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May 31, 1862 Saturday
Gen McClellan on the Chickahominy had split his large Federal army, putting three corps on the northeast side of the river, reportedly to enable him to hook up with McDowell, expected from the north. Only two corps were on the south side of the Chickahominy. Realizing this disposition, Joseph E. Johnston attacked the corps of Erasmus Keyes and S.P. Heintzelman at Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, east of Richmond ( http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/se ... smap1.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Seven_Pines ). In a series of failures to move at appointed times, the Confederates did not get their attack going until about 1 PM, and then the fighting was done by separate units, with others failing to get into action. Nevertheless, the South made some inroads on the defenders. President Davis himself toured the battle area. McClellan, hearing the firing, ordered Edwin V. Sumner’s corps to cross the Chickahominy to aid his compatriots. Sumner had not waited for orders but moved quickly over the shaky bridges and swampy bottom lands. The reinforcements blunted the Confederate drive and, as the day ended, the impetus was gone from the Southern assault. Gen Joseph E. Johnston was severely wounded, and was succeeded for a few hours by G.W. Smith, and shortly after by R.E. Lee on June 1. For the first time, Lee took over a major army, an army that soon would be heralded as the Army of Northern Virginia. At the end of the day little had been decided except that Johnston had failed to rout or destroy the two isolated corps. During the night Federal positions were considerably strengthened.

In the Shenandoah Jackson hurried south of Winchester through heavy rain with about 15,000 men, squeezing between converging Fremont and McDowell. There was some skirmishing near Front Royal, but the Federals were too late to halt the Confederates or destroy them as Lincoln wished.

In Missouri there was skirmishing on Salt River near Florida, near Neosho and Waynesville; while in Mississippi there was skirmishing at Tuscumbia Creek. For the Confederates Maj Gen T.C. Hindman assumed command of the Trans-Mississippi District.

In Washington President Lincoln anxiously awaited news from Richmond and the valley, hopeful for the best. It had been a month of some fighting and much movement.

Commander Rowan, commanding U.S.S. Philadelphia, reported the capture of schooner W. F. Harris in Core Sound, North Carolina. U.S.S. Keystone State, under Commander LeRoy, captured blockade running British schooner Cora off, Charleston.

Silas Casey, USA, and Edwin Vose Sumner, USA, were appointed to Major General. Edward Richard Sprigg Canby, USA, was appointed to Brigadier General. Confederate Brigadier General Robert Hopkins Hatton, CSA, is instantly killed in action during the Battle of Fair Oaks (Seven Pines), Virginia, part of the Peninsula Campaign, only eight days after receiving his commission as Brigadier General ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Hatton ).

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 1, 1862 Sunday
Although the battle near the Chickahominy just east of Richmond continued with a Confederate attack by James Longstreet, it was anticlimactic. The second day of Seven Pines or Fair Oaks was a faltering attempt by the Confederates which was repulsed by the reinforced Federals ( http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/se ... smap2.html ). Joseph E. Johnston had been wounded, and there was a new Southern commander – Robert E. Lee. But Lee was the Lee of failure in western Virginia, no real success in South Carolina, and a brief term as adviser to President Davis. Yet, as a Virginian of gentlemanly and soldierly reputation, who had the confidence of the government, his name engendered a degree of optimism. At least there was no despair over the change.

In midafternoon Lee ordered a withdrawal to the original positions. The cost: for the Confederates, 980 killed, 4749 wounded, and 405 missing for a total of 6134 casualties out of about 42,000 effectives; for the Federals, 790 killed, 3594 wounded, and 647 missing or captured for 5031, also out of about 42,000 engaged, although many additional Federals never got into action. Very little, if anything, had been decided. McClellan was still near Richmond, with forces vastly outnumbering Confederates, although he would not admit it, or did not really know it. For the Confederates the long-called-for attack had failed and the danger remained just as great.

In Washington President Lincoln awaited the news from the battlefield and wired McClellan three times, including: “Hold all your ground, or yield any only, inch by inch and in good order.”

