Harper’s Weekly – February 8, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 8, 1862

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts

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Skating on the Park – 1
The Union Victory at Somerset, Kentucky – 1-2, 10-11
Scenes at Fort Pickens – 3, 8
The Union Victory in Kentucky – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Little Mac’s Union Squeeze – 5
Hon. Edwin M. Stanton – 6
General Zollicoffer – 6
View of Ship Island, Louisiana – 7
Map of Kentucky, with a Portion of Tennessee, Showing the Railroads, Rivers, Mountains, Etc. – 9
God’s Soldier – 12
Poulailler the Robber – 12-14
Lily – 14-15
Winter-Quarters of the Fourteenth Massachusetts Volunteers-Garrison of Forts Albany and Runyon – 15
Cavalry Charge in Virginia -16
The “Cold Snap” in 1862-Ice in the East River – 17
A Strange Story, by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. LXXIV – 18-20
The Sick Woman of Mexico – 20

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Two excerpts for today. Both continued from February 7 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts#37

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell to Major-General George B. McClellan, February 8, 1862—9 a.m. (“I am concentrating and preparing, but will not decide definitely yet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/brigadier-general-don-carlos-buell-to_14.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 8, 1862 (Battle of Roanoke Island.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-february.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, February 8, 1862 (Still in Fort Henry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_48.html

Letter from G. W. B., February 8, 1862 (“From Fort Henry,” The Daily Missouri Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/letter-from-g-w-b-february-8-1862.html

General Albert Sidney Johnston to Judah P. Benjamin, February 8, 1862 (Johnston gives the War Dept. the bad news.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/general-albert-sidney-johnston-to-judah.html

Judah P. Benjamin to General Albert Sidney Johnston, February 8, 1862 (The Secretary is sending reinforcements to Gen. Johnston)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/judah-p-benjamin-to-general-albert.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: February 8, 1862 (McGuire got a lead on a room that may pan out. Her fears about Roanoke Island are well-founded.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-february-8.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #3
George B. McClellan, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Continued from Continued from February 7 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts#38

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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Senator James W. Grimes to Commodore Samuel F. Du Pont, February 9, 1862 (“We are much more hopeful than we have been, and I fancy that I can see the end to the rebellion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/senator-james-w-grimes-to-commodore_16.html

Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant to Mary Grant, February 9, 1862 (“I intend to keep the ball moving as lively as possible”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/brigadier-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_20.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 9, 1862 (“Is not the news from Tennessee glorious? it enables us to get in the rear of both Columbus and Bowling Green, compelling their evacuation”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_19.html

Major Wilder Dwight: February 9, 1862 (“Our life jogs on here without variety. For the most part, we spend our time in reading military books and talking military talk.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-february-9-1862.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: February 9, 1862 (On the partisan violence in Missouri.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_11.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 9, 1862 (After the Roanoke Island battle.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-february_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, February 9, 1862 (“About twenty thousand troops throng the woods. General Grant is evidently preparing for some great work.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_5.html

Charles Eliot Norton to George William Curtis, February 9, 1862 (“. . . Jane and I went to hear Frederic Douglass. . . . We could not but come away disappointed and even disheartened.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/charles-eliot-norton-to-george-william.html

Special Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune, February 9, 1862 (From Fort Henry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/special-dispatch-to-chicago-tribune.html

Special Dispatch to the Republican, February 9, 1862 (From Fort Henry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/special-dispatch-to-republican-february.html

Special Dispatch to the Republican, February 9, 1862 (From Fort Henry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/special-dispatch-to-republican-february_21.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Sunday Night, February 9, 1862 (“Painful rumours have been afloat all day. Fort Henry, on Tennessee River, has been attacked.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-sunday-night.html

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Continued from February 7 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts#39

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

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Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Senator James W. Grimes, February 10, 1862 (Gov. Kirkwood wants more Brigadier Generals appointed from Iowa.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-senator.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 10, 1862 (The Roanoke Island prisoners.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-february_31.html

Details of the Bombardment and Capture of Fort Henry. Incidents, &c., February 10, 1862 (In-depth story about Ft. Henry from Cincinnati Gazette and Commercial.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/02/details-of-bombardment-and-capture-of.html

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Here is a listing of all 81 Civil War engagements "to date":

