Friday, July 17, 1863
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| Action: | Ashby's Gap, VA | July 17 - 18, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Skirmish: | Bear Creek, MS | July 17, 1863 | Skirmish: | Berlin, OH | July 17, 1863 | Skirmish: | Brandon, MS | July 17 - 18, 1863 | Action: | Canton, MS | July 17, 1863 | Action: | Centreville, OH | July 17, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cross Hollow, AR | July 1863 | Engagement: | Elk Creek, Indian Territory | July 17, 1863 | Expedition from: | Fayetteville, WV | July 13 - 25, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gregg, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Scout: | Germantown, TN | July 16 - 20, 1863 | Campaign: | Gettysburg, PA | June 3 - August 11, 1863 | Skirmish: | Hamden, OH | July 17, 1863 | Skirmish: | Harper's Ferry Bridge, WV | July 17, 1863 | Engagement: | Honey Springs, Indian Territory | July 17, 1863 | Expedition to: | Huntsville, AL | July 13 - 22, 1863 | Campaign: | Jackson, MS | July 5 - 25, 1863 | Siege: | Jackson, MS | July 10 - 17, 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: | New Berne, NC | July 17 - 20, 1863 | Skirmish: | North Mountain Station, WV | July 17, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pocohontas, TN | July 7 - 22, 1863 | Skirmish: | Point of Rocks, MD | July 17, 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 | Skirmish: | Snicker's Gap, VA | July 17, 1863 | Skirmish: | Stone's River, TN | July 17, 1863 | Expedition to: | Swift Creek Village, NC | July 17 - 20, 1863 | Expedition from: | Vicksburg, MS | July 12 - 21, 1863 | Expedition to: | Wytheville, VA | July 13 - 25, 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:
Rear Admiral Dahlgren, preparing to renew the attack on Fort Wagner, wrote Secretary Welles about the critical shortage of men in his squadron. Men were being required to bombard by day and blockade by night. The Admiral asked for 500 Marines: ". . . there will be occasion for them." On 28 July Welles informed Dahlgren that U.S.S. Aries had departed Boston with 200 men and upon her return from Charleston would bring 200 more sailors from New York to him. He added, "A battalion of marines, about 400 in number, will leave New York on the steamer Arago on Friday next."(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. ram Monarch, with troops embarked, participated in the reoccupation of Hickman, Kentucky, which had been taken by Confederate cavalry 2 days earlier. Brigadier General Alexander Asboth had high praise for the ram and her mobility: "It would be in the best interests of the service to place the ram Monarch on the Mississippi between Island No. 10 and Columbus, where she could operate with my land forces appearing at any point threatened or attacked on this part of the river, so much exposed to rebel raids. Without the cooperation of a ram or gunboat it will be difficult for my very limited force to act with efficiency and the desired degree of success. . . ."
Additional Information:
The Battle of Honey Springs, Oklahoma. (OK007) (Operations to Control Indian Territory [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.)