N.C. Timeline, November 1864: Reoccupying Washington, N.C. and Blockade Runner Escapes Into Wilmington

NOVEMBER:    Federal re-occupation of Washington, North Carolina.

NOVEMBER 23--  Entrance of blockade runner Little Hattie into New Inlet.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Timeline, October 1864-- Part 2: Sinking of CSS Albemarle By Cushing

OCTOBER 22--  Capture of Confederate steamer Hope.

OCTOBER 27--  Destruction of CSS Albemarle at Plymouth by William B. Cushing.

OCTOBER 28--   Capture of British steamer Lady Sterling

OCTOBER 29-31--  Union re-occupation of Plymouth.  Naval operations as well.

OCTOBER 31--  Capture of British steamer Annie.

--Old B-Runner

NC Timeline, October 1864-- Part 1: Loss of the Blockade Runner Condor and Rose O'Neal Greenhow

From the N.C. Civil War Sesquicentennial Timeline site.

OCTOBER 1--  Blockade runner Condor, inbound from Nova Scotia, ran aground off Fort Fisher with two prominent people aboard, James B. Holcumb (Confederate Commissioner to Great Britain, and Rose O'Neal Greenhow (Confederate spy).  She drowned in the surf when her boat overturned.

She is buried in Wilmington, with her death being listed as September 30.

The hulk of the Condor was later used as a target for Confederate gunners in the fort.

OCTOBER 8--  Union tug Aster ran aground and was lost off Carolina Shoals (Cape Fear River) while chasing a blockade runner.  The tug USS Berberry tried unsuccessfully to pull the Aster off.

(The Civil War Naval Chronology lists this as happening September 7, 1864.)

OCTOBER 10--  Capture of British steamer Bat.

OCTOBER  11-13--  Scout from Camp Palmer to Gum Swamp.

--Old B-R'er

N.C. Civil War Timeline for September 1864-- Part 2: Recons of Wilmington and Capture of Two Blockade Runners

SEPTEMBER 19--  Reconnaissance near Wilmington for the examination of its defenses.

SEPTEMBER 25--  Destruction of the blockade runner Lynx.

SEPTEMBER 27--  Reconnaissance near Wilmington for the examination of its defenses.

SEPTEMBER 29--  Destruction of English steamer Night Hawk.

SEPTEMBER 29--  Action  in Scuppernong River , engagement of USS Valley City with Confederate forces.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Civil War Timeline for September 1864-- Part 1: Captures of Two Steamers and a U.S. Congressman

Taken from the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial site.

SEPTEMBER 4--  Capture of steamer Elsie.  Hit the Elsie label to find out more about this blockade runner.  I have quite a few  entries about it.)

SEPTEMBER  8--  The only capture  of a United States Congressman during the Civil War at Coinjack in Currituck County.

George Washington Julian was taken prisoner when Captain J.N. Maffitt ordered pilot J.B. Hopkins to take a detail of twenty Confederate sailors to the Albemarle and Chesapeake  Canal and capture the small mail boat Fawn.  Julian was subsequently released in Elizabeth City.

SEPTEMBER  10--  Capture of steamer A.D. Vance.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Events, August 1864: CSS Tallahassee and CSS Albemarle

From the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial Timeline.

  WEST means it took place in the western part of the state, otherwise in the eastern.

AUGUST  1-3   Pursuit of Confederate forces from Athens, Tennessee, into North Carolina (WEST).

AUGUST 2--   Skirmish at Murphy  (WEST).

AUGUST 6--  The CSS Tallahassee runs out of Cape Fear River and begins a successful two week commerce raid on Union shipping all the way to New England.

AUGUST 6-7--  Appearance of CSS Albemarle at mouth of the Roanoke River.

Two Confederate Warships Make Appearances.

So August 6 Was A Good Day For The Confederacy And A Very Good Day For the Confederate Navy.  --Old B-R'er

N.C. Events, July 1864: Blockade Runners Captured and Expeditions

JULY 2--  Capture of steamer Rouen.

JULY 9--  Capture of steamer Little Ada.

JULY 18-31--  Expedition from New Bern to Manning's Neck.

JULY 27 to August 4--  Expedition from Norfolk, Virginia, into North Carolina.

JULY 28-29--  Joint expedition in Chowan River.

--Old B-R'er

N.C. Events June, 1864: Skirmishes and Violence in the Western Part of the State

JUNE 28--  Skirmish at Kinston.

JUNE 28--  Skirmish near Murphy

JUNE 28--  Capture of Camp Vance (WEST)

JUNE--  Unionist marauders target Flat Rock (in Henderson County), and the 64th North Carolina (headquartered at the Farmer Hotel) is assigned to protect the area.  (WEST)

JUNE--  Marauders, after being treated to a meal and hospitality, kill Andrew Johnstone (a rice planter from South Carolina) at 1840  Beaumont estate.  Johnstone's young son fights back, killing two and injuring a third.  This incident illustrates the wholesale violence in the region.  (WEST)

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Events, June 1864: Skirmishes and Expeditions

JUNE 16--  Joint expedition in the Pungo River.

