Page 11: Historical Events In 1861

Aug 28   Battle of Fort Hatteras NC on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history american Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.   

Aug 29   Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Sep 01   On this day in history grant assumes command of Federal forces at Cape Girardeau MI   

Sep 03   Confederate forces enter Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1861 general Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky   

Sep 09   On this day in history sally Tompkins is only Confederate Army female commissioned officer   

Sep 10   In the year 1861 -15] Battle at Cheat Mountain, Elkwater West Virginia   

Sep 11   In the year 1861 juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)   

Sep 13   In the year 1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla   

Sep 14   In the year 1861 fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83   

Sep 16   Battle of Princeton WV in the year 1861.   

Sep 17   On this day in history 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia   

Sep 17   Owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch) on this day in history.   

Sep 20   Battle of Lexington, MI-captured by Union on this day in history.   

Sep 22   Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1861 edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt)   

Sep 25   Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves in the year 1861.   

Sep 26   2nd British Golf Open: Tom Morris Sr shoots a 163 at Prestwick Club in the year 1861.   

Sep 28   On this day in history pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)   

Oct 02   On this day in history former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky   

Oct 04   Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West in the year 1861.   

Oct 06   Elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert on this day in history.   

Oct 08   In the year 1861 theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments)   

Oct 10   In the year 1861 fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922)   

Oct 11   In the year 1861 battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek)   

Oct 12   Confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi on this day in history.   

Oct 12   In the year 1861 confederate ironclad Manassas attacks Union's Richmond on Mississippi   

Oct 14   Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer in the year 1861.   

Oct 16   Confederacy starts selling postage stamps on this day in history.   

Oct 16   Confedercy starts selling postage stamps in the year 1861.   

Oct 21   In the year 1861 battle of Balls Bluff, VA (Leesburg, Harrison's Island)   

Oct 21   In the year 1861 edward Dickinson Baker, US attorney/senator, dies in battle at 50   

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Jan 02   Helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 03   On this day in history birth of william Renshaw, British champion tennis player (d. 1904)   

Jan 06   Heinrich Gottlieb Noren, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of george Exton Lloyd, Anglican bishop and theologian (d. 1940)   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959)   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf)   

Jan 18   In the year 1861 birth of hans Goldschmidt, German chemist   

Jan 18   Raymond Huntington Woodman, composer was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 02   Frederik Willem IV, king Prussia (1840-61)/Germ (1849-61), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   In the year 1861 death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   In the year 1861 franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72   

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 in the year 1861.   

Mar 10   Josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58 in the year 1861.