TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
January 7
January 7
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1861
- State Troops seize the Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida. Florida
- Union Forces abandon Fort Fauntleroy. New Mexico
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1862
- Action at Jennie's Creek. Kentucky
- Action at Blue's Gap. West Virginia
- Action at Bloomery Gap. West Virginia
- Skirmish at Hanging Rock Pass. West Virginia
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1863
- Expedition against Arkansas Post (Jan 4-17, 1863). Arkansas
- Grant's Campaign in Central Mississippi (Oct. 31, 1862-Jan. 10, 1863). Mississippi
- Affair at Palmyra. Missouri
- Operations against Marmaduke (Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 25, 1863). Missouri
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1864
- Action at Martin's Creek. Arkansas
- Skirmish Martin's Creek. Arkansas
- Skirmish at Warrenton. Virginia
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1865
- Skirmish at Julesburg. Colorado
- Skirmish at Valley Station. Colorado
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Siege of Petersburg and Richmond (June 16, 1864-April 2, 1865). Virginia
- Expedition from Fort Monroe, Virginia, to Fort Fisher, North Carolina (Jan. 3 - Jan. 15). Virginia & North Carolina
BIRTHS
- Daniel Tyler Union General (1799)
- Robert McMillan Confederate Field Officer (1805)
- Jacob Ammen Union General (1806)
- Thomas M. Griffin Confederate Field Officer (1816)
- Stephen Miller Union Field Officer, Governor of Minnesota, 1863-1866 & General (1816)
- James Francis Xavier Huston Union Field Officer (1818)
- Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell Confederate General (1821)
- William White Confederate Field Officer (1821)
- James M. Hawes Confederate General (1824)
- Emerson Opdycke Union General (1830)
DEATHS
- John C. G. Key Confederate Field Officer (1868)
- Lovell H. Rousseau Union General (1869)
- James H. Carleton Union General (1873)
- Charles Devens Union General (1891)
- Jerome Bonaparte Robertson Confederate General (1891)
- Louis Hebert Confederate General (1901)