Tuesday, August 18, 1863
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| Raid: | Averill's Raid | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Expedition from: | Batesville, AR | May 30 - February 3, 1864 | Raid: | Big Black River, MS | August 10 - 23, 1863 | Skirmish: | Bristoe Station, VA | August 18, 1863 | Scout: | Cape Girardeau, MO | August 9 - 18, 1863 | Expedition from: | Cape Girardeau, MO | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Scout: | Centreville, VA | August 15 - 19, 1863 | Campaign: | Chickamauga, GA | August 16 - September 22, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Covington, VA | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Skirmish: | Crab Orchard, KY | August 18, 1863 | Reconnaissance to: | Crow Creek, AL | August 1863 | Campaign: | East Tennessee | August 16 - October 19, 1863 | Expedition to: | Edenton, NC | August 11 - 19, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Gregg, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Bombardment: | Fort Sumpter, SC | August 17 - December 31, 1863 | Operation: | Fort Wagner, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Expedition to: | Grenada, MS | August 10 - 23, 1863 | Skirmish: | Grenada, MS | August 18, 1863 | Raid: | Hampshire County, WV | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Expedition to: | Hernando, MS | August 16 - 20, 1863 | Expedition to: | Little Rock, AR | August 1 - September 14, 1863 | Expedition from: | Memphis, TN | August 16 - 20, 1863 | Expedition from: | Memphis, TN | August 12 - 23, 1863 | Raid: | Mississippi Central Railroad, MS | August 18 - 22, 1863 | Operation: | Morris Island, SC | July 10 - September 7, 1863 | Operation: | Navajo Indians, New Mexico Territory | July 7 - August 19, 1863 | Skirmish: | Pasquotank, NC | August 18, 1863 | Skirmish: | Payne's Plantation, MS | August 18, 1863 | Expedition from: | Pilot Knob, MO | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Raid: | Pocohontas County, WV | August 5 - 31, 1863 | Expedition to: | Pocohontas, AR | August 17 - 26, 1863 | Scout: | Poplar Bluff, MO | August 9 - 18, 1863 | Expedition from: | Portsmouth, VA | August 11 - 19, 1863 | Skirmish: | Pueblo Colorado, New Mexico Territory | August 18, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | June 16 - September 13, 1863 | Expedition: | Sioux Expedition, Dakota Territory | August 13 - September 11, 1863 | Expedition against: | Snake Indians, Idaho Territory | May 4 - October 26, 1863 | Siege: | Wagner Battery, SC | July 18 - September 7, 1863 | Skirmish: | Wellington, MO | August 1863 | Raid: | Winchester, VA | August 5 - 31, 1863 |
| Appointment: | Henry Brevard Davidson, CSA, to Brigadier General | ||
(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.)
Naval Events:
U.S.S. Niphon, commanded by Acting Master Breck, chased steamer Hebe north of Fort Fisher, Wilmington. She was carrying a cargo of drugs, clothing, coffee, and provisions when she was run aground and abandoned. Because of a strong gale, Breck determined to destroy her rather than attempt to get her off. Three boat crews sent to the steamer for that purpose were captured by the Confederates when the boats were either stove in or swamped by the heavy seas. U.S.S. Shokokon, commanded by Lieutenant Cushing, assisted in the destruction of Hebe by commencing "a heavy fire, that soon riddled her." Rear Admiral Lee reported in summation: "She was as thoroughly burned as the water in her would allow."(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.)C.S.S. Oconee, commanded by Lieutenant Oscar F. Johnston, foundered in heavy seas near St. Catherine's Sound, Georgia, after running the blockade out of Savannah the night before. She was carrying a cargo of cotton "on navy account," Secretary Mallory reported. All hands were saved, but 2 days later a boat containing 4 officers and 11 men was captured by U.S.S. Madgie, commanded by Acting Master Woodbury H. Polleys. Polleys noted that "it was probably her [Oconee's] intention to obtain plate iron on her return trip, in order to ironclad the new rams now building at Savannah."
Additional Information:
The Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina. (SC007) (Operations Against the Defenses of Charleston [April-September 1863]).
U. S. President Abraham Lincoln test fires the new Spencer Repeating Carbine, in Washington, D. C.
(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; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)