1861-1865 Calendar

Confederate Holidays

JANUARY

3rd -- Confederate Heroes Day
3rd -- Observance Battle of Jonesville
4th -- Observance, Skirmish at Tom's Creek (1862)
7th -- Observance, Skirmish at Jenny Creek (1862)
9th -- Observance, First Shot Fired, SC (1861)
10th -- Observance, Battle of Middle Creek (1862)
11th -- Observance, Col Ben E. Caudill Birthday (1830)
19th -- Observance, Robert E. Lee Day (1807)
19th -- Battle of Mill Springs (1862)
aka. Fishing Creek & Logan's Crossing
21st -- Observance, Stonewall Jackson Day (1824)
** events **
Lee Jackson Dinner - London, etc.


FEBRUARY

18th & 22nd -- Observance, Inaugural of Jefferson Davis (1861)
** events **
Reeanctment of the Battle for Island #10 - Reelfoot Lake


MARCH

4th -- Observance Flag Day -- Stars & Bars (1861)
14th -- First Battle of Pound Gap (1862)
Clay' s Raid through Eastern Kentucky (1863)
25th -- Battle of Paducah (1864)
Battle of Island # 10, Mississippi River (1862)
** events **
Living History - Morehead

APRIL

12th -- Observance Beauregard Shells Fort Sumter, SC (1861)
14th --Battle of Puncheon Creek-Salyersville (1864)
** events **
Heritage Parade, Richmond, Virginia


MAY

10th -- Observance, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Death (1863)
13th -- Observance - Battle at Colley Branch (1864)
** events **
Reenactment of the Battle of Louisa


JUNE

3rd -- Observance, Jefferson Davis Day - born in Fairview, KY
2nd-12th -- Morgan's Last Raid in Kentucky (1863)
3rd -- Observance, Kentucky Confederate Memorial Day
8-9th -- Observance, Battle of Mount Sterling (1864)
10-12th -- Observance, Battle of Cynthiana (1864)
** events **
Reenactment of Morgan's Raid - Georgetown
Living History - Crab Orchard
Kentucky Convention, Sons of the Confederate Veterans


JULY

4th -- Observance - Independence Day
7th -- Observance - Gladeville Raid (1863)
** events **
Reenactment of the Battle of Gladeville Raid - Virginia


AUGUST

29-30th -- Observance- Battle of Richmond (1862)
** events **
Reenactment of the Battle of Saltsville, Virginia
Reenactment of the Battle of Jonesville -Jonesville , Virginia
Reenactment of the Battle of Richmond, Kentukcy
National Convention, Sons Confederate Veterans



SEPTEMBER

9th - Observance - Battle for Cumberland Gap (1863)
14-17th -- Battle of Munfordville (1862)
19th - Observance - Battle of Barbourville (1861)
Marsh all's Raid through Eastern Kentucky - September (1862)
** events **
Reenactment of the Battle of Barbourville
Reenactment of the Battle of Cumberland Gap
Reenactment of the Battle of Middlecreek


OCTOBER

8th -- Observance - Battle of Perryville (1862)
12th -- Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Virginia (1870)
19th--Observance Battle of Leatherwood (1862)
20-21st -- Observance Battle of Wildcat Mountain, Laurel County (1862)
23rd -- Observance, Skirmish of West Liberty (1861)
** events **
Reenactment of the Battle of Perryville
Reenactment of the Battle of Wildcat Mountain - London
Living History - Flemmingsburg
Reenactment of the Battle of Leatherwood - Cornetsville



NOVEMBER

8th -- Observance, Battle of Ivy Mountain (1861)
30th -- Observance, Battle of Mill Cliff, Putney, Harlan Co. (1862)
** events **



DECEMBER

6th -- Observance President Jefferson Davis died in New Orleans (1889)
10th -- Observance, Kentucky Admitted to the Confederacy as 13th State (1861)
12th -- Observance, Battle of Whitesburg (1862)
17-18th -- Observance, Battle of Marion, Virginia (1864)
17th -- Observance, Battle of Rowlett's Station - Woodsonsville (1861)
** events **
Col. Ben Caudill Camp Holiday Social Function