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Alabama Timeline: 1861 - 1865


1861:

January 11-Alabama adopts its Ordinance or Secession

1862:

April 11-Union forces occupy Huntsville
April 16-Union forces occupy Tuscumbia
April 13-Union Forces occupy Decatur
April 23-Skirmish at Bridgeport
April 24-25-Skirmish at Tuscumbia
April 27-Skirmish at Bridgeport
April 28-Skirmish at Blue Pond
April 28-Skirmish at Bolivar
April 28-Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge
April 29-Action at West Bridge (Near Bridgeport)

May 2 or 3-Skirmish at Watkins' Ferry
May 8-Skirmish at Athens
May 10-Skirmish at Lamb's Ferry
May 13-14-Union forces occupy Rogersville
May 14-Skirmish at Lamb's Ferry
May 29-Skirmish at Whitesburg

June 4-5-Skirmishes at Huntsville
June 4-Skirmish at Woodville

July 2-Skirmish at Hunstville
July 3-Skirmishing near Russellville
July 12-16-Union forces conduct an expedition from Decatur
July 12-Skirmish at Davis' Gap at Sand Mountain
July 25-Skirmishing near Courtland and Trinity
July 26-Action near Spangler's Mill, near Jonesborough
July 27-30-Union troops launch and expedition to Guntersville from Woodville
July 28-Skirmishes at Guntersville and Law's Landing
July 29-Skirmishing at Old deposit Ferry

August 4-Confederates attack Union pickets near Woodville
August 5-Skirmish near New Market
August 7-Confederate forces attack at convalescent train near Decatur
August 22-Skirmish near Trinity
August 23-Affair near Trinity
August 27-The Army of the Mississippi crosses the Tennessee River
August 27-Skirmish at Bridgeport
August 30-Skirmish near Larkinsville
August 31-Union forces evacuate Huntsville
August 31-Skirmish near Stevenson

September 1-Skirmishing near Huntsville

December 12-Skirmishes at Little Bear Creek and Cherokee Station

1863:

February 22-Action near Tuscumbia

March 25-Affair with Union gunboats at Florence

April 6-Skirmish at Town Creek
April 14-Skirmish at Burnsville
April 17-Skirmishes at Great Bear Creek, Lundy's Lane, and Cherokee Station
April 19-Skirmish at Dickson Station 
April 23-Skirmishes at Dickson Station, Florence, Leighton, Tuscumbia
April 27-Skirmish at Town Creek
April 28-Action at Town Creek
April 30-Action at Crooked Creek
April 30-Action at Hog Mountain
April 30-Action at Day's Gap (Sand Mountain)

May 1-Skirmish at Blountsville and Locust Fork

May 2-Skirmish at Gadsden
May 2-Skirmishing at Black Creek, near Fowl River Narrows
May 2-Action at Blount's Plantation
May 2-Skirmish at Centre
May 3-Skirmish and surrender of Cedar Bluff
May 3-Action at Gaylesville
May 29-30-Skirmishes at Florence and Hamburg Landing, Tennessee

July 27-Union forces attack the Confederate Steamer Paint Rock
July 29-Skirmish near Bridgeport

August 21-Skirmish at Maysville
August 24-Skirmish at Gunter's Landing near Fort Deposit
August 29-Skirmish at Caperton's Ferry
August 31-Skirmish at Will's Ferry

September 1-Skirmishes at Will's Creek and Lookout Mountain at Davis' Gap
September 5-Skirmish at Lebanon
September 5 or 8-Skirmish at Winston's Gap
September 5-Union troops destroy the Confederate salt-works at Rawlingsville (Chickamauga Campaign)
September 7-Skirmish at Stevenson
September 13-Skirmish at Henderson's Gap
September 26-Skirmish at Hunt's Mill, near Larkinsville
September 28-Skirmish at Buell's Ford
September 30-October 17-Confederate cavalry under Wheeler and Roddey raid Rosecrans' communication lines

October 9-Wheeler's column recrosses the Tennessee Rover at Muscle Shoals
October 12-Skirmish at Buckhorn Tavern (near New Market)
October 13-Action at Cherokee
October 13-Skirmish at Maysville
October 20-29-Union operations against the Memphis and Charleston Railroad
October 20-Skirmish at Dickson Station
October 20-Skirmish at Cane Creek
October 20-Skirmish at Barton's Station
October 21-Action at Cherokee Station
October 24-25-Skirmishing at Tuscumbia
October 26-Skirmish at Cane Creek
October 26-Barton's Station
October 27-Skirmish at Little Bear Creek
October 29-Skirmish at Cherokee Station
October 31-Skirmish at Barton's Station