Civil War Engagements as of February 6, 1862

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 12-14	Fort Sumter, SC	Confederate artillery (Beauregard), Union garrison (Anderson)	None	CSA
April 15	Evacuation of Fort Sumter, SC	Union garrison	Two Union soldiers killed, four wounded by accidental explosion	N.A.
April 19	Baltimore Riots, MD	MA 6th, PA 26th vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 12 civilians killed, hundreds wounded	USA
May 10	St. Louis Riots, MO	Union forces vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 3 prisoners, 28 civilians killed	USA
May 18-19	Sewell's Point, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
May 29- June 1	Aquila Creek, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
June 1	Fairfax Court House, VA	detachments from CSA & USA armies	8 on each side, 1 each killed	inconclusive
June 1	Arlington Mills, VA	detachments from USA ( ~200 McDowell) & CSA (~9 Bonham) armies	Union 2-total (1 killed); CSA 1 wounded	inconclusive
June 3	Philippi, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (McClellan) -3,000, CSA infantry (Porterfield) -800	Union 4, CSA 26 (killed or wounded)	USA
June 10	Big Bethel, VA	Union (Butler) -3,500, CSA (Magruder) -1,400	Union 71-total (18-killed); CSA: 10-total (1-killed)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
June 15	Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point) VA	Union schooner Christina Keen; CSA Farmer's Fork Grays	none -- Christina Keen captured and burned	CSA
June 17	Vienna, VA	Detachments from both Union & CSA armies	Union: 12-total (8 killed); CSA: none reported	CSA
June 17	Boonville, MO	Union Western Dept (Lyon) -1,700 vs. MO State Guard (Marmaduke) ~1,500	Union: 12-total (5-killed); MO Guard 22-total (5-killed)	USA
June 18	Camp Cole, MO	Union Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate State Guards (~350)	Union: 120-total (35 killed, 60 wounded 25 captured); CSA: 32-total ( 7-K, 25-W)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
June 27	Matthias' Point, VA	Union gunboats ~50 vs. Confed garrison ~500	Union: 1-killed, 4-wounded; CSA none	CSA
July 2	Hoke's Run, WVA	Union Army of the Shenandoah (2 brigades, Patterson) -8,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Shenandoah (1 brigade, Stonewall Jackson) - 4,000	Union: 70-total (3-killed); CSA 23-total ( 9-killed)	USA
July 5	Carthage, MO	Union Department of the West (Sigel) -- 1,000 vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (Jackson) -- 4,000	Union: 44-total; CSA 200-total	CSA
July 5	Neosho, MO	Union 3rd Missouri vs. Confederate cavalry	Union: 137-total; CSA zero total	CSA
July 8	Laurel Hill, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio vs. Confederate Army of the Northwest	Union: 8-total; CSA unknown	USA
July 11	Rich Mountain, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -7,000 vs. Confederate Army (Pegram & Garnett) -1,300	Union: 46-total; CSA 300-total	USA
July 12	Barboursville, WVA	Union 2nd Kentucky vs. Confederate rangers & locals	Union: 16-total; CSA 1-total	USA
July 13	Corrick's Ford, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -20,000 vs. Confederate Army (Garnett) -4,500	Union: 53-total; CSA 620-total CSA Gen. Garnett killed	USA
July 17	Scary Creek, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (Cox) -1,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Kanawha (Wise & George S. Patton) -800	Union: 51-total; CSA 10-total including Patton wounded	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
July 18	Blackburn's Ford, VA (pre-Manassas)	Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Richardson) -3,000 vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -5,100	Union: 83-total; CSA 70-total	CSA
July 21	Bull Run/Manassas, VA	Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Patterson) -54,000 (18,000 engaged) vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -34,000 (18,000 engaged)	Union: 2,708-total (481-killed); CSA 1,897-total (387-killed)	CSA
July 22	Forsyth, MO	Union Department of the West vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard	Union: 3-total ;Confederates: 15-total	USA
July 25	Mesilla, New Mexico	Union Department of the New Mexico (~300) vs. Confederate 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles (~380 +artillery )	Union: 9-total (2-killed); Confederates: 19-total (13-killed)	CSA
July 27	Fort Fillmore, NM	Union Department of the New Mexico (~500) vs. Confederate 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles (~300)	Union: 500-total (surrendered); Confederates: none	CSA (CSA outnumbered, Union surrendered)
Aug 2	Dug Springs, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek)	Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~12,000)	Union: 38-total (8 killed ); Confederates:84-total (40 killed)	USA
Aug 3	Curran Post Office, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek)	Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate 1st Arkansas Rifles	Unknown	inconclusive