On June 2 President Davis was to write of the two-day battle near the Chickahominy: “On Saturday we had a severe battle and suffered severely in attacking the enemy’s entrenchments of which our Generals were poorly informed…. Unaccountable delays in bringing some of our troops into action prevented us from gaining a decisive victory on Saturday. The opportunity being lost we must try to find another.”

In the Shenandoah the mercurial Stonewall Jackson was at Strasburg with Fremont coming at him from Warrensville. Shields of McDowell’s command was at Front Royal. Bat as he moved south up the valley pike between the two foes who meant to cut him off, Jackson, outnumbered, was adding to his reputation. He was becoming a glamorous figure to the North as well as the South. In a day or two by desperate marching he would be safe, moving swiftly up the valley toward Harrisonburg. There was some skirmishing, mostly cavalry, at Mount Carmel, near Strasburg, but that was all.

In Oregon County of Missouri there were several days of operations with a skirmish at Eleven Points. For the Federals the Department of Virginia was extended and included in McClellan’s command. Maj Gen John Wool was assigned to the Middle Department at Fort McHenry, and Maj Gen John A. Dix would command Fort Monroe. Joseph Hooker, USA, was appointed to Major General.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 2, 1862 Monday
As Jackson escaped from the Federal pincers in the Shenandoah there was skirmishing at Strasburg and Woodstock. Near Corinth, Mississippi Federal troops under John Pope, following Beauregard’s withdrawing Confederates, fought briefly near Rienzi, Mississippi. Other fighting was at Galloway’s Farm near Jacksonport, Arkansas; on the Little Blue in Jackson County, Missouri; and at Tranter’s Creek, North Carolina. Near Richmond both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia were resting from the two days of battles at Seven Pines or Fair Oaks. (Though officially the Army of Northern Virginia since April, it only popularly became known as such after Lee took over.)

Confederates at Memphis held a mass meeting to rally their people to the defense of the city, but more than mass meetings were needed. President Lincoln telegraphed Genls McClellan and McDowell, checking carefully on weather and events.

A boat from U.S.S. New London, commanded by Lieutenant A. Read, captured yachts Comet and Algerine near New Basin, Louisiana. Eleven men in two boats under Acting Master Samuel Curtis from U.S.S. Kingfisher, while on an expedition up Aucilla River, Florida, to obtain fresh water, were surprised by Confederate attackers; two were killed and nine were captured. U.S.S. Unadilla, commanded by Lieutenant Collins, U.S.S. Pembina, E. B. Hale, Ellen, and Henry Andrew provided close gun-fire support for Army landings and operations on James Island, South Carolina.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 3, 1862 Tuesday
The fall of Corinth, Mississippi to the Federals broke the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, a vital Confederate east-west link. More than that, it rendered the northern outposts of the South on the Mississippi useless and practically doomed the city of Memphis, Tennessee. Beginning on this day the Confederates at Fort Pillow, threatened by the navy flotilla north of them, had no recourse but to take all the guns they could and pull out. The earthworks on the bluff above the river were vacated completely by the night of June 4. Only a weak Confederate naval flotilla remained between the Federals and Memphis.

Along the Chickahominy, McClellan sent out a reconnaissance to the James River to make contact with the Union river boats. There was a skirmish on James Island, South Carolina not far from Charleston, as Federals began their drive to take or render impotent the city where the war had its inception. In Mississippi there was skirmishing at Blackland and a reconnaissance toward Baldwyn and Carrollsville south of Corinth; Halleck studied the Confederate dispositions at Tupelo. In the Shenandoah Valley, Jackson continued his withdrawal southward, safe now, although there was skirmishing at Mount Jackson and Tom’s Brook.

To Mrs Davis the heavyhearted President of the Confederacy wrote on his fifty-fourth birthday, “It is hard to see incompetence losing opportunity and wasting hard-gotten means, but harder still to bear, is the knowledge that there is no available remedy.”

