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Important from Washington: The Adjournment of the Thirty-seventh Congress – 2-3
Important Rebel News: The Steamer Nashville Destroyed by Our Iron-clads – 3
News from Fort Monroe: Capture of Contraband Goods – 3
Late News from Vicksburgh: Detailed Account of the Loss of the Ram Queen of the West – 3
Editorial: The Case of Gen. McDowell – 3-4
Editorial: Compensated Emancipation – The Condition of Missouri – 4
Matters in Louisiana – 4


3 posted on 03/05/2023 6:28:36 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
After a month of relative quiet in the war, a battle on March 4 to 5, about 30 miles south of Nashville, at Thompson Station, Tennessee -- Confederate General Earl Van Dorn's Cavalry Corps consisting of "Red" Jackson's and Nathan Bedford Forrest's divisions won a hard-fought victory over John Coburn's Union brigade of two regiments, forcing Coburn's surrender.

Tennessee 1862- '63 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
Feb 6Fort Henry, TNUnion 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 14-16Fort Donelson, TNUnion Army of the Tennessee + Mississippi River Squadron (Grant, Foote 24,531) & Confederate Army of Central KY + garrison (Floyd, Pillow, Buchner 16,171)Union 2,691-total (507-killed), Confederates 13,846-total (327-killed)USA
April 6-7Shiloh, TNUnion Army of West Tennessee (Grant, Buell ~63,000) & Confederate Army of Mississippi (AS Johnson, Beauregard ~40,335)Union 13,047-total (1,754-killed), Confederate 10,699-total (1,728-killed)USA
April 14Fort Pillowi, TNUnion mortor boats bombard Fort PillownoneCSA
May 10Plum Run Bend, TNUnion MS River Squadron (7-river ironclads), Confederate River Defense Fleet (9-wooden steamboats)none recordedCSA
June 6Memphis, TNUnion MS Flotilla (Davis, Ellet+), Confederate River Defense Fleet (Montgomery, Thompson)Union 1- total, Confederates 250-total (~35-killed)USA
June 7-8Chattanooga, TNUnion Army of OH (Negley 1 division), Confederate Army of KY (EK Smith)Union 23-total, Confederates 65-totalUSA
July 13Murfreesboro, TNUnion hospital & PA cavalry (Crittended ~900, Confederate Cavalry (Forrest ~1,400)Union 890-total (0-killed), Confederates ~150-total (0-killed)CSA
Aug 30Bolivar, TNUnion Army of the MS, (Leggett ~1,000), Confederate Army of the West (Armstrong -1,000)Union unknown, Confederates unknownInconclusive
Oct 5Hatchie's Bridge, TNUnion Army of MS (Ord, Hurlbut, 12,000), Confederate Army of West TN (Van Dorn, Price ~20,000)Union 500-total (75?-killed), Confederates 400-total (60?-killed)USA
Dec 7Hartville, TNUnion XIV Corps (Moore ~2,400), Confederate Cavalry (John Hunt Morgan ~1,300)Union 2,096-total (unknwn-killed), Confederates 139-total (unkwn-killed)CSA (CSA outnumbered, Union surrender)
Dec 30Parker's Cross Roads, TNUnion Army of TN (Sullivan ~3,000), Confederate Army of TN (Nathan Bedford Forrest~1,600)Union 237-total (31-killed?), Confederates 500-total (75?-killed)CSA? (CSA outnumbered)
Dec 31-Jan 2, 1863Murfreesboro / Stones River, TNUnion Army of the Cumberland (Rosecrans ~43,400), Confederate Army of TN (Bragg ~35,000)Union 13,906-total (1,677-killed?), Confederates 11,739-total (1,294-killed)USA
Feb 3Dover, TNUnion garrison (Connor ~800), Confederate Army of TN (Wheeler ~2,500)Union 126-total (19?-killed), Confederates 670-total (100?-killed)USA(Union outnumbered)
Mar 4-5Thompson's Station, TNUnion Dept of Cuimberland (Coburn ~2,000), Confederate Cavalry Corps (Van Dorn ~4,000)Union 1,906-total (33-killed), Confederates ~300-total (25?-killed)CSA (Union surrendered)

Thompson Station was the war's 175th engagement and makes Confederate and Union victories even in the Confederacy at 41 each.

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of March 5, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
South Carolina2215
Virginia7271246
North Carolina7119
Florida2002
Louisiana3104
Tennessee86115
Arkansas80210
Georgia1102
Mississippi3205
Texas0101
Total Engagements in CSA41411799

Engagements in Union states/territories:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
Maryland3014
West Virginia93214
Missouri1413128
New Mexico58013
Kentucky56213
Oklahoma1304
Total Engagements in Union3733676
Total Engagements to date787423175

Union surrender brought battle casualties to over 2,200 including about 55 killed, and brought the war's totals to over 304,000 casualties, including nearly 35,000 killed in action.

4 posted on 03/05/2023 8:18:01 AM PST by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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