1862
January 3
Secretary Welles informed Flag Officer Du Pont that he was ordering the USS Flambeau, Lieutenant Temple, from Nassau to Port Royal, South Carolina. Welles further indicated 'should Lieutenant Temple not feel able to retain command of the Flambeau any longer, you will assign some other officer to that vessel and permit Lieutenant Temple to return home.' (ORN)
January 7
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, was relieved of blockading duties off Apalachicola by USS Sagamore, to proceed to Cedar Keys and 'endeavor to capture or destroy a small armed steamer or schooner said to be at that place.' The Hatteras was the only vessel in the squadron with a draft shallow enough to allow her to operate in the area. (ORN)
January 9
Flag Officer D. G. Farragut was appointed to command the Western Gulf Blockading Squadron -- the beginning of the New Orleans campaign. (NavHist)
January 13
Flag Officer Charles H. Bell, commanding US Naval Forces, Pacific Ocean, reported on his pending departure from Panama Bay for San Francisco, leaving USS Cyane, Commander Bissell, in place of USS Lancaster. (ORN)
January 16
Gunfire and boat crews, including marines, from USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, destroyed a Confederate battery, seven small vessels loaded with cotton and turpentine ready to run the blockade, a railroad depot and wharf, and the telegraph office at Cedar Keys, Florida. A small detachment of Confederate troops from the Fourth Florida Regiment was taken prisoner from Depot Key. Four of the prisoners had the measles, and Commander Emmons paroled them, believing they might not survive prison. Brigadier General J. H. Trapier (CSA), in his report of the incident, said 'I must not omit to mention a circumstance which reflects high credit upon Commander Emmons. Three negroes escaped from the key and went out to his steamer; they were all ordered back forthwith.' (ORN)
January 16
Seven armored river gunboats were commissioned, thus providing the naval force for the overwhelming combined operations in the west. (NavHist)
January 18
Flag Officer Charles H. Bell, commanding US Naval Forces, Pacific Ocean, indicated that Commander Bissell, commanding USS Cyane, reports everything is quiet at Panama and Aspinwall. (ORN)
January 19
Samuel Whiting, US Consul at Nassau, informed Secretary of State Frederick W. Seward of the departure of the US gunboat Flambeau, Temple commanding, for Port Royal, South Carolina. The previous day, the rebel steamer Carolina (renamed Kate) arrived. Whiting said that 'Carolina, while coming up this harbor yesterday, ran between the Eliza Bonsall and the Flambeau, and dipped her colors (rebel) to the Confederate ally; and Captain Temple said in this consulate, and in the presence of several American captains, that 'had he seen it he would have answered the salute.' Dip the stars and stripes to the rebel rag! I told him that I would sooner hack my hand off than be guilty of such an act.' (ORN)
January 23
US Storeship Supply, Commander Colvocoresses, departed Ship Island, bound for New York, with the officers and crew of the captured Confederate schooner Lizzie Weston. (ORN)
January 23
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, was ordered to proceed from Ship Island to Berwick Bay, to relieve USS Montgomery, Lieutenant commanding James E. Jouett, and assume command of the blockade in that place. (ORN)
January 27
Egbert H. Allis, Brookfield, is appointed Acting Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Navy (profile)
January 29
US Storeship Supply, Commander Colvocoresses, captured schooner Stephen Hart south of Sarasota, Florida, with cargo of arms and munitions. (ORN)
January 31
USS Cyane, Commander Bissell, on station at Panama, was ordered to proceed to Valparaiso, Chile, 'where you will obtain from our consul, or such other sources on which you may depend, every information connected with the safety of our commerce on this coast' from marauders 'suspected of fitting out vessels to rob our commerce on the high seas.' (ORN)
February 1
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 1
Commander Emmons, commanding USS Hatteras, reported his arrival on blockading station off Atchafalaya Bay, La., and his encounter with the Confederate steamer Mobile. (ORN)
February 5
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 6
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 6
Naval forces under Flag Officer A. H. Foote captured strategic Fort Henry on the Tennessee River. This breached the Confederate line and opened the flood gates for the flow of Union power deep into the South. (NavHist)
February 7
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 7
Joint amphibious expedition under Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough and Brigadier General A. E. Burnside captured Roanoke Island -- the key to Albemarle Sound. (NavHist)
February 8
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
February 10
USS Flambeau, Lieutenant Commanding Temple, having coaled, sailed from Key West for Nassau to intercept the Confederate steamer Gladiator, which had been noted in Nassau at the beginning of January.' (ORN)
February 12
7th Regiment mustered into U. S. service. (Dyer)
February 14
Gunboats under Flag Officer A. H. Foote attacked Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in conjunction with troops under Brigadier General U. S. Grant. The fort capitulated on the 16th. (NavHist)
February 18
8th Regiment mustered into U. S. service. (Dyer)
February 18
1st Battery organized at Brattleboro and mustered in (Dyer)
March 1
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 2
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 3
Forces under Flag Officer S. F. Du Pont took Fernandina, Florida, and the surrounding area in joint operations against the South Atlantic coast. (NavHist)
March 4
Casper H. Dean, 6th Regiment, wrote to his father about money issues (Correspondence)
March 4
8th Regiment departed Brattleboro for New York (Dyer)
March 6
1st Battery departs Brattleboro for New York (Dyer)
March 8
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 8
Ironclad ram CSS Virginia, Captain F. Buchanan, destroyed wooden blockading ships USS Cumberland and Congress in Hampton Roads. (NavHist)
March 9
The 8th Regiment leaves New York on the ships 'Wallace' and 'James Hovey,' with sealed orders, which, on being opened at sea, directed the troops to report to General Phelps at Ship Island, in the Gulf of Mexico. (Peck)