U.S.S. Unadilla, commanded by Lieutenant Collins, U.S.S. Pembina, E. B. Hale, Ellen, and Henry Andrew provided close gun-fire support for Army landings and operations on James Island, South Carolina. U.S.S. Gem of the Sea, commanded by Lieutenant Baxter, captured blockade runner Mary Stewart at the entrance of South Santee River, South Carolina. U.S.S. Montgomery, commanded by Lieutenant C. Hunter, captured blockade running British schooner Will-O'-The-Wisp transferring powder and percussion caps to a lighter near the mouth of the Rio Grande River.

The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: James Jay Archer, CSA; James Lawson Kemper, CSA; William Dorsey Pender, CSA; and Ambrose Ransom Wright, CSA.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 4, 1862 Wednesday
Southern troops regretfully completed their evacuation of Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River. Elsewhere there was skirmishing at Huntsville, Alabama, where O.M. Mitchel’s Federals still posed a threat to Chattanooga, Tennessee; at Osborn’s and Wolf’s Creeks, Mississippi; at Sweden’s Cove near Jasper, Tennessee; at Woodville, Alabama; and at Big Bend, western Virginia. There was activity for several days around Miami, Cambridge, Frankfort, Waverly, and Pink Hill, Missouri. The Federal push was still on, with Pope of Halleck’s army probing Beauregard south of Corinth, the gunboats ready to move on the Mississippi River, Mitchel in Alabama, operations on the islands near Charleston, Jackson withdrawing in the Shenandoah Valley, and McClellan perched on the Chickahominy within sound of Richmond. Frightened Southern planters were burning immense amounts of cotton on the Yazoo and the Mississippi Rivers to prevent its capture. In Richmond President Jefferson Davis had to deal with calls for troops in many places, but if he weakened one to support another he might be in worse trouble.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 5, 1862 Thursday
Northern troops found Fort Pillow, Tennessee deserted. The navy gunboats pushed rapidly down the Mississippi River toward Memphis. Scattered skirmishing occurred at Little Red River, Arkansas; near Sedalia, Missouri; Round Grove, Indian Territory; Tranter’s Creek, North Carolina ( http://www.americancivilwar.com/statepic/nc/nc006.html ); and New Bridge, Virginia. President Lincoln signed a bill granting him authorization to appoint diplomatic representatives to Haiti and Liberia, first Negro nations to be recognized by the United States. Heavy rains hindered Federal actions on the Chickahominy and added to McClellan’s already lengthy delays near Richmond.

A tug assigned to U.S.S. Benton, commanded by Captain Davis, captured steamer Sovereign near Island No. 37 in the Mississippi River. Confederate steamer Havana was set afire in Deadman's Bay, Florida, to prevent her capture by U.S.S. Ezilda, tender to U.S.S. Somerset, commanded by Lieutenant English.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 6, 1862 Friday
Throngs of people lined the bluffs of the Mississippi at Memphis early in the morning to witness what proved to be the last so-called “fleet action” of the war on the rivers. Commodore Charles Davis, with five Federal ironclads and four rams, mounting a total of 68 guns, had passed Fort Pillow and headed for the major city of Tennessee. Opposed to this force were eight inferior Confederate makeshifts, mounting 28 guns, under Capt James E. Montgomery. The battle became a melee with ramming by both sides and close-quarter fighting. After notable action by Queen of the West and other Federal rams, the gunboats took up the fray and blasted the weakly protected Confederates. Only one Southern gunboat, Van Dorn, escaped. Three were totally destroyed and four others fell into Union hands. The Confederates also lost five large transports and other vessels which were in the process of being built. The Federals suffered some damage to the Queen and Carondelet. The two-hour fight was over about 7:30 AM and the crowds on the bluffs went home, many of them in tears. By 11 AM, after the mayor surrendered his city, Federal troops accompanying the flotilla took possession. The North had a new and useful base and a concentration point for its campaigning into the heart of the South. The Mississippi River was now open to the Federals except in the state of Mississippi. Vicksburg was the next prime target on the river. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Memphis )

In the Shenandoah, near Harrisonburg, Jackson continued his retreat toward Port Republic. In a rearguard action with the Federals, Jackson’s colorful, popular cavalry chief, Turner Ashby, was killed in the fields just south of Harrisonburg ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Ashby ). By this time, with Fremont coming south in one branch of the Shenandoah and men of Shields’ command in the other, another trap could possibly be set for Stonewall. In the West, south of Corinth, the fighting and reconnaissance continued with action from Booneville toward Baldwyn, Mississippi. Elsewhere there was skirmishing near Tompkinsville, Kentucky; Grand River, Indian Territory; and at Port Royal Ferry, South Carolina. President Lincoln directs Sec Stanton to transfer Gen McCall's division from Gen McDowell to Gen McClellan immediately.

