Tuesday, March 17, 1863
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| Skirmish: | Bealeton Station, VA | March 17, 1863 | Expedition to: | Black Bayou, MS | March 14 - 27, 1863 | Skirmish: | Bloomfield, MO | March 1863 | Expedition to: | Deer Creek, MS | March 14 - 27, 1863 | Operation: | Eastern Shore, VA | August 20 - June 3, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Pemberton, MS | March 13 - April 5, 1863 | Action: | Franklin, VA | March 17, 1863 | Operation: | Gloucester Peninsula, VA | August 20, 1862 - June 4, 1863 | Operation: | Greenwood, MS | March 13 - April 5, 1863 | Expedition from: | Helena, AR | February 24 - April 8, 1863 | Affair: | Herndon Station, VA | March 17, 1863 | Scout: | Jackson, TN | March 16 - 18, 1863 | Operation: | Jasper County, MO | March 5 - 19, 1863 | Engagement: | Kelly's Ford, VA | March 17, 1863 | Expedition to: | Muddy Bayou, MS | March 14 - 27, 1863 | Expedition to: | Perryville, TN | March 12 - 20, 1863 | Operation: | Port Hudson, LA | March 7 - 27, 1863 | Expedition to: | Rio Grande, TX | March 2 - 30, 1863 | Expedition to: | Rolling Fork, MS | March 14 - 27, 1863 | Expedition: | Steele's Bayou, MS | March 14 - 27, 1863 | Expedition to: | Trenton, TN | March 16 - 18, 1863 | Operation: | Vicksburg, MS | January 20 - July 4, 1863 | Expedition to: | Yazoo Pass, MS | February 24 - April 8, 1863 | Expedition from: | Young's Point, LA | March 14 - 27, 1863 |
| Appointment: | Carl Schurz, USA, to Major General | Appointment: | Julius Stahel, USA, to Major General | Appointment: | Major General Ambrose E. Burnside, USA, assumes command of the 9th Army Corps, Federal Army of the Potomac, currently positioned at Suffolk, Virginia | Death: | Confederate Major John Pelham, CSA, the "Gallant Pelham" as General Robert E. Lee called him after his actions during the Battle of Fredericksburg, is killed as he watched, but did not participate in, the Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia |
(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)
Additional Information:
The Battle of Kelly's Ford, Virginia. (VA029) (Cavalry Operations along the Rappahannock [March 1863]).
Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Yazoo River Canal expedition is blocked at the Confederate's Fort Pemberton.
(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; A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, p. 203-221. Henry E. Simmons 1965.)