March 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 9
USS Monitor, Lieutenant J. L. Worden, engaged CSS Virginia, Lieutenant C. ap R. Jones, in the historic first battle of ironclads. (NavHist)
March 10
The 7th Regiment left 'Rutland for New York City, where it embarked on two old-fashioned sailing ships, ill adapted for the transportation of troops, with sealed orders to proceed to sea. Upon opening the orders, it was learned that the destination of the regiment was Ship Island, Miss.' (Peck)
March 10
The 2nd Regiment 'moved from Camp Griffin, where it had remained during the winter doing picket duty and drilling, and took up the line of march to Centerville.' (Peck)
March 10
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 10
1st Battery sailed from New York City on steamer "Wallace" (Dyer)
March 11
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 12
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 13
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 14
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 14
Joint amphibious assault under Commander S. C. Rowan and Brigadier General A. E. Burnside captured New Bern, North Carolina -- 'an immense depot of army fixtures and manufactures, of shot and shell...' (NavHist)
March 15
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 16
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 17
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
March 17
CSS Nashville, Lieutenant R. B. Pegram, ran the blockade out of Beaufort, North Carolina -- a 'Bull Run of the Navy.' (NavHist)
March 19
8th Regiment departed New York for Ship Island, MS, arriving there April 6. (Dyer)
March 20
Ordered to report to Major-General Fitz John Porter, and move to Fortress Monroe and join McClellan's Army of the Potomac. (Peck)
March 23
'Took transport at Alexandria for Fortress Monroe,' landed the next day 'and moved out to Newport News on the James River.' (Peck)
April 2
2nd Regiment 'moved with the army up the peninsula, taking part in the fights at Young's Mills, Lee's Mills and Williamsburg, beside some skirmishing with the enemy.' (Peck)
April 4
USS Carondelet, Commander H. Walke, dashed past Confederate batteries on Island No. 10 to support Major General J. Pope's assault on the island. (NavHist)
April 5
1st Battery arrived at Ship Island, LA (Dyer)
April 7
Island No. 10, vital to the Confederate defense of the upper Mississippi, surrendered to the naval forces of Flag Officer A. H. Foote. (NavHist)
April 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 12
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 13
After the army reached White House Landing, the Sixth Corps was formed, and the brigade was assigned as the Second Brigade of the Second Division, and remained in that organization until the end of the war. (Peck)
April 13
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 14
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 14
Commander Bissell, commanding USS Cyane, reported on an apparently abandoned scheme to fit out Confederate privateers in Valparaiso, Chile. (ORN)
April 15
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 16
Captain Samuel E. Pingree, Co. F, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
April 16
Drummer Julian A. Scott, Co. E, 3rd VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
April 16
First Sergeant Edward A. Holton, Co. I, 6th VVI, , was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
April 17
1st Cavalry 'charged through the little village of Mount Jackson and drove Ashby's cavalry for more than a mile to the North Fork of the Shenandoah, where the enemy set fire to the bridge, hoping to cut off further pursuit.' (Peck)
April 17
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 18
Casper H. Dean, 6th Regiment, wrote to his father about the battle of Lee's Mill, two days prior. (Correspondence)
April 18
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 20
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 21
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 22
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 24
Flag Officer D. G. Farragut's fleet ran past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, destroyed the defending Confederate flotilla below New Orleans, and, next day, compelled the surrender of the South's largest and wealthiest city. (NavHist)
April 27
1st Cavalry engaged at Port Republic, Va. (see battles)
April 28
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
April 29
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 1
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured schooner Magnolia near Berwick Bay, La., with cargo of cotton. (ORN)
May 2
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 3
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 4
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 5
1st Sharpshooters, engaged or present at Williamsburg, Va. (see battles)
May 5
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 6
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 7
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 8
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 10
Confederates destroyed the Norfolk and Pensacola Navy Yards in actions caused by the forced Southern withdrawal from her coasts. (NavHist)
May 11
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the steamer Governor A. Mouton off Berwick Bay, Louisiana. (ORN)
May 11
CSS Virginia was blown up by her crew off Craney Island to prevent her capture by advancing Union forces. (NavHist)
May 12
The 8th Regiment arrived at New Orleans, and went immediate into quarters in the Mechanic's Institute building. (Peck)
May 15
The James River Flotilla under Commander J. Rodgers advanced unsupported to within eight miles of Richmond before being turned back at Drewry's Bluff by batteries manned in part by Confederate Navy and Marine personnel. (NavHist)
May 16
1st Battery moved from Ship Island to Camp Parapet, Defenses of New Orleans, LA, remaining there until January 17, 1863. (Dyer)
May 17
Robert Whitney, 4th Regiment, was sent to Carver Hospital, DC, suffering from chronic diarrhea (biography)
May 17
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the sloop Poody off Vermilion Bay, Louisiana. (ORN)
May 18
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 19
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 20
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 21
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