U.S.S. Pembina, commanded by Lieutenant Bankhead, seized schooner Rowena in Stono River, South Carolina.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 7, 1862 Saturday
Gen Benjamin F. Butler, considered by some to be a tyrant, and by others to be a just ruler at New Orleans, added to his fame or censure this day by having William B. Mumford hanged for tearing down and destroying the United States flag over the New Orleans Mint. Even many favorable to Butler were critical of the punishment. The event raised bitter recriminations in Richmond and throughout the Confederacy.

From north of the Tennessee River, Federal troops under Ormsby Mitchel shelled and launched an attack upon Chattanooga which was beaten off. But it convinced the Confederates that they must fortify and garrison more effectively this extremely important point ( http://americancivilwar.com/statepic/tn/tn005.html ). In the Shenandoah Valley there was more skirmishing near Harrisonburg between retiring Confederate cavalry and advancing Federals. There also was a skirmish at Big Bend, western Virginia. Near Richmond there was a reconnaissance by Federals on the Chickahominy. In the Charleston Harbor area of South Carolina skirmishing continued on James Island. Lieutenant Wyman, commander of Potomac Flotilla, reported U.S.S. Anacostia had captured sloop Monitor in Piankatank River, Virginia.

Farther west Federal troops took Jackson, Tennessee, a fairly important rail and road center. There was skirmishing at Readyville, Tennessee and at Fairview and Little Red River, Arkansas (
http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/e ... tryID=6653 ). Federal troops also carried out a three-day expedition from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 8, 1862 Sunday
Stonewall Jackson at Port Republic, Virginia faced two Federal columns coming south up the Shenandoah Valley, one to the west commanded by Fremont and one to the north commanded by James Shields. Jackson was attacked by Fremont on the west side of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River at Cross Keys ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cross_Keys and http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/crosskeys.html and http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/cr ... 62-by.html and http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/she ... vs3-5.html ). At the same time he was almost captured by a small Federal party from the north at nearby Port Republic, but they were beaten off. The main Confederate fighting at Cross Keys was commanded by R.S. Ewell, who successfully defended his position and forced Fremont partially to withdraw. Ewell had about 6500 men, to 10500 for Fremont. The Federals lost 114 killed, 443 wounded, and 127 missing, a total of 684; while Confederates had 41 killed, 232 wounded, and 15 missing, a total of 288. Meanwhile, Jackson watched for Shields’ column from the north under Brig Gen Erastus B. Tyler, who was expected to attack soon.

There was skirmishing near Fair Oaks and on the New Market Road near the Chickahominy, and once more McDowell’s Federals, having failed to defeat Jackson, were ordered to operate in the direction of Richmond. There was a skirmish at Muddy Creek, western Virginia as well. At Charleston, South Carolina there were affairs and skirmishes for two days as Federals tried to enlarge their holdings on the key islands near Charleston Harbor. U.S.S. Penobscot, commanded by Lieutenant John M. B. Clitz, burned schooner Sereta, grounded and deserted off Shallotte Inlet, North Carolina. Martial law is declared in Arizona.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 9, 1862 Monday
Stonewall Jackson left an enlarged brigade west of the south fork of the Shenandoah River. They were to watch Fremont while Ewell’s men were brought across the stream to Port Republic. Jackson’s command opposed Shields’ main Federal force under E.B. Tyler north of the village. At first the attacking Confederates were driven back, but the arrival of Ewell allowed them to envelop a portion of the Federal line. By late morning Tyler’s men retired and the Confederates followed briefly. Fremont, meanwhile, had pushed cautiously ahead but had not crossed the river. Federals had no more than 3000 engaged to 5900 for Jackson. The Union had 67 killed, 393 wounded, and 558 missing or captured for 1018, to total losses for the Confederates of 804. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Port_Republic and http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/portrepublic.html and http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/abpp/shenandoah/svs3-6.html )

