War Journals: Brother vs Brother | Discuss Interest Creation

[Ilearu]

I'd be willing to lookup some of the Western battles.

[SaintB]

I'd be willing to lookup some of the Western battles.

The only notable Western Battle in June 1861 i the 1sts Battle of Boonville. If you could get a paragraph or two or three of that I would be grateful.

[SaintB]

Skirmishes
On June 1st the war was officially on. The United and Confederate States finally traded hot lead in Fairfax County, Virginia and the conflict became something other than a game of maneuver and counter maneuver where both sides treated the conflict as a dance of soldiers. A mere two days later Union soldiers following orders from George McClellan attack the Confederacy at Philippi, Virginia while their soldiers are asleep resulting in a route and putting McClellan in National Headlines. A week later at Big Bethel Union Troops mistake each other for Confederates and open fire on one another, the resulting confusion forces Benjamin Butler to pull his forces back and cancel the attack and sparks a debate about US Army uniform standards for the first time. In the South the state of Tennessee joins the CSA and in Wheeling Virginia delegates meet once again, this time for two whole weeks, to discuss cutting ties with the Confederacy and declaring allegiance to the Union.
The latter half of the month sees the destruction of a long trestle bridge of the B&O Railroad blown up by the Confederate Army and Union General Nathaniel Lyon win a major victory in Missouri. Toward the end of the month Thomas Jackson launched another raid on the B&O but this time destroys the trains he captures. His quick maneuvers to avoid Union repercussions and launch raids on the railroad start earning his soldiers a reputation as 'foot cavalry' an oxymoron meaning infantry as fast as horsemen.

Timeline of events June 1-31 1861

• June 1: Battle of Fairfax Court House At around 3:00 am a company of the 2nd US Cavalry clashes with Confederate militia while scouting outside of Fairfax County, Virginia. One confederate officer Captain John Marr is killed and General Richard Ewell (then a Lt. Colonel) is wounded to become the first confederate officers to become casualties in the war. Union casualties are 1 killed, 4 wounded, and 3 captured the Confederacy suffers 1 death, 2 wounds, and 5 men captured.
• June 3: Battle of Philippi: The first deliberate battle of the Civil War. Union GeneralThomas Morris leads 3,000 men to victory against Colonel George Porterfield and 800 Confederate soldiers. USA Casualties: 4 CSA Casualties 26.
• June 8:Tennessee secedes
  Virginia's militias are folded into the Confederate Army
• Jun 10: Battle of Big Bethel: General Benjamin Butler and 3,500 Union Troops are defeated attempting to attack General John McGruder's 1,400 Confederates. USA Casualties 18 dead 53 wounded 5 missing CSA casualties 1 dead 7 wounded.
• Jun 11: The Second Wheeling Convention begins, it ends on the 25th
• Jun 14: CSA General Joseph E. Johnson withdraws from Harper's Ferry, Virginia after demolishing an 800 foot bridge owned by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with explosives
• Jun 17: Battle of Boonville: Nathaniel Lyon is victorious over the Missouri State Guard in Boonville. USA casualties 5 dead 7 wounded CSA Casualties 5 dead 10 wounded 60-80 captured
• June 23: Thomas Jackson destroys 42 engines and nearly 400 cars of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg, Virginia

[SaintB]

And there is June, probably one week for the month of June in game play terms.

[The Ik Ka Ek Akai]

Is the focus here on soldiers or civilians?

Oh, and I believe I can contribute fairly well to the Confederate side of things.

[SaintB]

Is the focus here on soldiers or civilians?

Oh, and I believe I can contribute fairly well to the Confederate side of things.

Whatever the player prefers. Civilian, Soldier, Deserter, Immigrant, Observer, etc.

[SaintB]

Bull Run
For the first time America began to realize that the war might be far more serious than everyone initially believed after the first battle at a place named Manassas Junction when more than 4,000 soldiers were killed or wounded during the fighting. Early on in the month George McClellan ordered his subordinate generals to pursue Confederate forces in the Northwest of Virginia and they won a quick succession of battles. The string of victories turned General McClellan into the fastest rising star in the Union. Shortly after the halfway mark of the month the United States issues fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) worth of demand notes that could be exchanged for gold and silver coins, because of the green ink used to print them on one side they were quickly dubbed Greenbacks. On July the 17th nearly 70,000 Americans in both armies gathered by a railroad junction near a creek named Bull Run and soon began the opening salvos of the first major battle of the war.