May 24
1st Cavalry engaged at Middletown, Va. (see battles)
May 24
Rev. Charles S. Hale of Brandon, a young Episcopal clergyman, was appointed chaplain, in place of Chaplain Simons who had resigned in March. (Benedict)
May 25
1st Cavalry engaged at Winchester, Va. (see battles)
May 31
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 1
Brigadier General Oliver Otis Howard, U.S. Volunteers, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
June 1
General Robert E. Lee replaces Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia. (LoC)
June 1
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 2
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 6
Gunboats under Captain C. H. Davis and rams under Colonel C. R. Ellet Jr., destroyed the upper Mississippi portion of the Confederate River Defense Fleet under Captain J. E. Montgomery at the Battle of Memphis. The Tennessee city surrendered. (NavHist)
June 17
Four vessels under Commander A. H. Kilty, USS Mound City, including Lieutenant George M. Blodgett's side-wheel steamer Conestoga, attacked two batteries at St. Charles, on the White River, Arkansas; the first was carried by the gunboats, and the second by troops from the 46th Indiana Infantry. Mound City was struck by a 32-pounder, which penetrated the post casemate, tearing through four men; passed through the steam drum and heater;' After the engagement, Lieutenant W. McGunnegle, gunboat St. Louis, reported that Lieutenants Shirk, gunboat Lexington, and Blodgett 'rendered every assistance in the power of men. For their skill and bravery in action and the energy displayed by them to assist the wounded [of the USS Mound City], they are deserving of the highest honors.' (ORN)
June 18
'The following despatch from the Adjutant-General of the Army was received by the Governor of Vermont: 'We are in pressing need of troops. How many can you forward immediately.' (Haynes)
June 18
First Lieutenant Horatio B. Lowry, US Marine Corps, USS Wabash, Port Royal, S.C., received the following orders: 'You will please take passage in the Hope and report to Commander Marchand, on the James Adger, senior officer off Charleston. Commander Marchand will, agreeably to orders forwarded by the Hope, place on board of the Hale and Henry Andrew the marine guards of the James Adger, Keystone State, and Alabama, of which you will assume the command, and with which you will proceed to Georgetown, S.C., and report to Commander Prentiss, of the Albatross, for special service in the neighboring waters. When your services and those of the marines can be dispensed with the marines will be returned to their respective ships and you will resume your duties on board the Wabash.' (ORN)
June 19
Eight companies of the 7th Regiment, 'with three other regiments and a light battery, comprising altogether about 3,500 men, embarked on transports to take part in a foolhardy expedition against Vicksburg, conceived by General Butler.' (Peck)
June 19
7th Regiment was present or engaged at the siege of Vicksburg, MS through July 4. (see battles)
June 22
8th Regiment at Raceland, LA (Dyer)
June 22
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 23
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 25
The Governor replied to the Secretary of War: 'The Ninth Regiment is nearly full, and will be ready for marching orders in some ten days. Probably the Tenth could be recruited in some forty or fifty days from this date. If the Government needs the Tenth Regiment, and you make direct requisition for it, we will raise it.' The War Office thundered back: 'Organize your Tenth Regiment.' (Haynes)
June 25
The Governor replied to the Secretary of War: 'The Ninth Regiment is nearly full, and will be ready for marching orders in some ten days. Probably the Tenth could be recruited in some forty or fifty days from this date. If the Government needs the Tenth Regiment, and you make direct requisition for it, we will raise it.' The War Office thundered back: 'Organize your Tenth Regiment.' (Haynes)
June 26
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
June 26
1st Brigade, engaged or present at Golding's Farm, Va. (see battles)
June 26
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
June 26
7th Regiment at Pearlington, Miss. (Dyer)
June 26
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 27
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 28
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 28
Flag Officer D. G. Farragut's fleet successfully passed the heavy Vicksburg batteries; three days later, 1 July, his forces were joined by those of Flag Officer C. H. Davis: the fresh and salt-water fleets met for the first time. (NavHist)
June 29
5th Vermont Infantry, 'at Savage's Station, June 29, 1862, suffered the greatest loss, in killed and wounded, of any Vermont regiment in any one engagement. It this battle, with not over four hundred muskets, it lost 188 officers and men in half an hour--company E losing 44 men killed and wounded out of fifty-nine, 25 of whom were killed or mortally wounded. It was here that five Cummings brothers, and one cousin, of company E, were all killed or wounded, only one of the six recovering from his wounds.' (Peck)
June 29
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
June 29
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
June 30
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
June 30
1st Brigade, engaged or present at White Oak Swamp, Va. (see battles)
June 30
Lieutenant-Colonel William Y. W. Ripley, 1st USSS, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
June 30
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 1
Flag Officer L. M. Goldsborough's fleet covered the withdrawal of Major General G. B. McClellan's army after the battle of Malvern Hill. (NavHist)
July 2
1st Cavalry engaged at Luray Court House, VA (see battles)
July 2
Commander Geo. A. Prentiss, USS Albatross, Winyah Bay, reported: On the 24th ultimo we passed the bar with 11 feet of water and entered the South Santee… Passing … Blake's plantation, we were fired upon by artillery, riflemen, and cavalry; the shots passed over and near the Henry Andrew, the sternmost vessel. We turned back, shelled them into the woods, landed the marines and a party of seaman, burned the mill and dwellings that harbored them, together with about 100,000 bushels of rice. Lieutenant Lowry threw out skirmishers and advance cautiously into the adjoining woods, when he was attacked by the rebels in force. He retreated, fighting, as directed by me, under the cover of the steamers. A marine was wounded in the leg and a number of others had very narrow escapes.' (ORN)
