This Week in the Civil War - November 9th - 15th, 1862

While many volumes have been written on the war from any number of perspectives and the top 100 battles have been dissected in excruciating detail, most of these 6,000 events lie largely unexplored and forgotten.

This work focuses on uncovering and telling those stories. It is not our intent or objective to refight the war, but to uncover and document the stories of these families in the war.

This volume is excerpted from our multi-volume work, All the Battles of the Civil War which gives a narrative account of the more than 5,000 events which occurred in the war.

Again this week there were no major events although there were numerous minor events. Lincoln continued to shuffle his generals replacing Gen. Butler in New Orleans and setting Gen. Burnside in command in Virginia.

The news of the week however was the death of Confederate General Villapigue, a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. He died of complications from fever on Sunday, another fine leader lost to the war and to future generations.

In Virginia we saw the beginnings of the positioning of the troops for the upcoming battle of Fredericksburg and in Arkansas the troops were positioning for the battle of Prairie Grove.

This Week in the War
November 9th 15th, 1862

Events of the Week
Sunday November 9, 1862
St. Marys Florida
James E. Love Letter to this Wife, Molly
Boston Mountains, Arkansas
Cane Hill, Arkansas
Dry Wood, Missouri
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Lebanon, Tennessee
Moorefield, Virginia
Newby's Cross-Roads, Virginia
Perry County, Kentucky
Philomont, Vriginia
Bolivar Heights, Maryland
Death of Gen, John B. Villepique
Monday, November 10, 1862
William H. Perry Letter to his Father
Amissville, Virginia
Henderson, Kentucky
Warrenton, Virginia
Williamsburg, Virginia
Tuesday, November 11, 1862
Camp at Carters Run
Huntsville, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
New Berne, North Carolina
Wednesday, November 12, 1862
Providence Church, Virginia
Sabine Pass, Texas
Thursday, November 13, 1862
Lamar, Mississippi
Holly Springs, Mississippi
Calhoun, Kentucky
Friday, November 14, 1862
Blackwater Bridge, Virginia
Saturday, November 15, 1862
Warrenton Springs, Virginia
Fayetteville, Virginia