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	September 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 Civil War Timeline Chronology for September 15 Yesterday    Tomorrow January  February  March  April  May  June  July   August  September  October  November  December   September 15, 1838 Frederick Douglass marries a free black woman from Baltimore, Anna Murray. They move to New Bedford Massachusetts   Frederick Douglass September 15, 1856 Battle of Hickory Point Kansas September 15, 1858 Third Lincoln-Douglas debate Illinois   Stephen A. Douglas   Abraham Lincoln September 15, 1862 With the fall of Harper's Ferry, Stonewall Jackson begins sending men to Robert E. Lee, preparing to face the Army of the Potomac at Sharpsburg. September 15, 1863 Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. 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 September 12, 1862 September 15, 1862 Battle of Harpers Ferry Stonewall Jackson takes 12,000 prisoners Maryland Virginia   Stonewall Jackson   Battle of Harpers Ferry   Harpers Ferry   Lafayette McLaws   Antietam September 14, 1862 September 17, 1862 Battle of Munfordville After being initially repulsed by a federal garrison of 4,000, Braxton Bragg [CS] laid a brief seige. Federals surrendered on the 17th. Kentucky   Braxton Bragg   Confederate Invasion of Kentucky   Simon Bolivar Buckner   Battle of Munfordville September 12, 1861 September 15, 1861 Battle of Cheat Mountain Other names: Cheat Summit, Fort Milroy General Joseph Reynolds [US] defeats General Robert E. Lee [CS] West Virginia   Operations in Western Virginia   Robert E. Lee   Battle of Cheat Mountain September 12, 1861 September 20, 1861 Battle of Lexington Sterling Price, with 18,000 men, lays siege to Lexington, Missouri, with a federal force of 3.600 under Colonel James Mulligan. After fighting intensified on September 19, Mulligan surrendered on the 20th. Missouri   Sterling Price September 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 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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