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| September 13, 1841 | President Tyler makes new Cabinet appointments | |
| John Tyler | ||
| September 13, 1861 | Entering Confederate-controlled Pensacola harbor, Lt. John Henry Russell destroys the privateer Judah, marking the first naval action of the Civil War | Florida |
| Civil War Firsts | ||
| September 13, 1862 | George McClellan's men find a copy of Lee's Special Orders No. 191 issued on September 9, detailing deployment of Confederate troops during the initial phase of the invasion of Maryland, including the attack on Harper's Ferry | Maryland |
| Battle of Harpers Ferry | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| George McClellan | ||
| Special Orders No. 191 | ||
| Antietam | ||
| September 13, 1862 | W. W. Loring advances down the Kanawha Valley. Federal forces evacuate Charleston. | West Virginia |
| September 13, 1863 | Sensing a change in Lee's lines, George Meade [US] pushes the Army of the Potomac to the Rapidan River | Virginia |
| George Meade |
Ongoing on this day:
| June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 |
Siege of Petersburg | Virginia |
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| P. G. T. Beauregard | ||
| Army of Northern Virginia | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Siege of Petersburg | ||
| April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 |
The American Civil War | |
| The Civil War | ||
| September 12, 1862 September 15, 1862 |
Battle of Harpers Ferry
Stonewall Jackson takes 12,000 prisoners |
Maryland Virginia |
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| Battle of Harpers Ferry | ||
| Harpers Ferry | ||
| Lafayette McLaws | ||
| Antietam | ||
| September 11, 1786 September 14, 1786 |
The Annapolis Convention (in Maryland) backs calling a Constitutional Convention to begin in May, 1787 in Philadelphia | Maryland Virginia New Jersey Delaware New York Pennsylvania |
| September 12, 1861 September 15, 1861 |
Battle of Cheat Mountain
Other names: Cheat Summit, Fort Milroy Joseph Reynolds [US] defeats Robert E. Lee [CS] |
West Virginia |
| Operations in Western Virginia | ||
| Robert E. Lee | ||
| Battle of Cheat Mountain | ||
| September 12, 1861 September 20, 1861 |
Battle of Lexington
Sterling Price, with 18,000 men, lays siege to Lexington, Missouri, with a federal force of 3.600 under Colonel James Mulligan. After fighting intensified on September 19, Mulligan surrendered on the 20th. |
Missouri |
| Sterling Price |
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