Aug 5	Athens, MO	Union 21st MO Infantry, Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~2,000 + 3-cannons)	Union 23-total (3-killed); Confederate 31-total	USA (USA outnumbered)
Aug 7	CSA burned Hampton, VA	Union (Butler) vs. Confederate Cavalry (Magruder)	Union unknown; Confederates unknown	CSA
Aug 8	skirmish at Lovettsville, VA	Union vs. Confederate	Union unknown; Confederates 6-total	USA
Aug 10	Wilson's Creek, MO	Union Dept of the West (Lyon -5,430)vs. Confederate MO State Guard, Dept 2 (Price -12,120)	Union 1,317-total (285-killed incl Gen. Lyon); Confederates 1.232-total (277-killed)	CSA
Aug 10	Potosi, MO	Union Home Guard (~75 troops) vs. Confederate cavalry (~120 troops)	Union 5-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-total (2-killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Aug 17	Palmyra, MO	Union 16th Illinois (entrained) vs. Confederate guerillas	Union 2-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-killed	USA
Aug 25	Mason's Hill, VA	Union (Lowe's observation balloon) vs. Confederate Army NVA (Longstreet, Stuart)	Union unknown; Confederates unknown	USA
Aug 26	Kessler's Cross Lanes, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (Tyler ~1,000) vs. Confederate infantry (Floyd ~2,000)	Union 73-total (15 killed); Confederates 40-total	CSA
Aug 28	Hatteras Inlet, NC	Union NY 9th & 20th Infantry (Butler -935) plus 7 US Navy ships (including Harriet Lane & Pawnee) vs. Confederate NC 17th Infantry (Barron ~900)	Union 3-total (1 killed); Confederates 715-total (4 killed, 691 captured)	USA
Aug 29	Morse's Mills near Lexington, MO	Union MO Home Guards vs. Confederate cavalry	Union unknown; Confederates unknown	CSA
Aug 31	Munson's Hill, VA	Union Army of the Potomac vs. Confederate Dept of Northern VA	Union 5-total; Confederates unknown	USA
Sep 2	Dry Wood Creek, MO	Union Dept of the West (Lane ~1,200) vs. Confederate MO State Guard (Price ~12,000)	Union 25-total (2 killed); Confederates 14-total (5 killed)	CSA
Sep 3	Bailey's Cross Roads, VA	Union & Confederat detachments	Union 8-total; Confederates none	CSA
Sep 10	Carnifax Ferry, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (Rosecrans ~5,000) & Confederat Army of Kanawha (Floyd ~2,000)	Union 158-total (17 killed); Confederates 32 total (2?-killed)	USA
Sep 11	Lewinsville, VA (McLean, Fairfax County)	Union 79th NY Highlanders (Stephens ~1,800) & Confederate 1st & 13th VA (JEB Stuart ~400)	Union 12-total (3-killed); Confederates none	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Sep 12-15	Cheat Mountain, WVA	Union Ohio, Indiana & WVA regiments (Reynolds ~3,000) & Confederate Virginia, Tennessee & Arkansas regiments (RE Lee ~5,000)	Union 88-total (10-killed); Confederates 120-total (~100? -killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Sep 13-20	Lexington, MO, 1st battle, aka: "Battle of the Hemp Bales"	Union Illinois 23rd Irish Brigade + 27 & 13th MO Infantry (Mulligan ~3,500) & Confederate Missouri Militia (Price ~15,000)	Union 3,000 surrendered (36-killed); Confederates 150-total (~30-killed)	CSA (Union surrender)
Sep 17	Blue Mills Landing, MO	Union 3rd Iowa & MO Home Guard (Scott ~800) & Confederate 4th Div Missouri Militia (Atchison ~3,500)	Union 99 (19-killed); Confederates 21-total (3-killed)	CSA
Sep 19	Barbourville, KY	Union KY Home Guard (Black ~300) & Confederate Dept 2 (Zollicoffer ~800)	Union 15 (1-killed); Confederates 7-total (7-killed)	CSA
Sep 25	Alamosa, NM	Union Dep of NM (Minks ~100 cavalry)& Confederate cavalry (Coopwood ~112)	Union 33 (4-killed); Confederates 9-total (2-killed)	CSA (Union surrendered)
Sep 26	Hunter's Farm, MO	Union Dep of the West (Steward under Grant ~200 & Confederate MO State Guard (under Thompson ~40)	Union none; Confederates 10-total (10-killed)	USA
Sep 27	Fort Craig, NM	Union Haspel's cavalry ( ~100) & Confederate cavalry	Union 10-total; Confederates 10-total	CSA
Sep 27	Pinos Altos, NM	Union allied Apaches (Cochise ~300) & Confederate Arizona Guards (Mastin ~15 +cannon)	Union Apaches 30-total (10 killed); Confederates 14-total (7-killed, incl. Mastin)	CSA
Oct 3	Greenbrier River, WVA	Union OH, MI, IN Infantry + Light Artillery (Reynolds ~5,000) & Confederate VA, GA & AR Infantry (HR Jackson ~1,800)	Union 43-total (8-killed); Confederates 52-total (6-killed)	Inconclusive
Oct 9	Santa Rosa Isl, FLA	Union Ft Pickens garrison (Brown ~600) & Confederate MS, AL, FL & GA Infantry (Anderson ~1,200)	Union 67-total (14-killed); Confederates 175-total (30-killed)	USA (Union outnumbered)
Oct 12	Head of the Passes, Louisiana	Union Navy Blockading Squadron , (Pope 5-ships) & Confederate "Mosquito Fleet" (Hollins 10 boats & fire rafts)	none 4 ships damaged	CSA (Union surprised routed)
