Peter Geissel, a recruit in Company A, of the 9th Illinois Infantry, died today. Geissel most likely was the first of Egypt's Soldiers to die in the Civil War.
The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War: Per Diem
A report on January 1st, 1861 through December 31st, 1865 on all things Civil War. Here's to the 150th anniversary!
Friday, July 1, 2011
June 4, 1861
"Persons having slaves at home, whose services can be dispensed with for the next ten or fifteen days, would do a great kindness to the volunteers at Randolph, by sending negro men to that point. The volunteers should be drilled, and the fortifications, on which they have labored so long and faith should be finished by negroes."
- from June 4 Memphis Bulletin
- from June 4 Memphis Bulletin
Saturday, June 25, 2011
June 3, 1861
Union and Confederate forces clash in the tall hills of western Virginia. This is the first full-scale skirmish between organized forces in the ever-growing conflict between the North and the South.
June 2, 1861
Virginia's Governor John Letcher finally calls the Liberty Hall Volunteers to action on June 2, 1861 and ordered them to proceed to Harper's Ferry, where the Valley forces were mobilizing.
June 1, 1861
Captain John Quincy Marr of the 17th Virginia Infantry was killed by enemy fire at Fairfax Court House. He was the first Confederate officer killed in the Civil War.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
May 31, 1861
Joseph Holt, of Kentucky, late Post-Master General, under President Buchanan, wrote a letter to J. F. Speed upon the policy of the General Government, the pending revolution, its objects, its probable results if successful, and the duty of Kentucky in the crisis. It strikes directly at the heart of treason, and gives it no show of quarter. It vindicates the right of the Federal Executive to send troops into or through any State to suppress rebellion, and rebukes unsparingly the neutral position assumed by the half-hearted Unionists of Kentucky. It shows that the crimes and outrages of the rebels are such as no Government could afford to overlook, and that their pretence that they “want to be let alone” is absurd.
May 30, 1861
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was today placed in charge of forces along the Alexandria line in the northern part of Virginia.
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