November 4-Skirmish at Maysville
November 14-17-Union expedition to Whitesburg and Decatur

December 12-Skirmish on Shoal Creek
December 26-Skirmish at Sand Mountain

1864:

January 14-Skirmish at Shoal Creek
January 23-Affair near Woodville
January 25-Skirmish near Sweet Water
January 25-Skirmish at Bainbridge Ferry
January 26- Confederate assault Athens
January 29-Skirmish near Cobb's Mill
January 29-Skirmishes on the Tennessee River

February 14-Affair near Larkinsville
February 16-17-Union operations around Mobile
February 19-Operations near Brown's Ferry

March 7 or 8-Skirmish near Decatur
March 8-Affairs at Courtland and Moulton
March 14-Skirmish at Claysville
March 29-Affair at Caperton's Ferry

April 7-Skirmish at Woodall's Bridge
April 8-Skirmish at Paint Rock Bridge
April 11-Affair near Kelly's Plantation on the Sulphur Spring Road
April 12 or 13-Skirmish near Florence
April 13-Skirmish near Decatur
April 16-Skirmish at Crawford
April 17-Affair at Flint River
April 18-Skirmish near Decatur
April 21-Affair at Harrison's Gap
April 24-Affair at Decatur
April 27-Skirmish at Decatur
April 30-Skirmish at Decatur

May 7-Skirmish at Florence
May 8-Skirmish at Decatur
May 12-Skirmish at Jackson's Ferry (Hallowell's Landing)
May 15-Skirmish at Centre Star
May 17-Affair at Madison Station
May 18-Skirmish at Fletcher's Ferry
May 27-Action at Pond Springs
May 29-Action at Moulton

June 24-Skirmish at Curtis's Wells
June 27-Skirmish at Big Cove Valley
June 29-Affair at Pond Springs

July 8-Skirmish near Vienna
July 10-12-Union Troops under Rousseau raid the West Point and Montgomery Railroad
July13-Skirmish near the Coosa River
July 14-Skirmish near Greenpoint
July 14-Skirmish at Ten Island Ford
July 18-Skirmish near Chehaw
July 18-Skirmish near Auburn
July 18-Skirmish near Centre Star
July 25-Affair at Courtland
July 27-Skirmish at Courtland
July 28-Affair on the Danville Road near Decatur
July 30-Affair at Paint Rock Station
July 31-Affair near Watkins' Plantation

August 2-23-Union operations in Mobile Bay
August 3-Union forces land on Dauphine Island and surround Fort Gaines
August 5-Naval Battle of Mobile Bay
August 5-United States fleet passes Fort Morgan and enters Mobile Bay
August 5-United States monitor Tecumseh sunk by Confederate torpedo
August 5-Union Forces capture the CSS Selma and the CSS Tennessee 
August 6-Affair near Decatur on the Sommerville Road
August 8-Confederate forces surrender Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island
August 9-22-Fort Morgon on Mobile Bay laid siege
August 9-Skirmish near Pond Springs
August 11-Skirmish near Moore's Hill
August 18-19-skirmish at Antioch Church
August 25-Confederate forces surrender Fort Morgan on Mobile Bay

September 9-11-Union forces mount expedition to the Fish and Bon Secours Rivers
September 16-October 20-Confederate Forces under Nathan Bedford Forrest raid Northern Alabama and Middle Tennessee
September 21-Skirmish at Athens on the Tennessee River
September 23-Skirmish at Athens
September 24-Union forces surrender Athens
September 25-Action at Sulphur Branch Trestle, Union troops surrender


October 1-2-Skirmishes at Athens
October 1-Skirmish near Huntsville
October 9-Confederate Forces attack the USS Sebago in Mobile Bay
October 6-7-Skirmishes at Florence
October 18-Skirmishes near Huntsville
October 20-Skirmish at Little River
October 20 or 21-Skirmish at Blue Pond
October 21-Action at Leesburg
October 23-Skirmish at King's Hill
October 25-Skirmish at Turkeytown
October 25-Skirmish on the Gadsden Road
October 25-Skirmish near Round Mountain
October 27-Skirmish at Cedar Bluff
October 27-Skirmish at Little River
October 28-Skirmish at Goshen
October 28-Skirmish at Ladiga
October 30-Skirmish at Bainbridge
October 30-Skirmish at Muscle Shoals (or Raccoon Ford) near Florence
October 31-Skirmish near Shoal Creek


