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November 17, 1794 - John Barrien Montgomery, Commander (Union Navy), born in Allentown, NJ. (d. 1873)
November 17, 1800 - Congress holds its 1st session in Washington D.C. in the unfinished Capitol Building.
November 17, 1814 - Joseph Finegan, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in County Monaghan, Ireleand. (d. 1885)
November 17, 1826 - John McArthur, Scottish-American Brevet Major General (Union Army), born in Erskine, Scotland (d. 1906)
November 17, 1834 - Stephen Hinsdale Weed, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Potsdam, New York (d. 1863)
November 17, 1842 - Fugitive slave George Latimer captured in Boston
November 17, 1857 - Albert Sidney Johnston arrives at Fort Bridger, 125 miles northwest of Salt Lake City. It had been burned under Brigham Young's orders.
November 17, 1861 - Skirmish at Cypress Bridge, near Rumsey, McClean County, KY.
November 17, 1862 - Burnside's Right Grand Division, under the command of Edwin Vose Sumner arrives north of the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Virginia.
November 17, 1862 - The USS San Jacinto lies in wait off the Caribbean island of Martinique for the Confederate steamer, CSS Alabama, but fails to prevent her from leaving port.
November 17, 1862 - Operations about Cassville and Keyetsvile, MO. (Nov 17-18)
November 17, 1862 - Federal expedition from Sparta, TN, into KY. (Nov 17-29)
November 17, 1862 - Affair near Carrsville, VA, with Confederate Cavalry.
November 17, 1862 - Skirmish at Falmouth, on the Rappahannock River and across from Fredericksburg, VA, with the freshly arrived Army of the Potomac.
November 17, 1862 - Confederate Secretary of War George B Randolph resigns.
November 17, 1862 - President Jefferson Davis appoints Maj. Gen. Gustavus Woodson Smith, CSA, as acting Confederate Secretary of War, Richmond, VA.
November 17, 1863 - Skirmish near Willow Creek on the Trinity River, C A, with Indians.
November 17, 1863 - Skirmish at Bay Saint Louis, MS.
November 17, 1863 - Federal scout around Houston, MO. (Nov 17-26)
November 17, 1863 - The massive Union bombardment of Fort Sumter, SC, continues.
November 17, 1863 - The Siege of Knoxville, TN, begins by Lieut. Gen. James Longstreet, CSA, the Knoxville, TN, Campaign. Nov 17-Dec 4)
November 17, 1863 - The capture of the Confederate battery at Arkansas Pass, TX, by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' USA, expeditionary forces.
November 17, 1863- Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's US Cavalry command reaches New Creek, WV, ending his cavalry expedition to Lewisburg, WV.
November 17, 1863 - Abraham Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address
November 16, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
November 16, 1864 - Godfrey Weitzel, U.S.A., is appointed Maj. Gen.
November 16, 1864 - Skirmish near Maysville, AL.
November 16, 1864 - Skirmish near New Market, AL.
November 16, 1864 - Federal expedition from Little Rock to Pagan's Ford, Saline River, AR. (Nov 17-18)
November 16, 1864 - Affair at Towaliga Bridge, GA, as Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA, takes four different routes to the sea in an attempt to confuse the Confederates.
November 16, 1864 - Federal expedition from Brashear City to Bayou Portage, LA, with skirmish (Nov 18) at Lake Fausse Pointe, LA. (Nov 17-19)
November 16, 1864 - Skirmish at Flat Creek, TN, as Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge's, CSA, latest expedition is concluded.
November 16, 1864 - President Jefferson Davis, CSA, objects to any motion by several Georgia State Senators to discuss a separate peace treaty with the Federal government, Richmond, VA.
