Request a brochure Civil War Encyclopedia Blue and Gray Trail Civil War in Georgia On the Blue and Gray Trail Civil War by state Today in the Civil War Battles Images Places Feature Stories Links Search Who we are	March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Civil War Timeline Chronology for March 17 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   March 17, 1777 Roger B. Taney is born, Calvert County, Maryland   Roger B. Taney March 17, 1862 Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of the forces at Pittsburg Landing.   Ulysses S. Grant   Battle of Shiloh March 17, 1862 George McClellan begins transporting his men to Fort Monroe for the Peninsula Campaign Virginia   George McClellan   Peninsula Campaign March 17, 1862 Major General Lew Wallace and his division stop at Crump's Landing to destroy the tracks of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Tennessee   Battle of Shiloh   Lew Wallace   Lew Wallace at Shiloh March 17, 1863 William Bensinger, Robert Buffum, Elihu H. Mason, Jacob Parrott, William Pittenger and William H. Reddick are exchanged for Confederate soldiers from the prisoner-of-war camp at City Point, Virginia. Among the first Medal of Honor winners, these men were members of Andrews Raiders   The Great Locomotive Chase March 17, 1863 Battle of Kelly's Ford. Federal cavalry under William Woods Averall crossed the ford of the Rappahannock River then ran into a Rebel line. After brief but heavy fighting, the Yankees withdrew that afternoon. Major John "The Gallant" Pelham [CS] was killed in this battle. He would posthumously be promoted to Lt. Colonel. Virginia March 17, 1864 William Tecumseh Sherman, meeting with Grant in Nashville, is promoted to Military Division of the Mississippi commanding the Department of the Ohio, Department of the Tennessee, Department of the Cumberland and the Department of the Arkansas. Major General James McPherson is promoted to Sherman's old position, commander of the Army of the Tennessee Tennessee   William Tecumseh Sherman   Ulysses S. Grant   James McPherson   Army of the Tennessee Ongoing on this day: June 15, 1864 April 2, 1865 Siege of Petersburg Virginia   Robert E. Lee   P. G. T. Beauregard   Army of Northern Virginia   Ulysses S. Grant   Siege of Petersburg April 12, 1861 May 10, 1865 The American Civil War   The Civil War February 28, 1862 April 8, 1862 The Battle of New Madrid / Island No. 10 After withdrawing from New Madrid Confederates control Island No. 10, blocking shipping on the Mississippi. Over 5,000 Confederate soldiers on the island surrender to Major General John Pope on April 8.   John Pope March 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   Yesterday     Tomorrow The best search in Civil War History
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