November 2 In Civil War History

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On this day in Civil War history
Compiled by Mitchell Werksman and Jim Klag
November 2, 1810 - Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, American Major General (Union Army), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1883)
November 2, 1822 - James Byron Gordon, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Wilkesboro, North Carolina (d. 1864)
November 2, 1826 - Robert Hopkins Hatton, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), born in Steubenville, Ohio (d. 1862)
November 2, 1826 - William Haines Lytle, US politician, poet and Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Cincinnati, Ohio (d. 1863)
November 2, 1828 - Byron Grimes, American Major General (Confederate Army), born in Pitt County, North Carolina (d. 1880)
November 2, 1852 - Democrats Franklin Pierce and William King defeat Whigs Winfield Scott and William Graham for President and Vice-President.
November 2, 1855 - Topeka Constitution adopted by the Free-Staters in Kansas.
November 2 1859 - Abolitionist John Brown found guilty of murder, agitating slaves to revolt and treason against Virginia and sentenced to hang.
November 2, 1861 - President Lincoln relieves John C. Frémont from duty and replaces him with Major-General David Hunter.
November 2, 1861 - John Cabell Breckenridge, CSA, is appointed Brig. Gen.
November 2, 1861 - Federal operations from Bird's Point, Cape Girardeau, and Ironton, MO, against M. Jeff Thompson's Partisan Confederate forces. (Nov 2-12)
November 2, 1862 - Naval assault on Ft. McAllister.
November 2, 1862 - Ulysses S. Grant begins the First Vicksburg campaign.
November 2, 1862 - Skirmish at Castleman's Ferry, near Snicker's Gap, VA, as Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, USA, Marches onward into Virginia.
November 2, 1862 - Skirmishes at Union and Upperville, VA. (Nov 2-3)
November 2, 1863 - President Lincoln is invited to make a few remarks at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
November 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Bayou Bourbeau, LA, as Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin, USA, retires from Opelousas.
November 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Corinth, MS.
November 2, 1863 - President Jefferson Davis arrives at Charleston, SC, and observes first hand the continued Federal bombardment of Fort Sumter.
November 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Centreville, TN.
November 2, 1863 - Skirmish at Piney Factory, TN.
November 2, 1863 - Brazos Island, TX, is occupied by the expeditionary Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, USA, arriving from New Orleans, LA, aboard the USS Monongahela, Owasco, and the Virginia.
November 2, 1863 - Brig. Gen. John McNeil, USA, assumes command of the District of the Frontier.
November 2, 1864 - The siege of Petersburg is ongoing.
November 2, 1864 - Affair at Hazen's Farm, near Devall's Bluff, AR, as a party of Yankees sent to collect bricks at the Hazen's Farm, were captured, robbed, then paroled by the Confederates.
November 2, 1864 - Federal expedition from Little Rock to Benton, AR. (Nov 2-3)
November 2, 1864 - The Federal gunboats, USS Key West and the USS Tawah, attack the captured gun-boat, Undine, and the transports, Cheesemen, and the Venus, at Davidson's Ferry, Tennessee River, TN, including the Federal recapture of the vessel, Venus, from Maj. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest, CSA, who had captured these vessels the previous days. Forrest had been sailing up the Tennessee River towards Johnsonville, TN, but was forced to retire to the safety of the Confederate batteries near Fort Henry. (Nov 2-3)
November 2, 1880 - Republican James Garfield defeats Democrat Winfield Scott Hancock in the Presidential election.
 

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