Sunday, July 12, 1863
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| Reconnaissance to: | Anderson, TN | July 11 - 16, 1863 | Skirmish: | Ashby's Gap, VA | July 12, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Skirmish: | Canton, MS | July 12, 1863 | Reconnaissance from: | Cowan, TN | July 11 - 14, 1863 | Engagement: | Cox's Plantation, LA | July 12 - 13, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Engagement: | Donaldsonville, LA | July 12 - 13, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gregg, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Funkstown, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 | Skirmish: | Funkstown, MD | July 12, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Actions: | Hagerstown, MD | July 12 - 13, 1863 | Raid: | Indiana, Morgan's Raid in, IN | July 9 - 13, 1863 | Campaign: | Jackson, MS | July 5 - 25, 1863 | Siege: | Jackson, MS | July 10 - 17, 1863 | Assault: | Jackson, MS | July 12, 1863 | Expedition to: | James Island, SC | July 9 - 16, 1863 | Skirmish: | Jones' Cross Roads, MD | July 12, 1863 | Skirmish: | Jones' Cross Roads, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 | Action: | Jonesborough, TN | July 12, 1863 | Engagement: | La Fourche Bayou, LA | July 12 - 13, 1863 | Operation: | Morgan's Raid | July 2 - 26, 1863 | Operation: | Morris Island, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Navajo Indians, New Mexico Territory | July 7 - August 19, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pocohontas, TN | July 7 - 22, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pontotoc, MS | July 7 - 22, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Action: | South Mountain, MD | July 12, 1863 | Skirmish: | Switzler's Mill, MO | July 12, 1863 | Skirmish: | Vernon, IN | July 12, 1863 | Expedition from: | Vicksburg, MS | July 12 - 21, 1863 | Skirmish: | Williamsport, MD | July 10 - 13, 1863 | Skirmish: | Williamsport, MD | July 12, 1863 | Expedition to: | Yazoo City, MS | July 12 - 21, 1863 |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)
Naval Events:
General Beauregard, commanding the Confederate defenses at Charleston, wrote Captain Tucker, commander of the forces afloat at that city, regarding grave danger which the Union ironclads presented not only to the defenses of Fort Wagner but to the complete defense of Charleston. "It has therefore," he noted, "become an urgent necessity to destroy, if possible, part or all of these ironclads . . . . " He suggested an attack by a gunboat and a "torpedo ram." Within the week, he was again pressing the need to make "some effort . . . to sink either the Ironsides or one of the monitors. . . . The stake is manifestly a great one, worthy of no small risk. . . . One monitor destroyed now will have greater moral and material effect, I believe, than two sunk at a later stage in our defense." This was a forecast of the daring and colorful attempts to be made by the Charleston defenders in the David attack on New Ironsides and the heroic assault by H. L. Hunley, the first submarine successfully used in action.(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)U.S.S. Penobscot, commanded by Lieutenant Commander Joseph E. De Haven, chased blockade runner Kate ashore at Smith's Island, North Carolina. Some 3 weeks later (31 July), Kate was floated by the Confederates and towed under the protecting batteries at New Inlet, but was abandoned on the approach of Union ships.
Additional Information:
The Battle of Williamsport, Maryland. (MD004) (Gettysburg Campaign [June-July 1863]).
The Battle of Kock's Plantation, Louisiana. (LA015) (Taylor's Operations in West Louisiana [June-September 1863]).
(Source: Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report: Battle Summaries. National Park Service. In The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed., 1998. Edited by Frances H. Kennedy.)