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Civil War Timeline Chronology for October 19
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October 19 , 1857
Proslavery factions reconvene the Lecompton Constitutional Convention to draft a document
Kansas
Lecompton Constitution
October 19 , 1861
President Davis tries to quell an on-going dispute between Generals Johnston [CS] and Beauregard [CS].
Jefferson Davis
Joseph E. Johnston
P. G. T. Beauregard
October 19 , 1862 October 23 , 1862
Bragg moves south through the Cumberland Gap, essentially escaping the Army of the Ohio
Tennessee Kentucky
Braxton Bragg
Confederate Invasion of Kentucky
October 19 , 1863
In an all-cavalry battle, J. E. B. Stuart [CS] routed Judson Kilpatrick [US] in the battle of Buckland Mills (sometimes called the Buckland Races)
Virginia
J. E. B. Stuart
October 19 , 1863
William Rosecrans is relieved of duty. General Grant replaces him as commander of the Army of the Cumberland with George Thomas
William S. Rosecrans
George Thomas
Army of the Cumberland
October 19 , 1864
Battle of Cedar Creek (Belle Grove)
In the last major engagement in the Shenandoah Valley, Jubal Early [CS] defeats Phillip Sheridan [US] in the first of two fairly distinct engagements. During the second engagement, Sheridan arrived and rallied the federals, who easily repulsed Early.
Jubal Anderson Early
Philip Sheridan
George Armstrong Custer
October 19 , 1864
Confederate raid on St. Albans
Vermont
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