October 30, 1862 - National War Latest & Local Troop Update on Wounded and Killed

As Robert E. Lee’s Confederates returned to Virginia, the Confederate advances in Tennessee and Kentucky stalled as well. Confederates in northern Mississippi were also stifled, but Vicksburg remained safe from Federal conquest. As the major armies in the East regrouped, Lincoln continued urging George McClellan to pursue Lee with more aggression.

Abraham Lincoln leaves Washington to visit George B. McClellan and inspect the Federal Army of the Potomac after the Battle of Antietam.

Federal forces scramble to defend the vital city of Corinth after learning that Earl Van Dorn’s Confederates are about to attack. Robert E. Lee reorganizes his battered Confederate army, in which many men lack the necessary food, clothing, and shelter.

Confederates desperately attack the Federals defending Corinth, with each army missing key opportunities to destroy the other. The largest battle of the war in Kentucky ends in stalemate despite Don Carlos Buell’s Federals vastly outnumbering Braxton Bragg’s Confederates.

Abraham Lincoln urges George B. McClellan to move his Federal army back into Virginia, but McClellan is more concerned about Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. “Jeb” Stuart’s Confederate cavalry makes a second uncontested ride around George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac.

Ulysses S. Grant is given new Federal responsibilities, and a secret mission to capture Vicksburg is concocted. Heated exchanges between Ulysses S. Grant and William S. Rosecrans ultimately give Rosecrans an opportunity for an independent command.

George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac crosses from Maryland to Virginia, nearly 40 days after the Battle of Antietam. George B. McClellan’s Federal Army of the Potomac is finally back in Virginia, but McClellan continues to rail against the Lincoln administration’s perceived unwillingness to give him what he needs to succeed.

Marshall R. Carmon - Wounded in Head - Battle of Corinth

David A. Wilson - Typhoid Fever - Death at Sharpsburg.

John Roberts and Thomas D. Jones - Wounded - Second Battle of Bull Run - 11th (Cambria Guards) 

John Barnes - Killed in Kentucky - 19th Reg. 

Sgt. John E. Scanlan - wounded Gaines Hill. Thomas D. Litzinger - Paroled Prisoner - 11th - Cambria Guards.

John C. Robb