Page 11: Historical Events In 1861

Aug 28   On this day in history battle of Fort Hatteras NC   

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

Aug 29   On this day in history franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63   

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   General Grant occupies Paducah Kentucky on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1861 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   On this day in history juhani Aho, Fins journalist/writer (Panu, Tuomio)   

Sep 13   On this day in history 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla   

Sep 14   Fortunato Santini, composer, dies at 83 in the year 1861.   

Sep 16   On this day in history battle of Princeton WV   

Sep 17   In the year 1861 1st day school for freedmen forms at Fortress Monroe Virginia   

Sep 17   In the year 1861 owen Seaman, poet/editor (Punch)   

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

Sep 22   Fort Fauntleroy (Wingate), rapes Navaho Indians in the year 1861.   

Sep 23   Edmond H H Allenby, English fieldmarshal/high director (Egypt) in the year 1861.   

Sep 25   Secretary of US Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves on this day in history.   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1861 pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Club Havana, Swamp Fire, Saboteur)   

Oct 02   Former VP John C Breckinridge flees Kentucky in the year 1861.   

Oct 04   Frederic Remington, US, artist/sculptor of American West on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1861 elias Canneman, liberal minister of Finance (1813-14), dies at 84   

Oct 06   On this day in history naval Engagement at Charleston, SC USS Flag vs BR Alert   

Oct 08   Theodore Roberts, SF CA, actor (Roaring Road, 10 Commandments) in the year 1861.   

Oct 10   Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian Arctic explorer/humanitarian (Nobel 1922) in the year 1861.   

Oct 11   Battle of Dumfries, VA (Quantico Creek) on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history confederate ironclad Manassas attack Union's Richmond on Mississippi   

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

Oct 14   Bjarni Thorsteinsson, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1861 confederacy starts selling postage stamps   

Oct 16   In the year 1861 confedercy starts selling postage stamps   

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

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of helen Herron Taft, 1st lady (1909-12)   

Jan 03   In the year 1861 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   Max Nonne, German neurologist (d. 1959) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 14   Wilhelm von Polenz, German writer (Der Pfarrer von Breitendorf) was born in the year 1861.   

Jan 18   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)   

Jan 31   On this day in history franciscus J van Vree, Dutch Catholic foreman, dies at 53   

Feb 10   In the year 1861 francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies   

Feb 12   Hippolyte-Andre-Baptiste Chelard, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Louis C Luzac, Dutch minister of Internal affairs, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Mar 10   On this day in history josepf Francois Snel, composer, dies at 67   

Mar 14   In the year 1861 abraham Louis Niedermeyer, composer, dies at 58