September 2011

CAIRO, IL. General Grant establishes his headquarters with orders to stop any Confederate advances northward via the western rivers.

New York, NY—Harper’s Weekly ridicules those who don’t enlist with a cartoon of a man in a dress, armed with pots, pans, and a broom.

UNION CITY, TN. Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk ignores the Kentucky governor and orders Gen. Gideon Pillow to seize Columbus, Kentucky.

Sutton, VA—Union Gen. William Rosecrans leaves with three infantry brigades to confront 2,000 Confederate troops under Gen. John Floyd near Carnifax Ferry, VA.

WASHINGTON, DC. President Lincoln orders Maj. Gen. John C. Frémont to rescind his proclamation authorizing the confiscation of Southern property, including slaves.

Bennett’s Mills, MO., 6:30 a.m—Three hundred and fifty Confederate cavalrymen from Lt. Col. John Schnabel’s battalion surprise 38 men of the Missouri Home Guards in camp, killing three.

WASHINGTON, DC—Lincoln receives news about the successful capture of Confederate Forts Hatteras and Clark in North Carolina five days earlier.