JUNE 20-23--  Expedition to Batchelder's Creek near Kinston.

JUNE 20-25--  Expedition to Wilmington & Weldon Railroad, including naval operations.

JUNE 22--  Skirmish at Southwest Creek.

JUNE 22-23--  Scout from Piney Green to Snead's Ferry and Swansborough.

JUNE 22-23--  Skirmish at Swansborough.

JUNE 23-24--  Reconnaissance by Lt. Cushing  in Cape Fear River.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Events June 1864-- Part 1: Blockade Runners and Kirk's Raid

All actions are in the eastern part of the state unless (WEST).

JUNE--  3rd North Carolina Mounted Infantry (Union) organized in Knoxville, Tennessee.  (WEST)

JUNE 2--   Destruction of steamer Georgiana McCall.

JUNE 4--  Capture of steamer Thistle.

JUNE 5--  Capture of steamer Thistle off Cape Lookout.

JUNE 9--  Destruction of blockade-runner Pevensey near Beaufort.

JUNE 13 to July 15--  KIRK's RAID:  Federal raid from Morristown, Tennessee, into North Carolina, the capture and destruction of Camp Vance near Morganton, and skirmishes.  (WEST)

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Events May 1864: That CSS Albemarle Problem

From the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial site.

MAY 24--  Appearance of Confederate ironclad CSS Albemarle in Albemarle Sound.

MAY 25--  Expedition from USS Wyalusing for torpedo attack on CSS Albemarle.

MAY 26--  Torpedo explosion at Batchelder's Creek.

MAY 30--  Capture of British steamer Caledonia.

--Old B-Runner

May 1864 N.C. Events: Capture of Three Blockade Runners

MAY 9--  Capture of steamer Minnie.

MAY 10--  Capture of British steamer Greyhound.

MAY 15--  Capture of blockade runner Tristram Shandy.  (Later became the USS Tritram Shandy.)

Bad Few Days for Blockade Runners.  --Old B-R'er

May 1864 Happenings in North Carolina-- Part 1: The Ironclads CSS Albemarle and CSS Raleigh Attack

From the North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial Timeline.All events in weastern part of the stae unless you see (WEST).

MAY  4--  Skirmish on Trent Road,

MAY 4-6--  Operations about New Bern, and in Albemarle Sound.

MAY 5--  Skirmish at Croatan.

MAY 5--  Engagement at  in Roanoke River with CSS Albemarle.   Casualties on both sides, roughly 88.

MAY 5--   Skirmish on south  side of the Trent River.

MAY  6--  Capture of British steamer Young Republic.

MAY 6-7--  Attack on Union blockaders off New Inlet by ironclad ram CSS Raleigh.

May 7--  Ironclad ram CSS Raleigh ran aground inside New Inlet and was destroyed by Confederates.

--Old B-Runner

March 1864 Events in N.C.-- Part 2: Black Artillery Unit Organized and Skirmishes

All of these took place in the eastern part of the state.

MARCH  17--  14th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery organized at New Bern and Morehead City from the  1st North Carolina  Heavy Artillery, African Descent (Union).

MARCH  24-26--  Boat expedition to Swansborough and Bear Creek.

MARCH  25-26--  Expedition to Bogue and Bear Inlets.

MARCH 26--  Skirmish near Blackjack Church.

MARCH 26-  Skirmish at Ivy Bend.

--Old B-Runner

Action in North Carolina, July 1863-- Part 3: Battle of Potecasi Creek

Most of these actions took place in the eastern part of the state, near the coast.

JULY 21--  Skirmish at Street's Ferry   3rd, 12th, 23rd New York Cavalty.  1st Mounted N.C. Infantry.

JULY 22--  Skirmish at Scupperton   Same units as above.

JULY 24--  Capture of Merrimac 40 miles north of Masonboro Inlet

JULY 25-31.  Expedition from New Bern to Winton   26th, 27th Mass. Infantry; 3rd Light Artillery, 158th Infantry.

JULY 25 to AUGUST 3--  Expedition from Portsmouth, Va. to to Jackson, N.C.

JULY 26--  Action at Pottecassi Creek, Mt. Tabor Church.  ist R.I. Light Artillery.  Union losses:  3 killed, 17 wounded.  Also called the Battle of Potecasi Creek.

JULY 26-29--  Expedition from Plymouth to Foster's Mills   12th NY Cav,  24th N.Y.Independent Battery, 85th and 96th N.Y. Infantry; 101st and 103rd Pennsylvania

JULY 27--  Skirmish at Foster's Mills   12th NY Cavalry

JULY 28--  Skirmish at Jackson  7th NY Cavalry;   11th Pennsylvania Cavalry.  Called the Battle of Boon's Mill.