July 3
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the schooner Sarah bound for Sabine Pass, Texas, with cargo of sugar and molasses. (ORN)
July 5
Casper H. Dean, 6th Regiment, wrote to his brother from camp near the James River (Correspondence)
July 5
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the sloop Elizabeth off the Louisiana coast. (ORN)
July 6
Paymaster Dunn was sent to St. Louis, from Cairo, Ill., to get paymasters for the gunboats Sumter, Mound City and Bragg, 'as it is very important to have a paymaster on board to receive the accounts of the men, the provisions, etc.,' according to Fleet Captain A. M. Pennock. (ORN)
July 7
7th Regiment at Grand Gulf, Miss. (Dyer)
July 8
7th Regiment engaged mortar boats at Vicksburg, Miss. (see battles)
July 9
The 9th Regiment mustered into the service of the United States July 9, 1862, for three years, with 920 officers and men. (Peck)
July 10
1st Cavalry engaged at Culpeper Court House, Va. (see battles)
July 14
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 15
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 15
CSS Arkansas, Lieutenant I. N. Brown, engaged and ran through the Union fleet above Vicksburg, partially disabling USS Carondelet and Tyler. (NavHist)
July 16
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 16
David Farragut promoted to Rear Admiral, the first officer to hold that rank in the history of the US Navy. (NavHist)
July 17
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 18
Casper H. Dean, 6th Regiment, wrote to his father from camp near Harrison's Landing, VA about sickness at home and in the camp (Correspondence)
July 19
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the rebel steamer Indian No. 2, on her way from the Sabine to Berwick Bay, with a cargo of bacon, lard and flour. (ORN)
July 22
7th Regiment engaged in attack on Transport Cars, Warrington, Miss. (see battles)
July 23
Extract from the report of Commander Renshaw, US Navy, commanding division of Mortar Flotilla, regarding the operations of his command: '… Acting Assistant Surgeon E. H. Allis … for kind and unremitting attention to the sick…' (ORN)
July 24
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 25
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
July 25
The first section [of the Second Battery, Vermont Light Artillery] went on an expedition under Major Peck, of the Twelfth Connecticut, to Lake Pontchartrain, embarked on the [side-wheel] steamer Grey Cloud to Pass Manach, where we destroyed a railroad bridge; from thence to and up the Madison River about seven miles, where we were fired into by guerrillas, which were scattered by a few rounds of canister. After visiting St. Louis Bay and other points we returned to Camp Parapet.' Major Frank H. Peck reported that five companies of his regiment and a section of Captain P. E. Holcomb's battery embarked Grey Cloud, commanded by Lieutenant Buchanan, US Navy, on the evening of July 25. The next morning, as the vessel approached the bridge at Pass Manach, Captain Holcomb fired the first shot, a shell from his Sawyer gun, which scared off a rebel scout living in one of the houses near the bridge. After destroying the bridge, the expedition sailed up the Tchefuncta River to Covington. After a short visit, as the gunboat was leaving, a volley of musketry came from the bushes covering the river bank. 'Captain Holcomb almost instantly sent a charge of canister after them, and Lieutenant Buchanan brought his 32-pounders to bear with terrible effect.' As the vessel passed down the river, they used Captain Holcomb's 20-pounder Parrott as well as the ship's guns, to chase away rebels hiding along the banks of the river. Major Peck concluded his report by indicating Captain Holcomb's 'large experience in service of this character has been of great assistance to me.' (ORN)
July 28
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, captured the rebel brig Josephine off Ship Shoal, out of New Orleans, bound for Havana, with 322 bales of cotton. (ORN)
August 2
1st Cavalry engaged at Orange Court House, Va. (see battles)
August 5
The 7th Regiment 'took a conspicuous and highly meritorious part in the battle [of Baton Rouge]... In addition to other losses, it had the great misfortune to lose its beloved and heroic Colonel, George T. Roberts, who died two days later from wounds received while gallantly discharging his duties at the most critical stage of the action.' (Peck)
August 5
Colonel George T. Roberts, commanding the 7th Regiment, was mortally wounded at Baton Rouge, LA (Benedict)
August 7
Colonel Roberts, 7th Regiment, died of his wounds. (Benedict)
August 10
Report of Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, U.S. Army, commanding the Department of the Gulf of engagement at Baton Rouge, La. (5 Aug) (Benedict)
August 14
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, blockading Berwick Bay, requested a port call for coal and supplies and repairs to her condenser. (ORN)
August 20
1st Cavalry engaged at Kelly's Ford, Va. (see battles)
August 22
1st Cavalry engaged at Waterloo Bridge, Va. (see battles)
August 22
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
August 23
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
August 24
Commander R. Semmes assumed command of celebrated raider CSS Alabama. (NavHist)
August 25
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. No. 62½, DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, reporting the death of Colonel Roberts, and criticizing the regiment for its actions in the Battle of Baton Rouge, La. (Benedict)
August 26
Franklin Buchanan promoted to Admiral, ranking officer in the Confederate Navy. (NavHist)
August 27
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
August 28
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp Bradley, Brattleborot till later.' (more)
August 29
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp Bradley, Brattleboro (more)
August 30
1st Cavalry engaged at 2nd Bull Run, VA (Manassas) (see battles)
September 1
The 10th Regiment mustered into U. S. service. (Peck)
September 1
11th Regiment Mustered into U. S. service. (Dyer)
September 2
