Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/46

November 7

1861 - Belmont - Ulysses S. Grant's first battle in Mississippi County, Missouri included an amphibious landing, an overland march and a successful attack on a Confederate camp, but Grant withdrew under superior artillery fire

1861 - Port Royal - Assembled for the attack, a fleet under Samuel Francis Du Pont bombarded the defenses of Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, enabling over 12,000 Union troops under Thomas W. Sherman to occupy the islands

1862 - Clark's Mill - Outnumbered ten to one, 10th Illinois cavalry detachment commander Hiram Barstow unlimbered his artillery to command both approaches to hold off attacks for five hours before surrendering this Bryant Creek blockhouse northwest of Vera Cruz in Douglas County, Missouri

1863 - Rappahannock Station - Attempting to seize a bridgehead on the vital Rappahannock River, John Sedgwick's sudden rush with Second Corps surprised guarding Confederates under Jubal Early, hundreds of rebels were captured in the confusion

November 8

1861 - Ivy Narrows - Confederates under John Stuart Williams savage bottlenecked attackers in Floyd County, Kentucky, but were unable to stop William "Bull" Nelson's push toward Virginia

1861 - The Trent Affair - The USS San Jacinto stopped the British mailship Trent and arrested two Confederate envoys, sparking a diplomatic crisis between the UK and US.

November 11

1864 - Bull's Gap - John C. Breckinridge's foraging expedition probes into East Tennessee were first repulsed by Federals under Alvan Cullem Gillem, but Confederates pushed Gillem back into defensive lines

1864 - Atlanta - After William T. Sherman's Army of the Tennessee and Army of Georgia burn the city of Atlanta to the ground, they march southeastward toward Savannah intending to "make Georgia howl."

November 13

1861 - Washington D.C. - President Abraham Lincoln, William Steward and John Hay arrived at commanding general George McClellan's house to discuss the war, but informed McClellan was attending a wedding, they chose to wait until his return; when McClellan returned, he went straight to bed without meeting the President

1864 - Bull's Gap - Union forces under Alvan Cullem Gillem, exhausted and out of ammunition and supplies after three days of firefight, retire in the face of overwhelming Confederate force under John C. Breckinridge