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	Civil War Timeline / Chronology for September 1861 <<Previous year    Next year>> Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 January, 1861 May, 1861 September, 1861 February, 1861 June, 1861 October, 1861 March, 1861 July, 1861 November, 1861 April, 1861 August, 1861 December, 1861 September 2, 1861 Battle of the Mules [Confederate] Battle of Dry Wood Creek [Union] September 3, 1861 In response to a federal build-up in the West, Leonidas Polk orders Gideon Pillow to take Columbus, Kentucky on the Mississippi River Kentucky   Leonidas Polk   Gideon Pillow September 4, 1861 Gideon Pillow seizes Columbus Kentucky   Gideon Pillow September 6, 1861 Grant takes Paducah, Kentucky unopposed Kentucky   Ulysses S. Grant September 10, 1861 George Thomas ordered to relieve Bull Nelson at Camp Dick Robinson. General Nelson is ordered to Eastern Kentucky. Kentucky   George Thomas   William 'Bull' Nelson September 10, 1861 Battle of Carnifax Ferry General William Rosecrans [US] defeats General John Floyd [CS] West Virginia   Operations in Western Virginia   John Floyd   William S. Rosecrans   Rutherford B. Hayes September 10, 1861 Jefferson Davis places Albert Sidney Johnston in command of the Confederate West ("Department Number Two").   Jefferson Davis   Albert Sidney Johnston September 11, 1861 President Lincoln orders John C. Fremont to rescind his order freeing some slaves in Missouri and issue a new order conforming to the Confiscation Act passed by Congress Missouri   Abraham Lincoln   John C. Fremont   The Emancipation of Slaves   Committee on the Conduct of the War 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 12, 1861 Abraham Lincoln orders the arrest of Maryland legislators who are openly pro-South. Maryland September 13, 1861 Entering Confederate-controlled Pensacola harbor, Lt. John Henry Russell destroys the privateer Judah, marking the first naval action of the Civil War Florida   Civil War Firsts September 16, 1861 Committee of Naval Constructors recommends three plans for building ironclads, Galena, Ironsides, and Monitor September 19, 1861 Crossing into Kentucky through the Cumberland Pass, Brigadier General Felix Zollicoffer disperses a small federal garrison at Barboursville Kentucky   Felix Zollicoffer January, 1861 May, 1861 September, 1861 February, 1861 June, 1861 October, 1861 March, 1861 July, 1861 November, 1861 April, 1861 August, 1861 December, 1861 Civil War Navidater Century 1700's 1800's 1900's 2000's Decade 1800's 1810's 1820's 1830's 1840's 1850's 1860's 1870's 1880's 1890's Year 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 The best search in Civil War History
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