November 5-6-Skirmishes on Shoal Creek
November 9-Skirmsih at Florence
November 9-Skirmish at Shoal Creek
November 11-Skirmish at Shoal Creek
November 16-20-Skirmishes at Shoal Creek
November 17-Skirmish near Maysville
November 17-Skirmish near New Market
November 19-Skirmish at Duckett's Plantation

December 7-Skirmish near Paint Rock Bridge
December 27-Skirmish at Decatur
December 28-Skirmish near Decatur
December 29-Skirmish at Hillsborough
December 30-Skirmish near Leighton
December 31-Affair at Paint Rock Bridge
December 31-Skirmish at Russelville

1865:

January 4-Skirmish near Thorn Hill
January 26-Skirmish at Paint Rock
January 27-Skirmish at Elrod's Tan-Yard (Dekalb County)
January 28-Confederate attack on the USS Octorara on Mobile Bay

February 3-4-Skirmish at Ladd's House in the Hog Jaw Valley
February 12-Skirmish at Waterloo
February 16-Skirmish near Gurley's Tank
February 20-Skirmishes near Tuscumbia

March 3-Skirmish at Decatur
March 7-Skirmish at Elyton
March 10-Skirmish near Boyd's Station
March 15-18-Skirmish at Boyd's Station
March 15-18-Skirmish at Stevenson's Gap
March 22-April 24-Wilson's Raid
March 23-24-Skirmishes near Dannelly's Mills
March 24-Affair near Evergreen
March 25-Skirmish on Deer Park Road
March 26-Union forces occupy Pollard during the Mobile Campaign
March 26-Skirmishes near Spanish Fort
March 26-Skirmish at Muddy Creek
March 27- Spanish Fort Laid Siege and capture on April 9
March 27-Steele's column reaches Canoe Station during the Mobile Campaign
March 28-Skirmish near Elyton
March 29-Steele's Column arrives at Weatherford
March 30-Skirmish at Montevallo
March 31-Action near Montevallo
March 31-Action at Six-Mile Creek
March 31-Steele's Column arrives at Stockton
March 31-Union forces occupy Ashbyville

April 1-Skirmish at Blakely
April 1-Skirmish at Centerville
April 1-Action at Ebenezer Church, near Maplesville
April 1-Skirmish at Randolph
April 1-Skirmish at Plantersville
April 1-Skirmish at Trion
April 2-Skirmish at Centerville
April 2-9-Siege and capture of Fort Blakely
April 2-Skirmish near Scottsville
April 2-Engagement at Selma
April 2-Union troops occupy Selma
April 2-Skirmish at Summerfield
April 3-Action at Northport
April 4-Union forces occupy Tuscaloosa
April 6-Skirmish at King's Store
April 6-Skirmish at Lanier's Mill on Sipsey Creek
April 7-Skirmish at Fike's Ferry
April 9-11-Union forces bombard and capture Batteries Hugar and Tracy on the Blakely River
April 11-Skirmish at Blakely
April 11-Skirmish at Claiborne
April 10-Skirmish near Benton
April 10-Skirmish at Lowndesborough
April 11-Skirmish near Mount Pleasant
April 11-Confederate Forces evacuate the City of Mobile
April 12-Union troops occupy the City of Mobile
April 12-Union forces occupy the city of Montgomery
April 12-Skirmish near Montgomery on the Columbus Road
April 13-Skirmish at Wetumpka
April 13-Skirmish at Eight-Mile Creek (Whistler)
April 14-Skirmish near Tuskegee on the Columbus Road
April 16-Skirmish at Fort Gaines
April 16-Skirmish at Crawford
April 16-Skirmish at Girard
April 16-Skirmish near Opelika
April 13-Union forces occupy Talladega
April 13-Action at Munford's Station

May 2-Skirmish at Centerville
May 4-Skirmish at Wetumpka
May 4-Confederates surrender at Citronelle
May 25-Ordinance depot at Mobile exploded by Union troops





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