserted Indian villages they discovered in the area, opting to return back to Fort Larned as quickly as possible.
A skirmish breaks out at Howard's Mills, Kentucky.
Federals scout against partisan guerrillas from Cape Girardeau into Bellinger, Wayne, and Stoddard Counties, Missouri. The Yankees report there "...are a few less agitators in this region..." after the latest expedition with the black flag and taking no prisoners.
Major General George Stoneman, USA, assumes the command of the District of East Tennessee.
Vermont becomes the 17th state to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment to abolish slavery.
President Abraham Lincoln accepts the resignation of his Secretary of the Interior, John P. Usher, effective May 15. Assistant Secretary William Otto will handle the department until a successor can be named and confirmed.
