Sunday, February 15, 1863
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| Skirmish: | Arkadelphia, AR | February 15, 1863 | Operation: | Atchafayala and Bayou, Plaquemine, LA | February 12 - 18, 1863 | Skirmish: | Auburn, TN | February 15, 1863 | Operation: | Bayou Plaquemine, LA | February 12 - 28, 1863 | Skirmish: | Cainsvile, TN | February 15, 1863 | Expedition: | Cypress Bend, AR | February 14 - 26, 1863 | Operation: | Eastern Shore, VA | August 20 - June 3, 1863 | Bombardment: | Fort McAllister, GA | February 1 - March 3, 1863 | Operation: | Gloucester Peninsula, VA | August 20, 1862 - June 4, 1863 | Expedition to: | Greenville, MS | February 14 - 26, 1863 | Affairs: | Hillsborough Road, VA | February 14 - 16, 1863 | Scout: | Leesburg, VA | February 14 - 16, 1863 | Skirmish: | Nolensville, TN | February 15, 1863 | Operation: | Plaquemine Bayou, LA | February 12 - 28, 1863 | Operation: | Richmond County, VA | February 10 - 16, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 | Skirmish: | Vine Prairie, AR | February 1863 | Operation: | Westmoreland County, VA | February 10 - 16, 1863 | Expedition up: | Yazoo River, MS | February 1 - March 8, 1863 | Expedition from: | Young's Point, LA | February 14 - 26, 1863 |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)
Naval Events:
Rear Admiral Porter ordered Acting Lieutenant Robert Getty, U.S.S. Marmora: "Proceed to Delta, the old Yazoo Pass, and report to Lieutenant Commander Watson Smith as part of his expedition. . . . If you meet any vessel taking in cotton below White River, seize vessel, cotton, and all, and leave her at White River. . . ." By this time, as Brigadier General Gorman remarked, secrecy was "out of the question," and it had become necessary to prepare for a more extended expedition than had been originally anticipated.(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. Sonoma, under Commander Stevens, captured brig Atlantic, bound from Havana to Matamoras.
Additional Information:
The 9th Army Corps, Federal Army of the Potomac, under the command of Major General William F. Smith, is transferred by railroad cars and water transports from its encampment around Falmouth and Aquia Creek, Virginia, to Newport News, Virginia, between February 6-21, 1863.
(Source: The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)