At first the entire thing was treated as a spectacle and civilians from both sides gathered at Centerville Heights (some 5 miles from the actual battle) to witness what was believed to be the final climactic fight between the Union and the Confederacy but to the entire nation's horror everybody was very wrong. Though in the early hours of the fighting it seemed a superior Union Strategy devised by General Irvin McDowell would take the day for the USA the Confederacy struck back and while Thomas J. Jackson's men stood strong against repeated Union advances earning him and his division the monicker of 'Stonewall' and allowing for the 33rd Virginia to capture a battery of Union Artillery which they turned on the Union Army. The artillery fire from the Confederate troops was enough to disrupt the Union Army who was open to a counter-offensive by the Confederacy that lead to the American forces to retreat in disarray back toward Washington DC. After the battle there would come many important organizational changes within the United States Army and Congress had to call for more volunteers on a longer and more permanent basis.

Timeline of Events July 1861

• July 4: The Kansas State Flag is unveiled.
• July 11: Battle of Rich Mountain: Union Victory. McClellan defeats Garnett. US Casualties 46 CSA Casualties 300
  General Nathaniel Lyons meets with Missouri Governor Clairborne Jackson to discuss a truce between Missouri and the Union but the talks fail
• July 13: Battle of Corrick's Ford: Union Victory. McClellan defeats Garnett. US Casualties 10-53 KIA/MIA. CSA Casualties 20 KIA/WIA 600 POW/MIA
  Robert S. Garnett is killed in Action during Corrick's Ford becoming the first general to die in combat in the Civil War
• July 17: The USA begins issuing demand notes known as 'Greenbacks'
• July 21: First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas Junction: Confederate Victory. Beauregard defeats McDowell. US Casualties 460 KIA 1,124 WIA, 1,312 POW/MIA CSA Casualties 387 KIA 1,582 WIA 13 POW/MIA
• July 25: McClellan replaces McDowell as commander of The Army of the Potomac.
  Congress authorizes the use of volunteers to fight for the Union Army on 3 year enlistments
  The Crittenden-Johnson Resolution is passed by Congress, it states that the purpose of the War is to Restore the Union

[SaintB]

I'm calling July's timeline finished. I have made it this far on my own but I am still in need of a lot of help, there is still a lot of work that needs to be done before I launch an OOC in April and an IC on the 12th.

[SaintB]

Timeline of Events August 1861

• August 1: Tennessee adopts the Constitution of the CSA
• August 5: The Revenue Act is signed by Lincoln and the first Income Tax is instated in the USA on 3% of all income over $800
• August 6: The first Confiscation Act (Confiscation Act of 1861) empowers Federal Troops to confiscate any property or equipment used in insurrection against the United States, it is broadly interpreted by some officers to include human slaves.
  The Second Wheeling Convention is reconvened.
  Lt. William Nelson of the US Navy oversees construction of training facility for Kentucky's militia.
• August 7: John MacGruder has his soldiers burn the village of Hampton near Fort Monroe to prevent it form being used to house freed and escaped slaves
• August 10: Battle of Wilson's Creek/Springfield Missouri CSA Victory. General Nathaniel Lyon leads 5,000 US Troops/Militia against 12,000 Confederates and is killed in action, his successor retreats. US Casualties 258 KIA 873 WIA 186 POW/MIA CSA Casulties 277 KIA 945 WIA 10 POW/MIA
  

[Yuzhou]

While I adore this period of American history, your chances of finding people with far greater knowledge of the subject is actually quite high. That's saying a lot. I do however support this idea greatly, and look forward to it's realization. If you would like some help, then I am willing to do so. As far as research goes, I will pretty much jump at the chance to learn something new, especially if its Tennessee related (Yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaw)

Here let me start this way: What are you needing help the most with right now?

[SaintB]

While I adore this period of American history, your chances of finding people with far greater knowledge of the subject is actually quite high. That's saying a lot. I do however support this idea greatly, and look forward to it's realization. If you would like some help, then I am willing to do so. As far as research goes, I will pretty much jump at the chance to learn something new, especially if its Tennessee related (Yeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaw)

Here let me start this way: What are you needing help the most with right now?

Right this moment I could use the most help with the research/writing of short one or two paragraph descriptions of the action that took place in the different battles.

[SaintB]

I'm behind schedule but still going to launch an OOC no later than April 3.