--Old B-Runner

Action in North Carolina, July 1863-- Part 2: Expedition to Tarboro and Rocky Mount

JULY 8--  Skirmish at Warsaw   23rd NY Cav

JULY 12--  Blockade Runner Kate driven ashore

JULY 13-16--  Expedition from Newport Barracks to Cedar Point and White Oak River  23rd Mass; 12th NY Cav; 3rd Lt. Art.; 9th NJ

JULY 17-20--  Expedition from New Bern to Swift Creek Village    25th, 27th Mass; 3rd Lt.Art;158th Inf.

JULY 18-24--  Expedition from New Bern to Tarboro and Rocky Mount  3rd , 12th NY and 23rd NY Cav.; 1st Mounted NC  Union Losses:  60 killed, wounded and missing

JULY  20--   Skirmish at Tarboro  The above units

JULY 20--  Skirmish at Sparta  The above units with exception of the 1st NC

JULY 21--  Skirmish at Rocky Mount  3rd NY Cav.

--Old B-R'er

Action in North Carolina, July 1863-- Part 1: Raid on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad

From the North Carolina Civil War Centennial Site Timeline and North Carolina Research Online.

Most all of these are along the coastal region of the state.  Union forces on the actions were not always full regiment  but sometimes detachments or battalions or batteries.

JULY 3-7--  Raid on the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad   3rd NY Inf, 23rd NY Cav, 3rd Light Art., 1st Mounted N.C.

JULY 4-8--  Expedition to Trenton   17th, 23rd, 27th Mass; 9th NJ,, 3rd Lt. Art,81st and 158th Infantry; 1st Lt. Art.

JULY 5--  Skirmishes at Warsaw and Kenansville   3rd NY, 23 NY Cav;; 3rd Lt.Art; 1st Mounted N.C.

JULY 5-7--  Expedition from Plymouth to Gardner's Bridge and Williamston   85th, 96th NY;  101st, 103 Pa

JULY 6--  Action at Freedom Bridge   1st LtArt

JULY 6--  Action at Quaker Bridge   17th, 23rd 27th Mass;3rd Lt Art;  81st, 103rd NJ;  9th RI; 1st Lt. Art

JULY 6--  Action at Trenton   23rd Mass; 9th NJ; 1st Lt Art

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Timeline, May 1863: Action at Gun Swamp Today in 1863

MAY 22--  Action at Gum Swamp  5th, 25th, 27th and 46th Massachusetts,  3rd Cavalry, Battery H 3rd Light Artillery, New York,  58th Pennsylvania.  Union losses: 2 killed, 5 wounded, 1 missing.

MAY 22--  Chase of a blockade runner by USS Penobscott under guns of Fort Fisher.

MAY 23--  Action at Batchelder's Creek  46th Massachusetts, 58th Pennsylvania.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Timeline, May 1863: Demonstrations Against Kinston

These were the Union forces involved in the actions.

APRIL 27 TO MAY 1--   Expedition from New Bern to Kinston.  5th, 17th, 27th, 44th, 45th and 46th Massachusetts.   3rd Cavalry and Battery H of 3rd Light Artillery New York,  58th Pennsylvania.  Union loss: 2 killed, 6 wounded.

MAY 5--  Skirmish at Peletier's Mill.  3rd Cavalry

MAY 7--  Skirmish at Stony Creek.

MAY 15.  Capture of steamers Emily and Arrow.

MAY 20-23   Demonstration on Kinston.  3rd Cavalry  5th, 25th, 27th and 46th Massachusetts,  3rd Cavalry, Battery H of 3rd Light Artillery New York,  58th Pennsylvania.

--Old B-Runner

N.C. Timeline, April 1863: Lots of Action

APRIL 16-21:  Expedition from New Bern toward Kinston     (3rd and 8th Mass.;; 3rd Cav, 1st Light Art,132nd, 158th NY; 58th Pa.)

APRIL 17-18:   Skirmishes at Core Creek   (58th Pa)  Union losses:  1 killed, 4 wounded

APRIL 17-19:   Expedition from New Bern to Washington   (17th, 23rd Mass;  3rd Cav. NY; 1st Light Art. RI)

APRIL 19:  Skirmish at Big Swift Creek   (158th Pa.)

APRIL 20:  Skirmish at Sandy Ridge  (3rd Cav NY;  58th Pa)  Union losses:  8 wounded

APRIL 23:  Entrance of a blockade runner into New Inlet

APRIL 27-MAY 1:  Expedition from New Bern toward Kinston    (5th, 17th,27th, 45th, 46th Mass;  3rd Cav, 3rd Light Artillery NY; 58th Pa)  Union losses:2 killed, 6 wounded

APRIL 28:  Action at Wise's Cross Roads   (5th, 17th, 27th, 45th and 46th Mass; 58th Pa.)

APRIL 28:  Action at Dover Road   (17th, 27th, 45th, 46th Mass.; 58th Pa.)

Keeping the Rebls Busy.  --Old B-Runner