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Sunday June 9 1861

Monday June 9 1862

• George Burgwyn Anderson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• Beverly Holcombe Robertson, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
• The following are appointed Union Brigadier Generals:
  • Stephen Gano Burbridge, USA
  • George Henry Gordon, USA
  • Charles Griffin, USA
  • Julius White, USA
• Federal reconnaissance to Baldwyn and Guntown, MS, south of Corinth, MS, and skirmish. (Jun 9-10)
• Engagement at Grand Gulf, MS, with Confederate shore batteries and the USS Itasca and the USS Wissahickon.
• Maj. Gen. John Ellis Wool, USA, assumes the command of the Middle Military Dept., VA.
• Maj. Gen. Shield's US division is ordered back to Luray, en route for Fredericksburg, VA.
• Maj. Gen. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, CSA's Valley Campaign is ended.

Tuesday June 9 1863

• Affairs at Monticello and Rocky Gap, KY.
• Action near Lake Providence, LA.
• Skirmish at Macon Ford, Big Black River, MS.
• The Federal Depts. of the Monongahela and of the Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, are constituted.
• Skirmish near Triune, TN.
• The Engagements at Brandy Station (or Fleetwood Hill) and Beverly Ford, VA, results in the largest Cavalry battle (about 20,000) during the Civil War; Maj. Gen. JEB Stuart, CSA, holds off Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasonton, USA.
• Skirmish at Stevensburg, VA.

Thursday June 9 1864

• Skirmishes near Big Shanty and near Stilesborough, GA, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, prepares to attack Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, CSA, at Pine Mountain, GA.
• Action at Mount Sterling, KY, sees Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, driven out of and away from Mount Sterling.
• Affair at Pleasureville, KY, as Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan, CSA, retreats toward Winchester, KY.
• Skirmish at Point of Rocks, MD.
• Affair near Breckinridge, MO.
• Federal scout from Cassville, MO, to Cross Hollow, AR, with bushwackers trying to break the telegraph lines. (Jun 9-14)
• Skirmish at La Fayette, TN.
• Affair in Loudoun County, VA.
• Engagement at Petersburg, VA, as Gen. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, CSA, throws back Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's, USA, attempt to capture Petersburg, VA.

Friday June 9 1865

• Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus, USA, assumes the command of the Dept. of Mississippi.
• The unintentional explosion of the ordnance building at Chattanooga, TN, causing approximately 10 casualties. The commanding officer orders the arrest of the ordnance officer for dereliction of duty.