Today in Civil War History July 31

TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
July 31

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TIMELINES

Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter

MILITARY & POLITICAL

1861

Grant is appointed Brigadier General of Volunteers (to date, May 17).

1862

Skirmish at Coggins' Point. Virginia

1863

Skirmish at Lancaster. Kentucky
Skirmish at Paint Lick Bridge. Kentucky
Skirmish at Stanford. Kentucky
Skirmish at Natchez. Mississippi
Skirmish at St. Catherine's Creek. Mississippi
Skirmish at Aldie. Virginia
Gettysburg Campaign (June 3-August 1). Virginia, Maryland, & Pennsylvania MORE
Skirmish at Morris Mills. West Virginia

1864

Skirmish at Watkin's Plantation. Alabama
Action at Fort Smith. Arkansas
Action at the Chattahoochee River. Georgia
Siege of Atlanta (July 22-August 25). Georgia
Atlanta Campaign (May 1-September 6). Georgia
Affair at Donaldsonville. Louisiana
Affair at Orange Grove. Louisiana
Skirmish at Hancock. Maryland
Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia

BIRTHS

Robert Looney Carruthers Governor of Tennessee--never served (1800)
John Ericsson Designer and Builder of the USS Monitor (1803)
Samuel Henry Starr Union Field Officer (1810)
Thomas Jackson Rodman Designer of the Rodman Gun (1816)
George H. Thomas Union General (1816)
Philip Cook Confederate General (1817)
Thomas Hart Taylor Confederate General (1825)
Jacob Sharpe Union Field Officer (1834)

DEATHS

Andrew Johnson Union Governor of Tennessee 1853-1857 & 1862-1865; Vice-President (1865); and President (1865-1869); & Union General (1875)
Simon Forrester Barstow Union Field Officer (1882)
Samuel Jones Confederate General (1887)
Bolivar Hopkins Gee Confederate Field Officer (1888)
William F. Tunnard Confederate Field Officer (1916)