Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/40

September 27

1864 - Fort Davidson - In the first engagement of Price's Raid, Sterling Price's 12,000 men of the Army of Missouri unsuccessfully assaulted Union field works at a railhead in southeast Missouri, then failed to capture the garrison under Thomas Ewing Jr., which escaped in darkness, detonating the fort's magazine in a massive explosion and preventing the capture of military supplies stored at the fort

September 29

1863 - Stirling's Plantation - Arkansas and Texas units under Tom Green battered a detachment of 2nd Division, XIII Corps blocking the Atchafalaya River in this minor action in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana

September 30

1862 - Newtonia - In this meeting engagement in Newton County, Missouri, a division of the Union Army of Kansas under James G. Blunt attacked Douglas H. Cooper's smaller force while both were foraging for supplies; reinforcements routed Union troops by evening

1864 - Chaffin's Farm - As the eastern half of a simultaneous advance, United States Colored infantry units in X Corps under David Birney attacked Confederate lines at New Market Heights while Edward O. C. Ord's XVIII Corps assaulted Fort Harrison in actions south of the James River

1864 - Peebles' Farm - In Ulysses S. Grant's western advance on Richmond and Petersburg defenses north of the James River, V Corps under Gouverneur K. Warren attempted to cut supply lines, but counterattacks by troops under Henry Heth and Wade Hampton prevented the advance to Boydton Plank Road

October

October 2

1864 - Saltville - Federal troops under Stephen G. Burbridge including the 5th United States Colored Cavalry were defeated in a raid on salt works in Smyth County, Virginia; some wounded and captured Union soldiers were killed afterwards by partisans under Champ Ferguson; he was later hanged for the crimes