At a special town meeting, the town of Morristown 'voted to pay fifty dollars as a special bounty to each volunteer who served in the armies of the United States for nine months, one-half payable when he Mustered in and the rest when mustered out and 'extra pay of seven dollars per month if the present law did not secure the same or the state pay it.' (Mower 143)
September 4
8th Regiment at Boutte Station and Bayou Des Allemands. LA (Dyer)
September 4
Private Lewis J. Ingalls, Co. K, 8th VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
September 6
10th Regiment departed Brattleboro for Washington. (Dyer)
September 6
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp Bradley (more)
September 6
The 1st Brigade broke camp along the Potomac River and marched across Long Bridge, through Washington and Georgetown, to Tenallytown, three miles north of Georgetown, where the Sixth Corps halted that night. (Benedict)
September 7
At Cairo, Illinois, Commodore C. H. Davis, Commanding Mississippi Flotilla, onboard the flag-ship Eastport, ordered Paymaster Dunn, after completing some unspecified business in St. Louis, to proceed to Washington, to report directly to Secretary Gideon Welles, to 'disentangle and resolve the difficulties' created by soldiers transferred from the Army of the Potomac to the gunboat flotilla without statements of their accounts, which resulted in significant pay discrepancies for these soldiers turned sailors. Davis selected Dunn because his 'position as paymaster, having had a general supervision of the books and accounts of the acting paymasters of the flotilla, had fully qualified you to answer all questions of transfer that may arise under the head of pay and subsistence.' Dunn also carried back to Washington Davis' thoughts on recently received regulations regarding the admission of volunteer line officers into the Navy on temporary service as it applied to the Western Flotilla. (ORN)
September 8
10th Regiment arrived in Washington. (Dyer)
September 9
10th Regiment went into quarters at Camp Chase, near Arlington Heights (Dyer)
September 9
Captain Melancton Smith, USS Mississippi, , 'rescued from the right bank of the river on my return a lieutenant of the Eighth Vermont Regiment, who was worn out by the fatigue of traveling and nearly famished, and who had escaped capture by the rebel force that captured the Federal pickets stations at Bayou des Allemands. (ORN)
September 10
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, spoke the American Ship Charles Sprague, in ballast, from Vera Cruz, bound to New Orleans. The vessel had lost a mate and one man; yellow fever was suspected. (ORN)
September 10
Colonel Smalley's leave of absence from the regular army was revoked, and he resigned from the regiment, replaced by now Colonel Lewis A. Grant. (Benedict)
September 11
At the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain, near Barnesville, Md., distinct proof of the presence of the enemy in the vicinity was afforded by a skirmish in front with a reconnoitring force of Confederate cavalry and infantry, which retired before the Union advance. The brigade was ordered into line but was not engaged. (Benedict)
September 12
Marched over the mountain and camped that night near the Baltimore & Ohio R.R. (Benedict)
September 13
9th Regiment was engaged or present at Harper's Ferry, Va. (see battles)
September 13
The brigade moved to Adamstown, on the Baltimore & Ohio R.R., eight miles south of Frederick City. A copy of Special Order 191 was found by a piece of rare good fortune in the abandoned amp of General D. H. Hill, near that city, was placed in McClellan's hands. (Benedict)
September 13
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 13
USS Hatteras, Commander Emmons, boarded the Mexican schooner Jicaltipec, from Matamoras, bound to New Orleans. The vessel was in distress. He furnished them water and provisions, repaired their rudder and parted company the next day. Jicaltipec had six US soldiers who had escaped from prison in Texas. (ORN)
September 14
1st Brigade engaged at Crampton's Gap, MD (see battles)
September 14
9th Regiment was engaged or present at Harper's Ferry, Va. (see battles)
September 14
First Lieutenant George W. Hooker, Co. E, 6th VVI, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
September 14
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 15
9th Regiment captured at Harper's Ferry, VA (see battles)
September 17
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
September 17
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
September 17
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
September 17
1st Brigade engaged at Antietam, MD (see battles)
September 18
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
September 19
Private Cassius Peck, Co. F, 1st USSS, was awarded the Medal of Honor for action on this date. (more)
September 19
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 20
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 21
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
September 22
1st Cavalry engaged at Ashby's Gap, Va. (see battles)
September 22
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation (Lincoln)
September 22
President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in the midst of the Civil War, announcing on September 22, 1862, that if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states would be free. (Lincoln)
September 22
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 23
The preliminary text of the Emancipation Proclamation is published as a result of the Union victory at Antietam. (LoC)
September 23
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 24
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 25
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 25
USS Kensington and Rachel Seaman and mortar schooner Henry James bombarded Sabine City, Texas, and forced Confederate troops to withdraw from the city. (NavHist)
September 26
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 27
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 28
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 29
9th Regiment was engaged or present at Chapin's Farm, Va. (see battles)
September 29
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
September 30
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
October 1
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 1
The Western Gunboat Fleet was transferred from the War Department to the Navy. (NavHist)
October 2
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 3
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 3
