TODAY IN CIVIL WAR HISTORY
January 11
January 11
TIMELINES
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Fort Sumter
MILITARY
& POLITICAL
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1861
- Alabama secedes from the Union becoming the fourth state to do so. Alabama
- Louisiana State Troops seize Fort Phillip and Fort Jackson. Louisiana
- Surrender of Fort Sumter demaneded by South Carolina State Troops. South Carolina
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1863
- Battle of Arkansas Post (January 9-11). Arkansas
- Expedition against Arkansas Post (Jan 4-17, 1863). Arkansas
- Action at Hartsville or Wood's Fork. Missouri
- Battle of Hartville (January 9-11). Missouri
- Skirmish at Lowry's Ferry. Tennessee
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1865
- Skirmish at Lexington. Missouri
- Carolinas Campaign (Jan. 1-April 29, 1865). South Carolina & North Carolina MORE
- Capture of Beverly. Virginia
- 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
- Alfred Eugene Jackson Confederate General (1807)
- Richard Griffith Confederate General (1814)
- Fitz Henry Warren Union General (1816)
- John R. Kenly Union General (1818)
- James Ronald Chalmers Confederate General (1831)
DEATHS
- Henry L. Eustis Union General (1885)
- Benjamin F. Butler Union General (1893)
- Francis C. Barlow Union General (1896)
- Dabney Herndon Maury Confederate General (1900)