Cross Keys and Port Republic were the last battles in Jackson’s brilliant Shenandoah Valley Campaign. In thirty-eight days, April 29 – June 5, he had marched about 400 miles, and kept many thousands of Federals guessing. By other figures, counting from March 22 to June 25, Jackson in forty-eight marching days covered 676 miles and fought five battles. Despite the fact that they outnumbered him, at no time could the Union armies bring him to bay. Not only did he keep reinforcements from McClellan, but Jackson’s name became a symbolic byword, caused frustration and trepidation in the North, and led the South out of the doldrums of almost continuous defeat. A Confederate wrote, “I had rather be a private in such an Army than a Field Officer in any other Army.”

After Port Republic Shields’ division was ordered back with the rest of McDowell’s corps toward Fredericksburg. President Lincoln ordered Fremont to halt at Harrisonburg and pursue Jackson no farther.

U.S.S. Wissahickon, under Commander John DeCamp, and U.S.S. Itasca, commanded by Lieutenant Caldwell, shelled Confederate batteries at Grand Gulf, Mississippi; they were joined 10 June by gunboats U.S.S. Iroquois and Katahdin. In Mississippi, south of Corinth, Federal reconnaissance continued to Baldwyn and Guntown. On a joint expedition up the Roanoke River to Hamilton, North Carolina, U.S.S. Commodore Perry, commanded by Lieutenant Flusser, accompanied by U.S.S. Shawsheen and Ceres with troops embarked, came under small arms fire for two hours from Confederates along the banks. Troops were landed at Hamilton without opposition where steamer Wilson was captured.

Secretary of the Navy Welles wrote Senator John P. Hale, Chairman of the Senate Naval Committee, and expressed his belief that the only security against any foreign war was having a Navy second to none: "The fact that a radical change has commenced in the construction and armament of ships, which change in effect dispenses with the navies that have hitherto existed, is obvious, and it is a question for Congress to decide whether the Government will promptly take the initiatory step to place our country in the front rank of maritime powers . . . Other nations, whose wooden ships-of-war far exceed our own in number, cannot afford to lay them aside, but are compelled to plate them with iron at very heavy cost. They are not unaware of the disadvantage of this proceeding, but it is a present necessity. It must be borne in mind, however, that those governments which are striving for naval supremacy are sparing no expense to strengthen themselves by building iron vessels, and already their dock-yards are undergoing the necessary preparation for this change in naval architecture . . ."

The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: George Burgwyn Anderson, CSA; Beverly Holcombe Robertson, CSA; Stephen Gano Burbridge, USA; George Henry Gordon, USA; Charles Griffin, USA; and Julius White, USA.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 10, 1862 Tuesday
There was little or no action on the main front in Virginia along the Chickahominy. Elsewhere skirmishing continued on James Island, South Carolina near Charleston; at Winchester, Rogers’ Gap, and Wilson’s Gap, Tennessee; at the mouth of West Fork, western Virginia; and on the White River in Arkansas. At Corinth Gen Halleck reassigned U.S. Grant, D.C. Buell, and John Pope to their separate army corps. Grant, after being second-in-command in the Corinth campaign, was thus again actually leading troops. President Lincoln transmits to Congress a treaty with England for the suppression of African slave trade.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 11, 1862 Wednesday
Gen Fremont pulled back from the Port Republic area to Mount Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley under orders from Washington. Meanwhile, there was speculation about what Stonewall Jackson would do – renew his valley fighting, or go to Richmond to aid Lee? Fighting was confined to skirmishing near Booneville, Mississippi, not far from Corinth; Monterey, Kentucky; Cassville, Deep Water, and Pink Hill, Missouri ( http://www.pddoc.com/skedaddle/010/0040.htm ). In the mountains of Tennessee there was skirmishing at Big Creek Gap as a small Federal expedition carried out operations.