Naval forces under Commander William B. Renshaw in USS Westfield, including USS Harriet Lane., Owasco, Clifton, and mortar schooner Henry Janes, bombarded and captured the defenses of the harbor and city of Galveston. Six days later, Galveston formally surrendered to Renshaw. Rear Admiral David G. Farragut reported 'I am happy to inform you that Galveston, Corpus Christi, and Sabine City and the adjacent waters are now in our possession. ... All we want, as I have told the Department in my last dispatches, is a few soldiers to hold the places, and we will soon have the whole coast.' The failure to have a sizeable effective Marine Corps to send ashore in conjunction with fleet operations reduced considerably the effectiveness of the Navy and may have lengthened the war. (ORN)
October 4
12th Regiment mustered into U. S. service. (Dyer)
October 4
George Benedict, 12th Regiment: 'yesterday afternoon was rendered memorable by our first knapsack drill. The orders were for a review of the regiment, fully equipped, with knapsacks packed. The overcoat was accordingly folded and placed within the knapsack; the change of underclothing, socks, etc., ditto; and the woolen blankets rolled tightly within the rubber blanket and then strapped on the top. The whole concern, with the straps, weighs on an average about thirty-five pounds, and there goes science, let me tell you, to the production of a skillfully packed knapsack.' (Army Life)
October 5
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
October 5
George Benedict, 12th Regiment: 'the review by Gov. Holbrook and inspection yesterday, was not as tedious as we expected. One man of our company fainted and two or three fell out before it was over; but most of the men agreed that it was on the whole an easier job than that of the day before.' (Army Life)
October 5
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 7
12th Regiment departed Brattleboro for Washington, arriving October 10. (Dyer)
October 7
Two cutters from USS Montgomerysent to investigate the steamer Blanche, which had beached nine miles from Havana, Cuba. After the crew of the first cutter, in charge of Acting Master Charles G. Arthur, had boarded the suspected blockade runner, Acting Ensign William O. Putnam, on the second cutter, noticed the vessel was on fire, raised the alarm, and managed to rescue several members of Montgomery's crew, as well as some members of the Blanche's crew. (ORN)
October 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
October 10
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
October 10
13th Regiment mustered into U. S. service. (Dyer)
October 10
George Benedict, 12th Regiment, on the arrival of the regiment in Washington: The behavior of the regiment throughout the whole journey, elicited expressions of surprise and praise from the railroad and steamboat men and the citizens of every place at which we stopped. One of the managers of the Relief Association at Philadelphia said to me: "We have a good many regiments through here-thirteen this week, and on an average two regiments a day, now-a-days-and I think I have never seen a regiment of a thousand such universally well-behaved, orderly and gentlemanly men." (Army Life)
October 10
12th Regiment in camp on East Capitol Hill, Washington, until October 30. (Dyer)
October 10
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 10
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
October 11
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 12
George Benedict, 12th Regiment, on visitors to camp: 'We have already been visited by many of our friends of other regiments-by Quartermaster Dewey, Capt. Erhardt, Sergeant Morse and other of the First Vt. Cavalry, whose camp is across the river; by several from the Eleventh Vt., which is in camp about four miles away, by Lieut. Carey, of the 13th Mass., which fine regiment, once of 1100 men, has now 700 in hospital, sick and wounded, and is reduced by losses (in battle mainly) to 191 effective men; by Lieut. "Willie" Root, of the 22d Conn., which was in camp close by us yesterday, but to-day has struck tents and moved away to Chain Bridge; and by others, whose brown and hearty faces it was pleasant to see.' (Army Life)
October 12
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 13
Letter from Governor Frederick Holbrook to Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, demanding a court of inquiry in regards to Maj.-Gen. Butler's General Orders 62, criticizing the regiment for their action at the Battle of Baton Rouge. (Benedict)
October 13
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 14
George Benedict, 12th Regiment: 'We are for the present attached to Gen. Casey's Division of the Reserved Army Corps for the Defence of Washington, and it is the general impression among the men that we may remain here for some weeks.' (Army Life)
October 15
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 16
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 17
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
October 17
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 18
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 18
Commander Emmons was ordered to leave USS Hatteras, and assume command of USS R. R. Cuyler. (ORN)
October 19
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 20
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 21
14th Regiment organized at Brattleboro October 21, 1862, for nine months. (Dyer)
October 21
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 22
14th Regiment traveled to Washington, October 22-25. (Dyer)
October 22
15th Regiment was organized at Brattleboro and mustered in. (Dyer)
October 22
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 23
A Board of Inquiry is ordered regarding the discipline and efficiency of the regiment at the Battle of Baton Rouge, published as Special Order 462, Headquarters Department of the Gulf by R. S. Davis, Captain and acting Adjutant-General. (Benedict)
October 23
16th Regiment organized and mustered in at Brattleboro. (Dyer)
October 23
15th Regiment traveled to Washington, October 23-26 (Dyer)
October 23
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 24
16th Regiment traveled to Washington, D.C., October 24-27. (Dyer)
October 24
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 25
14th Regiment was at Camp Chase, Arlington, Virginia, October 25-28 (Dyer)
October 25
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 25
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 26
