Portal:American Civil War/This week in American Civil War history/42
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1863 - Blue Springs - Samuel P. Carter's Union cavalry division of the XXIII Corps attacked and defeated Confederates under John S. Williams in Greene County, Tennessee; Williams retreated to Virginia, enabling Burnside's invasion of East Tennessee
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1863 - Catlett's Station - In this first fight of the Bristoe campaign, Federal infantry withdrawing along the line of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad tangled with J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry; III Corps' retreat temporarily cut Stuart off from his main force, but Stuart's two brigades escaped by waiting in a wooded valley for the enemy to pass
October 14 edit
1863 - Bristoe Station - After listening to A. P. Hill explain how he allowed Gouverneur K. Warren's II Corps ambush "Harry" Heth's division in this Prince William County, Virginia clash, Robert E. Lee instructed Hill: "Bury these poor men, general, and we'll say no more about it."
October 15 edit
1864 - Glasgow - Sterling Price's raiders under John Bullock Clark Jr. and Joseph O. Shelby seized much-needed weapons and clothing in Howard County, Missouri
1864 - Sedalia - M. Jeff Thompson's Confederate cavalrymen seized supplies in Sedalia, Missouri, as part of Price's Raid
October 16 edit
1863 - Fort Brooke - Using a nighttime naval bombardment as cover, a small landing party under Acting Master T.R. Harris captured two Confederate steamers and caused the destruction of another in Tampa Bay, Florida