President Jefferson Davis wrote to his wife of his worry over the “prejudice in our Army against Labor.” As for the enemy, he stated, “If we succeed in rendering his works useless to him and compel him to meet us on the field, I have much confidence in our ability to give him a complete defeat, and then it may be possible to teach him the pains of invasion and to feed our Army on his territory.”

U.S.S. Susquehanna, under Commander Robert B. Hitchcock, captured blockade runner Princeton in the Gulf of Mexico. U.S.S. Bainbridge, under Commander Brasher, captured schooner Baigorry with cargo of cotton in the Gulf of Mexico.

The following appointments were made to Brigadier General: Washington Lafayette Elliott, USA; Albion Parris Howe, USA; and Green Clay Smith, USA.

Gen Lee’s plans at this moment are outlined in his letter to Stonewall Jackson written this date http://fanaticus.org/GeorgiaBrigade/Chr ... 20611.html .

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 12, 1862 Thursday
“Gentlemen, in ten minutes every man must be in his saddle!” Thus spoke Brig Gen James Ewell Brown Stuart at 2 AM as he prepared to lead his 1200 cavalrymen and some artillery on an expedition that developed into a famous ride around the entire Federal army on the Peninsula. This spectacular four-day reconnaissance in force covered some twenty-two miles from Richmond the first day, and encamped for the evening near the South Anna at Winston Farm. http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/2010/0 ... _june_1862 and http://www.civilwarhome.com/stuartsmap.htm and http://www.civilwarhome.com/stuartsride.htm and http://www.leehall.org/calendar-of-even ... -mcclellan

The Confederates under Lee meanwhile sent reinforcements to Jackson in the valley to give the impression that a major thrust would be made northward in that area. Jackson’s men were encamped near Weyer’s Cave while Federal troops left Harrisonburg and occupied Mount Jackson. President Lincoln told Gen Fremont of reports that “Jackson is largely reinforced, and is turning upon you. Stand well on your guard….”

In Arkansas there was skirmishing at Waddell’s Farm near Village Creek, and near Jacksonport. In South Carolina there was activity on Hutchinson’s Island. The Kentucky delegation in Congress protests to President Lincoln against the prisoner exchange of Gen Simon B. Buckner (CSA) for Gen Benjamin M. Prentiss.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 13, 1862 Friday
Turning southeast from the South Anna north of Richmond, Stuart’s troopers moved around the right flank of McClellan’s army, through Hanover Court House, Virginia. At Haw’s Shop there was a brief skirmish, with another at Old Church a few miles farther on. Now was the time for the decision to go back or continue on around the Army of the Potomac. Stuart made what for him was the obvious choice: he would go ahead. At Tunstall’s Station a Federal train escaped the raiders, but Stuart rode on into the night and by morning attempted to cross the Forge Bridge over the Chickahominy River. Elsewhere there was fighting near Hilton Head, South Carolina, and at New Market in the Shenandoah. President Lincoln's family moves to the Soldiers' Home for the summer.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00

June 14, 1862 Saturday
Working desperately, Jeb Stuart’s Confederates rebuilt the destroyed bridge on the Chickahominy at Forge Site, fearful that the overwhelming Federal forces around them on Virginia’s Peninsula would cut them off. After three hours the band of troopers proceeded. Stuart was only thirty-five miles from Richmond and he had to go around the left flank of the enemy this time. Stuart himself hurried on to report and left the command in the hands of Fitzhugh Lee. The main column moved via Charles City Court House and Malvern Hill to Richmond, arriving on June 16. Near Baldwyn, Mississippi there was a skirmish at Clear Creek; and in Florida a two-day Federal expedition was undertaken from Pensacola to Milton.

U.S.S. William G. Anderson, commanded by Acting Master N. D'Oyley, captured schooner Montebello, moored in Jordan River, Mississippi. U.S. tug Spitfire captured steamer Clara Dolsen in White River, Arkansas.

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Gen Ned Simms
2/XVI Corps/AotT
Blood 'n Guts hisself, a land lovin' pirate. Show me some arty tubes and we'll charge 'em.
VMI Class of '00