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 26
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 27
9th Regiment was engaged or present at Fair Oaks, Va. (see battles)
October 27
16th Regiment camped at East Capitol Hill, Washington, until October 30, 1862. (Dyer)
October 27
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
October 28
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 29
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
October 30
15th Regiment marched from East Capitol Hill to Munson's Hill. (Dyer)
October 30
16th Regiment marched to Munson Hill. (Dyer)
October 31
12th Regiment at Camp Vermont, near Hunting Creek, until December 12. (Dyer)
October 31
12th Regiment moved from Munson's Hill to Hunting Creek. (Dyer)
October 31
During October the Confederate Torpedo Bureau was established under Lieutenant H. Davidson, continuing work pioneered by Commander M. F. Maury. (NavHist)
November 1
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 1
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 2
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 2
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Fort Slocum, D.C. (more)
November 2
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 3
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 3
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
November 3
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 3
CSS Cotton and shore batteries engaged Union squadron at Berwick Bay, Louisiana. The squadron suffered considerable damage before the gallant Confederate gunboat expended all its ammunition and was compelled to withdraw. (NavHist)
November 5
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 5
15th Regiment marched from Munson's Hill to Hunting Creek. (Dyer)
November 5
16th Regiment marched to Hunting Creek November 5. (Dyer)
November 5
16th Regiment was at Camp Vermont, near Hunting Creek, until December 12. (Dyer)
November 5
Robert M. Blair, Peacham, joins the Navy at Portland, Maine (profile)
November 6
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 6
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
November 6
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 6
Lieutenant George M. Blodgett, late commander USS Conestoga, died of disease at Cairo, Illinois. (ORN)
November 7
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 7
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
November 7
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 8
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 8
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Camp near Fort Lincoln, D.C. (more)
November 8
George Benedict, 12th Regiment: 'Nearly half the regiment is off on "fatigue duty" to-day. This, it seems, is the military term for the process which is said to be McClellan's forte. In common English it is called digging.' (Army Life)
November 8
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 9
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 9
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 9
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 10
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 10
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 11
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 12
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 15
Letter from Maj.-Gen. Butler to Governor Holbrook, detailing his actions regarding a court of inquiry into the regiment's actions at the Battle of Baton Rouge. (Benedict)
November 15
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 15
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 16
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 16
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 17
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 18
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 18
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 19
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 19
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 20
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 98. HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF, New Orleans, November 20, 1862. Restores the colors to the regiment. Signed by George C. STRONG, Assistant Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff. (Benedict)
November 20
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 20
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 21
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 22
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 22
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 23
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 24
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 25
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
November 25
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 26
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 26
14th Regiment was on picket duty near Occoquan Creek November 26-December 5. (Dyer)
November 27
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 28
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 29
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 29
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
November 30
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
November 30
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
November 30
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 1
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 1
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 2
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 2
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 2
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 3
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 3
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 4
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 4
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 4
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 5
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 5
USS R. R. Cuyler, Commander Emmons, was ordered to proceed to Pensacola navy yard to take on coal and three months' supplies of provisions, and return to its blockading duties 'at this place with dispatch.' (ORN)
December 6
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 6
George Benedict, 12th Regiment: 'The Thanksgiving dinner of the officers' mess of Company C came off to-day, and was a highly select and recherché affair.' (Army Life)
December 7
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 7
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 8
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 8
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 9
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 9
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 10
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 11
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 11
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 12
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 12
16th Regiment participated in picket duty near Fairfax Court House to January 20, 1863. (Dyer)
December 12
12th Regiment on picket duty near Fairfax Court House until January 20. (Dyer)
December 12
USS Cairo, Lieutenant Commander T. O. Selfridge, was sunk in the Yazoo River, the first ship to be destroyed by a Confederate torpedo. (NavHist)
December 13
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 13
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 14
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 14
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 14
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 15
Robert Pratt, 5th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 15
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 15
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 15
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 16
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 16
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 17
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 17
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 17
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 17
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 18
Colonel Lord, Sixth Vermont, resigned on account of ill health and Lieutenant Colonel Tuttle was promoted to the command of the regiment. Major Barney succeeded him as Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. Oscar A. Hale was appointed Major. (Crockett)
December 18
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 18
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 18
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 18
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 19
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 19
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 19
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 19
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 20
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 20
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 20
Fleet Captain A. M. Pennock, in a letter to Acting Rear-Admiral David Porter, defended keeping Fleet Paymaster Dunn in his current position at Cairo, Illinois, as he had 'charge of the light-draft flotilla and various other boats, and it is absolutely necessary that he should be here to supply stewards, make out requisitions for provisions and clothing, furnish the paymaster of the different boats with money, and receive and enter on his books the transfers of crews to those boats already purchased and those which have not yet arrived.' (ORN)
December 20
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 21
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 21
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 21
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 21
Commodore H. H. Bell, at Pensacola Bay, forwarded to Rear Admiral Farragut, two letters from Captain Thornton A. Jenkins reporting a collision of the US Storeship Supply, Commander Colvocoresses, with the US steam sloop Oneida, and Jenkins' demand for a court of enquiry. (ORN)
December 21
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 22
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 22
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 23
Commodore H. H. Bell, at Pensacola Bay, directed Commander Colvocoresses to proceed with Supply to New Orleans. (ORN)
December 23
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 24
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 25
Ralph Sturtevant, 13th Regiment, in camp at Fairfax Court House: 'our regiment spent Christmas in camp and no duty. We thought of home and knew that many a stocking would not be found in its accustomed place, and the usual Christmas dinners and parties likely in many homes would be omitted because of fathers and sons in the army. I recall our cooks made extra efforts to have something nice for dinner on this Christmas day. We had pork and beans that had been roasted and baked all night in a bed of coals hot for dinner, boiled rice with good sale molasses or muscavade sugar, old government Java coffee, nice hard tack, (worms all shook out), sweet potatoes and corned beef, and all this cooked in good shape. We thought it a dinner fit for a king and all were merry.' (Sturtevant, 103)
December 25
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 25
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 25
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 26
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 26
Newton Glazier, 11th Regiment, from Fort Slocum, D.C. (more)
December 26
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 26
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 27
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 27
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 27
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 27
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 28
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 28
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 28
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 29
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 29
12th Regiment defending Fairfax Court House from attack by Stuart's cavalry. (Dyer)
December 29
William H. Flint, 2nd Battery, wrote in his diary (more)
December 29
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 30
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 30
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
December 31
J. C. Williams, 14th Regiment, wrote in his journal (more)
December 31
Edwin F. Palmer, 13th Regiment, wrote about 'camp life as he saw it' (more)
December 31
USS Monitor, Commander J. P. Bankhead, foundered and was lost at sea off Cape Hatteras. (NavHist)
December 31
Oliver A. Browne, 15th Infantry, wrote in his diary (more)
(See also 1862 New York Times articles)