Oct 16	Bolivar Heights, WVA (near Harpers Ferry)	Union Infantry (Banks, Geary ~100) & Confederate Militia, Cavalry (Ashby ~700)	Union 13-total (4-killed), Confederates 10-total (1-killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Oct 21	Fredericktown, MO	Union Ill & MO Infantry, IN cavalry (Plummer ~3,500) & Confederate Missouri State Guard (Thompson ~1,500)	Union 67-total (7-killed), Confederates 145-total (25-killed_	USA (Union defeated Confederate ambush)
Oct 21	Ball's Bluff, VA	Union MA, NY, MI, MN & CA Infantry, RI Artillery (Stone -1,720) & Confederate VA & MS Infantry, VA cavalry & artillery (Evans -1,709)	Union 1,002-total, including Lt. Oliver Wendell Holmes (223-killed including US Senator Edward Baker R-OR)), Confederates 155-total (36-killed)	CSA
Oct 21	Camp Wildcat, KY (near Cumberland Gap)	Union IN & KY Infantry, KY Cavalry (Schoepf ~7,000) & Confederate TN Infantry (Zollicoffer ~5,700)	Union 25-total (5-killed), Confederates 53-total (11-killed)	USA
Oct 25	Springfield, MO	Union: Fremont's scouts (Zagonyi -326) & Confederate MO State Guard (Frazier ~1,500)	Union 85-total (48-killed), Confederates 133-total (unkn-killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Nov 3-7	Port Royal, SC	Union: Blockading Squadron (DuPont, TW Sherman -12,653 77 vessels) & Confederate SC Dept (RE Lee, Frazier -3,077 4 gunboats)	Union 31-total (8-killed), Confederates 63-total (11-killed)	USA
Nov 8-9	Big Sandy-ivy Mountain, KY	Union: Dept of Ohio (Nelson ~5.500) & Confederate 5th Kentucky (Williams, ~1,010)	Union 62-total (12-killed), Confederates 235-total (41-killed)	USA
Nov 19	Round Mountain, OK	Union: Creeks & Seminoles (Opothleyahola ~1,700) & Confederate Cavalry (Cooper, ~1,400)	Union 110-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates 10-total (6-killed)	CSA
Nov 20	Skirmish at Brownsville, KY	Union Dept of Cumberland (~115) & Confederate Cavalry (Morgan ~200)	Union 14-total (6-killed), Confederates 1-total (1-killed)	CSA
Nov 26	Skirmish at Hunter's Mills, VA	Union 3rd PA Cavalry (Bell ~94) & Confederate 1st NC Cavalry (Ransome ~120)	Union 33-total (1-killed), Confederates unknown 0?	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Dec 9	Chusto-Talasah, OK	Union Creek & Seminole allies (Opothleyahola ~2,500) & Confederate Texas cavalry + Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek & Cherokee allies (Cooper ~1,300)	Union 500-total (9-killed), Confederates 467-total (30-killed)	CSA (CSA outnumbered)
Dec 13	Camp Allegheny, WVA	Union Brigade (Millford ~2,000) & Confederate Brigade (Johnson ~1,200)	Union 137-total (?-killed), Confederates 147-total (20-killed)	inconclusive
Dec 17	Rowlett's Station, KY	Union 32nd Indiana (Willich ~500) & Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, 1sT Ark. (Terry ~1,350)	Union 46-total (13-killed), Confederates 91-total (33-killed, including Terry)	inconclusive (outnumbered Union forces held the field)
Dec 20	Drainsville, VA	Union Pennsylvania Volunteers (Ord ~5,000) & Confederate VA, KY & NC Volunteers (Stuart ~4,000)	Union 71-total (?-killed), Confederates 230-total (?-killed)	USA (1st larger Union victory in VA)
Dec 26	Chustenahlah, OK	Union Creek & Seminole allies (Opothleyahola ~1,700) & Confederate Texas Cavalry (McIntoxh, Stand Watie ~1,380)	Union 430-total (2,000 later starved), Confederates 49-total (9-killed)	CSA
Dec 28	Mount Zion Church, MO	Union Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 3rd MO Cav(Prentiss ~400) & Confederate MO State Guard (Dorsey ~235)	Union 70-total (3 dead), Confederates 235-total (25-killed)	USA
Dec 28	Sacremento, KY	Union cavalry (Murray ~500) & Confederate Cavalry (Forrest ~250)	Union 23-total (10-killed), Confederates 5-total (2-killed)	CSA
Jan 3	Cockpit Point, VA	Union gun boats (Wyman ) & Confederate shore battery (French ~50)	none	Inconclusive
Jan 5-6	Hancock, MD	Union PA infantry (Lander ~2,000) & Confederate Stonewall Brigade (Jackson ~2,800)	~25 total	Inconclusive
Jan 8	Roan's Tan Yard, MO	Union MO & OH Cavalry (Torrence ~500) & Confederate MO State Guard (Poindexter ~1,000)	Union 27 total, Confederates ~80 total	USA
Jan 10	Middle Creek, KY	Union KY&OH Inf (Garfield 2,100) & Confederate KY Inf & VA Art+Cav (Marshall 2,500)	Union 27 total, Confederates ~65 total	USA
Jan 11	Lucas Bend, Columbus, KY	Union gunboats Essex, St. Louis (Foote, Porter) & Confederate Gunboats Jackson, Ivy, Polk, N.O. (Holland, Rogers)	Union none, Confederates unknown	Inconclusive
Jan 19	Mill Springs, KY	Union KY, IN, OH, Mn, TN Inf, Cav & ART (Thomas ~4,400) & Confederate MS, TN, KY, AL Inf, Cav & Arty (Crittenden, Zollicoffer ~5,900)	Union 246-total (39 killed), Confederates 529-total (125 killed)	USA (USA outnumbered)
Feb 6	Fort Henry, TN	Union Army of TN + West Flotilla (Grant, Foote ~15,000) & Confederate Army of Cent KY (Tilghman ~3,200)	Union 40-total, Confederates 79-total (15 killed)	USA
Feb 6	Roanoke Island, NC	Union Dept of NC + Blockading Squagron (Burnside, Goldsborough ~10,000) & Confederate Wise Legion (Wise ~3,000)	Union 264-total (37-killed), Confederates 2,643-total (23 killed)	USA

A summary of wins & losses by state & territory:

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of February 6,, 1862:
Engagements in Confederate states:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
South Carolina	1	1	1	3
Virginia	4	11	5	20
North Carolina	1	0	0	1
Florida	1	0	0	1
Louisiana	0	1	0	1
Tennessee	1	0	0	1
Total Engagements in CSA	9	13	6	28

Engagements in Union states/territories:

State	Union Victories	Confederate Victories	Inconclusive	Total Engagements
Maryland	1	0	1	2
West Virginia	9	2	2	13
Missouri	11	9	1	21
New Mexico	0	5	0	5
Kentucky	4	3	2	9
Oklahoma	0	3	0	3
Total Engagements in Union	25	22	6	53
Total Engagements to date	34	35	12	81

Total casualties, both sides by my count are over 24,000 including over 2,700 killed.
These numbers come from historical analyses and do not match with much higher numbers reported by the New York Times on February 9, 1862.
One possible explanation is that there were much higher numbers killed or wounded in day-to-day accidents & illnesses than actual battles or skirmishes.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from February 9 (reply #8).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 11, 1862 (“Nothing has transpired in reference to Stone’s arrest. I must believe he is the victim of political malice, and that he will be vindicated from the charge of treachery and collusion with the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_20.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas, February 11, 1862 (“Inclosed herewith I have the honor to forward to the Commander-in-Chief official copies of the reports of Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant and Flag-Officer A. H. Foote in regard to the capture of Fort Henry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/02/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to_26.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday and Tuesday, February 10 & 11, 1862 (“It is rumored that General Grant designs moving upon the rebels in their stronghold at Fort Donelson.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, February 8, 1862 (Gen. Lee is working on the defenses of Savannah and Ft. Pulaski.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Richmond, Virginia, Monday Night, February 11, 1862 (“the enemy have turned their attention to Fort Donelson, on Cumberland River, which, if taken, would give them free access into the heart of Tennessee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-richmond_4.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #15
“Grant,” #16
George B. McClellan, #17
Mary B. Chesnut, #18
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #19